...Jeremiah is without doubt one of the saddest books in the Bible. It details the ministry of the prophet Jeremiah at a time where God’s people were entrenched in sin. Despite all of Jeremiah’s efforts, his tender pleading for Judah to repent, and his warnings of God’s coming judgement, the people still refused to turn from their wickedness. Chapter 18 is one of many sections in Jeremiah that clearly depict these depressing events. Jeremiah is commanded by God to speak to the people, and his message concludes with a warning of punishment and an urgent call for repentance (Jeremiah 18:11). However, the people did not heed Jeremiah’s admonition. Instead, they replied, “That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will every...
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...When analyzing the term Pentateuch, it means that it is a description of the first five books of the Bible. These five forms of stories within the Bible made The Old Testament. Also, these Bible Books contain the following books: “Genesis, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Leviticus, and Exodus (Tullock & McEntire, 2006),” which is a narrative form of stories, which illustrates Gods creations mankind that would not be relevant without his creation. Therefore, my personal preference or theme would consist of starting from the beginning. In the book of Genesis 1:1 “God created the Heavens and the Earth” which was to incorporate mankind into his plan. Although God made these creations mankind did not value his work they instead Adam and Eve ate from the forbidding...
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...Introduction: The Bible Among The Myths by John N. Oswalt The author Oswalt spent much time studying the subject of the ANE (Ancient Near East). This book will investigate the Idealism, history, culture and how they related to the relevance of the critical worldview of the Old Testament and the Hebrew belief as compared to the surrounding ANE. Oswalt’s views, thinking and direction have changed completely over his 50 years studying the ANE and the Bible. This book will show the similarities and differences in thought between the Hebrew Old Testament and the ANE. Oswalt will define what a myth is and argue why the Old Testament is not and cannot be considered a myth. The Bible, when compared to ANE literature, has a completely different understanding of creation and how the spiritual and natural realms interact and exist. There is not a continuous existence that just repeats itself over and over, but rather a series of single events that lead to a greater purpose. It is Oswalt’s position that the Bible is an accurate historical account of a people who received their relevance of belief from a single living transcendent God. The historical basis is important as God reveals himself through humans, in non-recurring human-historical events, to impose God’s will and direction to affect the will of humans. Chapter 1: The Bible In Its World In this chapter Oswalt addresses different beliefs on the existence of the world. Specifically how the Israelites and Greeks viewed the...
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...Tasha Hires BIBL 104 June 24, 2012 Summary of the books of the Old Testament Numbers The Genre's of this book are made up of Law and History due to the sins of disobedience and "god" worshiping. Along Israel's journey they were led away to wandered for 40 years in the wilderness before coming into the promised land. In the first 25 chapters of Numbers we see the experiences of the first generation of the Israelites in the wilderness along with the census of the men for battle. The remaining chapters of Numbers describes the experiences of the second generation. Obedience and rebellion followed by repentance and blessing, are themed throughout the entire book. The experiences Moses encountered in this book included his own siblings turning on him and anger starting to control many of his actions, and even due to his own disobedience Moses was unable to walk into the Promise Land. Numbers describes the walk of the Israelites as well as filling the gap between the Israelites receiving the law and getting them ready to enter the Promise Land . Ruth In this short narrative story, Ruth, a Moabite widow, willingly leaves her homeland to care for her mother-in-law, Naomi, who is also a widow. Being a Moabite, Ruth was not a part of God’s chosen people, Israel, but she chose to follow God anyway. God rewarded her for her faithfulness and her kindness to her mother-in-law. First, He provided for Ruth’s physical needs. As Ruth went out to get food, she came upon a...
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...BIBL 104-D69 LUO 12/7/2013 Summary of the books of the Old Testament Books) Exodus The genre for the book of Exodus is law. Some of the key concepts include God revealing his identity and even some of his expectations. God appoints Moses as a chosen leader. He demonstrates thru Moses and Aaron the power of faith. He also preformed miracles like delivering Moses from leprosy, the destruction of Pharaoh and his army and the splitting of the Red Sea. After settling in Egypt a new king was appointed, killing an entire generation of male children. Moses was spared and brought the Israelites out of Egypt which, the Pharaoh made a very difficult task. As result of his stubbornness he made his consequences worse. But, eventually the Israelites were freed on the Passover. The Ten Commandments were written and tabernacles where built filled with the spirit of God. These tabernacles guarded and guided the Israelites and Moses through their many journeys. Job The genre of this book is wisdom. God described Jobs character to be a strictly honorable and honest man who feared him. Satan negotiated with God, which caused Job to suffer greatly. He lost not most but all of his possessions, including his children and painful sores which covered his body. Despite all of the devastation that was happening in his life, he still chose to believe and serve God even when his wife had given up on him (God). He questioned his purpose in life, wanted answers from God, and wanted a chance to plead...
