KNOWING YOUR BIBLE
November 6, 2022: Dear Friends, Welcome to KNOWING YOUR BIBLE, a weekly blog that helps in learning and understanding the Bible. As has been discussed in previous blogs, the Bible is God’s Holy Word to all who read or listen as the Bible is being read. To help in learning and understanding the Bible, several series on specific topics have been written in this blog that provide knowledge and guidance for those that strive to learn the Bible.
How to read and study the Bible can be somewhat confusing as one strives to learn the Bible. The Bible has 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament, for a total of 66 books. Each book has one or more authors, with all the books having been written several years, or several hundreds of years apart. Many, especially new Bible readers, have difficulty in understanding how the Bible books are related. For instance, as an example, how does a book in the New Testament, for instance, Ephesians, relate to the book of Hosea in the Old Testament?
A series of blogs were written from April 24 to July 10, 2022, that provide the guidance and direction that is needed to learn how to know and study the Bible. The series covers several topics including how to learn and know the names and locations of the Bible books (This helps in knowing how to search for specific Bible verses to read and study); how the Bible books are organized; the timeline of when the events written about in the books occurred or when the book was written; and specific geographic sites that transverse through the books that allow for a better understanding of how the books of the Bible are related. Return to these blogs listed above by going to the website, keegan books.com, to learn how to study and learn the Bible.
Our current series which was written beginning on August 7th, 2022, has focused on learning about important people and events in the Old Testament and the New Testament of the Bible. The discussion in the last 3 weeks has centered on the New Testament with the focus on Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is considered the most important person in the entire Bible. His birth, life, death by crucifixion, and resurrection, are recorded in the Gospel books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, in the New Testament. Return to the last 3 blogs to review and contemplate on Jesus, our Lord and Savior.
Important people and events written in the other books of the New Testament will be written about in the future weeks. This week’s focus is on the book of Acts. Acts was written by the physician Luke who also wrote the gospel book of Luke. Acts is the “History” book of the New Testament. Because of the importance of the book, some time will be spent in the next few weeks, reading and studying portions of the book. Specific people and events written will be highlighted. All Bible verses are from the New Revised Standard (NSR) Version of the Bible.
MAY GOD BLESS YOUR BIBLE STUDY THIS WEEK.!
BIBLE VERSES: Read the chapters listed: Chapter 1-The ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven. Chapter 2: The day of Pentecost, the coming and presence of the Holy Spirit into the world. Chapters 2, 3 and 4: The disciple, Peter preaching about Jesus Christ. The disciple Peter’s ministry and the beginning of Christianity in the world. Chapter 6-7: The story of Stephen and his ministry; his being stoned to death by the Romans led by Saul, later to be called Paul. The study of the book of Acts will be continued next week. Thank you for your Prayers for my son Pat. Please pray this week for my son Pat’s recovery from cardiac bypass surgery. He is slowly recovering and needs your prayers. Your prayers are very much appreciated.