1. What is the only thing that God Himself wrote for all people?
Ex. 31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Deut. 9:10 And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
ANSWER:
The Ten Commandments
2. How would you summarize the first five books of Moses (Genesis to Deuteronomy) in the light of the Ten Commandments?
OBSERVATIONS:
The first five books of Moses
Genesis- Reveals how the law was broken from the beginning and the result of sin in humanity
Exodus- Reveals the restoration of the law of God in a chosen people
Leviticus- Reveals the consequences of sin and the salvation from sin through sanctuary service
Numbers-Reveals God preparing a people and a nation to live according to God’s law
Deuteronomy- Reveals practical ways to keep the law of God as a people and a nation
3. How would you summarize the Historical books (Joshua to Esther) in the light of the Ten Commandments?
OBSERVATION:
Spiritual and political ups and downs of Israel based upon their trust in God and their obedience to the law of God
4. How would you summarize the Wisdom books (Job to Song of Solomon) in the light of the Ten Commandments?
OBSERVATION:
An Expression of emotional and intellectual understanding of God’s law
5. How would you summarize the Major and the Minor Prophets (Isaiah to Malachi) in the light of the Ten Commandments?
OBSERVATION:
Messages of calling Israel to repent and to come back to God and to His law.
6. How would you summarize the Four Gospels (Matthew to John) in the light of the Ten Commandments?
Matt. 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
OBSERVATION:
Jesus came to teach fuller meaning of the law and the writings of the prophets.
7. How would you summarize the book of Acts in the light of the Four Gospels?
OBSERVATION:
To show how the apostles spread the teachings of Jesus to the world
8. How would you summarize the Pauline Epistles and the General Epistles (Romans to Jude) in the light of the Four Gospels?
OBSERVATION:
Expounding and explaining the teachings of Jesus
9. How would you summarize the book of Revelation?
OBVERVATION:
The Final conclusion of those who keep the commandments of God and those who do not keep the commandments of God
CONCLUSION:
The Ten Commandments is repeated and enlarged in the first five books of Moses. The first five books of Moses are repeated and enlarged in the Historical Books, the Wisdom Books, the Major and the Minor Prophets. The Old Testament is repeated and enlarged in the Four Gospels. The Four Gospels are repeated and enlarged in the Acts, Pauline and General Epistles. The conclusion of Genesis to Jude is in the book of Revelation.
Jesus’ Recommendation on Authors and Books
1. What did Jesus say about the Old Testament?
John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
ANSWER:
They testify of Jesus
2. What books or authors from the Old Testament did Jesus mention by name?
Luke 16:31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Matt. 13:14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
Matt. 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Luke 20:42 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand
Matt. 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matt. 2:17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying
Matt. 12:42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Luke 24:44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
ANSWER: (This is not meant to be a comprehensive answer but to provide a general overview)
Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, David, Solomon, Jonah, Psalms.
CONCLUSION:
It is pretty clear that Jesus basically recommends the entire Old Testament. If Jesus had no problem using them then we shouldn’t either.
Jesus, the Communicator
1. Verse study on John 1:14
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
OBSERVATIONS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:
Jesus is described as the Word
Word means-3056. logos, log´-os; from 3004; something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ): — account, cause, communication, x concerning, doctrine, fame, x have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing), shew, x speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.
Therefore Jesus is the great Communicator
How did Jesus communicate the message from heaven?
“The Word was made flesh”
What type of “flesh”?
Jesus came in the “likeness of sinful flesh” Rom. 8:3
Therefore God decided to communicate to us in “the likeness of sinful flesh”
What was Jesus’ method of communication?
Jesus communicated the message from heaven by dwelling among men.
Therefore the best method of communication is to dwell among with those whom we are trying to communicate.
What is the message from heaven that Jesus was trying to communicate in the likeness of sinful flesh?
God’s glory is “full of grace and truth”
Therefore we can summarize the entire message of Jesus in few words; God’s glory is full of grace and truth.
What is the purpose of God’s grace?
1Pet. 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
Eph. 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Rom. 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: Rom. 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
What is the purpose of God’s truth?
John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Therefore the ultimate conclusion of the message of heaven is Jesus can justify and sanctify us through His grace and truth that we may be restored back to the glory of God.
CONCLUSION:
Heb. 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Heb. 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Heb. 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high
God is speaking to us today through the Bible, His word.
The Bible is full of words of God’s prophets and Gods’ Son.
The Bible gives us the complete picture of the origin and the future of all humanity.
This complete understanding God’s grace and truth in Jesus is our only hope to return to the glory of God.
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