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...Sometimes the things we can’t change end up changing us. In “The Poisonwood Bible”, we are shown just how true this quote can be. In this novel, a missionary Nathan Price, his wife Orleanna and their four daughters, Rachel, Leah, Adah, and Ruth May, all travel to Kilanga to set out on a journey to preach the word of God to the Congolese people. As they begin to leave their home in Georgia they pack everything they believed they were going to need to survive. They did so not knowing what was ahead for them will change their lives. This book is narrated by all of the Price women one after the other. This family goes through things they had never imagined like huge human eating ants, droughts, floods, hunger, diseases, killer mamba snakes and...
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...Methods of Evangelism Joshua Fleming Liberty University Online The Roman Roads Summary of Method – The Roman Road is a methodic evangelism approach of presenting the Gospel through various bible verses throughout the book of Romans. From this approach of evangelism, each of the verses are placed in a systematic method to show us who is in need of salvation, why they are in need of salvation, the way in which God will provide salvation, ways in which we can respond to God’s salvation, and finally the results of us responding to God’s gift of salvation. In Romans 3:10-12, and 23 its states “No one is righteous—not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.” “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard”. These verses show us that every single person is in need of salvation. It states boldly that we have all sinned and fallen short of God’s standards. In Romans 6:23 it states “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” This verse shows us that as sinners and unrighteous people our consequences of our sin is death. Although it does show us that we deserve death it always gives us hope through the gift in which God has given us. In Romans 5:8 it shows us that “God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.” God gave us the greatest gift anyone could ever...
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...Methods of Evangelism Anthony Waller Liberty University Online The Romans Road The Romans Road is an evangelistic “Intellectual” method that’s simple and direct in sharing the gospel; utilizing a systematic approach, that formalizes a plan; utilizing Bible verse that’s organized in an outline making it easy to teach those who is in need of salvation, why we need salvation, how God provides salvation, how man can respond to salvation, and the result of man’s response to salvation. Romans Road is a pathway that we can walk towards our salvation. The first path states that “as it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one” (Romans 3:10). “For all have sinned, and come short of the Glory of God” (Romans 3:23). “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23). But “God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). “That if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God had raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved” (Romans 10:9). For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13). When we submit ourselves to God and He forgives us for our sins, or relationship with man ends; because were no longer who we use to be. We’ve been reborn as a new creature in Christ; a newly adopted child that’s righteous in the eyes of God (Romans 5:1, 8:1 and 38-39. [1] The advantage of this...
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...Bibliography 3 3 4 5 5 7 3 Introduction In this report, I will examine an example where conflict is the substance of the text within the Bible. I will discuss how the story unfolds and demonstrate the antithesis between the children of God and the children of Man. Antithesis is defined as “contrast or opposition.”1 I will also discuss God-ward perspective in relation to conflict. Biblical Background “For the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23 [KJV]). This verse out of the book of Romans is a clear example of antithesis within the Bible. When the entire book of Romans is reviewed it is obvious that the author of this letter to Rome is Paul (Romans 1:1; [KJV]). Paul writes this letter to the Romans somewhere between the times of A.D. 55 and 58 and occurred “during his third missionary journey.”2 It is rightly placed first among the Epistles because it is the most complete exposition in the New Testament of the central truths of Christianity. Paul needed to visit the Roman Christians and his desire to communicate to them the great doctrines of grace that had been revealed to him. Based on the text “the place of writing seems to be Corinth, for Paul sent Phoebe to the Romans. Phoebe was a deaconess from Cenchrea, the eastern seaport of Corinth.”3 Paul wrote the book of Romans for several reasons. First, Paul knew he needed a local church in order reach Spain through evangelism and wanted to prepare...
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...| The Romans Road Summary of Method: The Romans road is a term that was coined by Dr. Jack Hyles in the late 1940’s (www.Jack Hyles.com, 2011), and uses multiple verses from the Book of Romans to easily walk an unbeliever through the steps of salvation. Starting with Romans 3:10-12, 23 “As it is written, there is none righteous, no not one. There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”(NKJV) And working your way through seven or eight verses you can get an unbeliever from recognizing that they are a sinner in need of salvation to being saved to one who can be saved through the grace of God. The end being that the person understands and accepts Romans 10:13 “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (NKJV) Advantages of using this method: There are only a few verses in this method and they are very easy to memorize which allows the person witnessing to stay on track, and avoid the need to thumb through your Bible to look for the appropriate verse. People want to know that you know what you are talking about, and that you are confident and comfortable talking about a topic. Even if the person decides not to take any further action at least you know you have given them a solid Bible based argument for their need of salvation. Disadvantages of using this method: While this is a great method if you are in kind of a hurry and don’t particularly have a whole lot...
