Equipping Believers: Understanding the Bible's Unity and Purpose
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"The Bible is made up of a plurality of books, 66 books, and there is a unity and a theme that runs through all of these 66 books. It will be our purpose as we survey each of the 66 books of the Bible to show how all the parts fit into the whole." [00:01:39]
"The Apostle Paul expressed this objective in these words: he said it was his intent to perfect the Saints for the work of the ministry. According to Paul, the work of the ministry is committed to the Saints, not just to a few professionals." [00:02:19]
"The whole Bible was given to us by inspiration from God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It straightens us out and helps us to do what is right. It is God's way of making us well prepared at every point, fully equipped to do good to everyone." [00:12:00]
"The word inspiration means God breathed. The idea is that God breathed into men, the authors of these holy little books, and because the spirit of God breathed into them, their thoughts were not their own, and the words that they put down on paper were not their own words." [00:12:58]
"Peter describes the process this way: he says holy men of God spoke as they were carried along or moved along by the Holy Spirit. Now when he says carried along, he uses the Greek word 'phero,' it's the word from which we get our word a ferry for a ferry boat." [00:14:32]
"The books of the Bible are grouped together in the Bible on the basis of the kind of books they are. You have two primary divisions: the Old Testament and the New Testament. Now, this was not always so. In the day of Jesus, there was no such thing as the Old Testament and the New Testament." [00:16:30]
"The Old Testament books break down into five divisions: first of all, there are law books, five of them, and these laws books are the Cornerstone of the scripture in a sense. If you really want to understand the whole Bible, you need to understand the first five books of the Bible." [00:18:50]
"The New Testament begins with four biographies of Jesus, which are called gospels. We have four inspired biographies of the most important life ever lived, and that's the way the New Testament opens, and these gospels will really say to us Jesus came." [00:22:01]
"Since the books of the Bible are not placed in the Bible based upon when they were written, you have a tremendous problem facing you. It's the problem of historical perspective. For instance, when you get those history books of the Old Testament, when you read the last of the history books, The Book of Esther, the history of the Hebrew nation has ended." [00:24:55]
"Historical perspective is according to the scripture if you understand something of how the scripture is organized. Also, in connection with historical perspective, you need to realize that sometimes the Bible is integrated in its historical perspective." [00:25:52]
"The book of Acts will give you a foundation which will make it possible for you to appreciate the letters of the Apostle Paul, and in the Psalms, which are written, at least many of them by David, first and 2 Samuel, which is the biographical background for the life of David, gives you great insight into the Psalms." [00:26:15]
"The historical perspective is an important challenge as you come to the survey of the Bible, and as we go through the Bible, we'll constantly be sharing with you historical perspective on the scripture. Again, it's our prayer that just as Jesus shared some facts about the Bible that opened up the understanding of the Apostles of the Bible, we pray that these facts we've shared with you about the Bible will open up your understanding of the Bible." [00:27:35]
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"The Apostle Paul expressed this objective in these words: he said it was his intent to perfect the Saints for the work of the ministry. According to Paul, the work of the ministry is committed to the Saints, not just to a few professionals." [00:02:19]
"The whole Bible was given to us by inspiration from God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It straightens us out and helps us to do what is right. It is God's way of making us well prepared at every point, fully equipped to do good to everyone." [00:12:00]
"The word inspiration means God breathed. The idea is that God breathed into men, the authors of these holy little books, and because the spirit of God breathed into them, their thoughts were not their own, and the words that they put down on paper were not their own words." [00:12:58]
"Peter describes the process this way: he says holy men of God spoke as they were carried along or moved along by the Holy Spirit. Now when he says carried along, he uses the Greek word 'phero,' it's the word from which we get our word a ferry for a ferry boat." [00:14:32]
"The books of the Bible are grouped together in the Bible on the basis of the kind of books they are. You have two primary divisions: the Old Testament and the New Testament. Now, this was not always so. In the day of Jesus, there was no such thing as the Old Testament and the New Testament." [00:16:30]
"The Old Testament books break down into five divisions: first of all, there are law books, five of them, and these laws books are the Cornerstone of the scripture in a sense. If you really want to understand the whole Bible, you need to understand the first five books of the Bible." [00:18:50]
"The New Testament begins with four biographies of Jesus, which are called gospels. We have four inspired biographies of the most important life ever lived, and that's the way the New Testament opens, and these gospels will really say to us Jesus came." [00:22:01]
"Since the books of the Bible are not placed in the Bible based upon when they were written, you have a tremendous problem facing you. It's the problem of historical perspective. For instance, when you get those history books of the Old Testament, when you read the last of the history books, The Book of Esther, the history of the Hebrew nation has ended." [00:24:55]
"Historical perspective is according to the scripture if you understand something of how the scripture is organized. Also, in connection with historical perspective, you need to realize that sometimes the Bible is integrated in its historical perspective." [00:25:52]
"The book of Acts will give you a foundation which will make it possible for you to appreciate the letters of the Apostle Paul, and in the Psalms, which are written, at least many of them by David, first and 2 Samuel, which is the biographical background for the life of David, gives you great insight into the Psalms." [00:26:15]
"The historical perspective is an important challenge as you come to the survey of the Bible, and as we go through the Bible, we'll constantly be sharing with you historical perspective on the scripture. Again, it's our prayer that just as Jesus shared some facts about the Bible that opened up the understanding of the Apostles of the Bible, we pray that these facts we've shared with you about the Bible will open up your understanding of the Bible." [00:27:35]
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