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...Method #1 The Romans Road to Salvation is my intellectual method in sharing the good news with people. What this method is, is a series of verses from the book of Romans, arranged in a clear and direct orders that is easy to share with others. There are several different orders the scriptures can be arranged in order to share God’s grace, however the end results are the same. 1. Everyone needs salvation because we have sinned. Romans 3:10-12, and 23. 2. The consaquence of sin is death. Romans 6:23. 3. Jesus died for our sins and paid the price for our death. Romans 5:8. 4. We receive salvation and eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. Romans 10:9-10, and 13 5. Salvation through Jesus brings us into a relationship with God. Romans 5:1, Romans 8:1, Romans 8:38-39. There are several advantages in using this method. The person witnessing can easily remember the key verses in Romans in return makes it a great tool for new Christians. Instead of going through several chapters in the Bible, you can stay in one book. This may make it easier for some Christians while witnessing so that they are not distracted by having to go to several different books of the Bible and speak at the same time. There may be several disadvantages as well. If you only study this one method and not the rest of the Bible, you may not be able to answer questions that the person you are witnessing to, or group. If you go from scripture to scripture in Romans, you will not...
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...#1 The Romans Road to Salvation is my intellectual method in sharing the good news with people. What this method is, is a series of verses from the book of Romans, arranged in a clear and direct orders that is easy to share with others. There are several different orders the scriptures can be arranged in order to share God’s grace, however the end results are the same. 1. Everyone needs salvation because we have sinned. Romans 3:10-12, and 23. 2. The consaquence of sin is death. Romans 6:23. 3. Jesus died for our sins and paid the price for our death. Romans 5:8. 4. We receive salvation and eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. Romans 10:9-10, and 13 5. Salvation through Jesus brings us into a relationship with God. Romans 5:1, Romans 8:1, Romans 8:38-39. There are several advantages in using this method. The person witnessing can easily remember the key verses in Romans in return makes it a great tool for new Christians. Instead of going through several chapters in the Bible, you can stay in one book. This may make it easier for some Christians while witnessing so that they are not distracted by having to go to several different books of the Bible and speak at the same time. There may be several disadvantages as well. If you only study this one method and not the rest of the Bible, you may not be able to answer questions that the person you are witnessing to, or group. If you go from scripture to scripture in Romans, you will...
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...EVAN101-B12 October 10, 2011 Methods of Evangelism Part ONE – Evangelistic Method #1 – The Romans Road. The Romans Road lays out the plan of salvation through a series of Bible verses from the book of Romans. When arranged in order, these verses form an easy, systematic way of explaining the message of salvation. There are many different versions of Romans Road with slight variations in Scriptures, but the basic message and method is the same. Many evangelical missionaries, evangelists, and lay people memorize and use Romans Road when sharing the good news. Some of the Scriptures generally used in Romans Road include: Romans 3:10, 3:23, 5:8, 5:12, 6:23, 10:9-11, and 10:13. Romans 3:10 states: “As it is written, there is none righteous, no not one.” Romans 3:23 states: “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Romans 5:8 states: “But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:12 states: “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” Romans 6:23 states: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 10:9-11 states: “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth salvation is made...
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...understanding of the book, the genre in which the book was written in and also the time period and who the book was addressed to. Many believe the author of the book of Acts had written one complete volume of work that was broken into 2 different parts. The book of Acts is the fifth book of the New Testament. It traces the Growth of the early church. It begins with the ascension of Jesus and concludes with Paul in Rome during his first imprisonment. Though the book of Luke and the Acts of the Apostle are very similar, the author does not name himself in either book. Neither Luke or Acts allows us to determine directly or in directly who the Author is.( Kummel) But Fernando also says “Stylistically and Structurally the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostle are so closely related that they have to be assigned to the same author. (pp.21) There is very little doubt that the Book of Acts and the Gospel of Luke come from the same author but the debate is about who that author is. While the writer of Luke and Acts is anonymous, there is evidence the points to the authorship of these books. Fernando states “The external evidence available for the authorship of Acts, gleaned from the writings of the church in the first few centuries, is unanimous that the author was Luke. When we look at the internal evidence, it points toward the author’s identity. Once readers assume Luke and Acts come from the same pen, then they can begin to look for evidence within these books that point...
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...How deep are your Roots in Christ Love. Introduction Be rooted, grounded and established in the word of God is our theme for the church. Since the beginning of the year, as a church we have taken time to understand what it means to be rooted, grounded and enlightened in the word of God. The women ministry/Joy fellowship have also derived their theme for their celebration week to go deeper into the theme and take time to examine ourselves how deep are our roots in Christ Love based on Ephesians 3: 17. Paul was praying for the church of Ephesus, that Christ may dwell in their hearts and that they may be rooted in Christ Love. He also prayed for them further, (Vs 18-19) that they may be able to comprehend the depth, the width of Christ love which passes knowledge, and after they comprehend this love they will be filled with fullness of God. As we endeavor to be rooted, grounded and enlightened by the word of God, one of the roots that we ought to develop and let it grow deeper is the root of love. What does it mean to be rooted in Christ Love? To be rooted in Christ Love means that we are established in the Love of Christ. Christ Love make us complete, the foundation of Christianity is based on what Christ did for us on the cross. Unless we have a clear picture of depth, width, length, and height of the kind of Love that Christ had for mankind then we can never understand what love is. After we have comprehended Christ love for mankind, then we can be able to apply...
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