Share what you know
You don’t have to have the Bible memorized to share what God has done for you or through you. If you are a born again believer in Jesus Name then you are called to give your testamony to those you meet.
You don’t have to know every scripture there is on Salvation to be a good witness. But you do need to settle your questions about the Bible in your own mind. Because if you walk around with doubts in your mind, you’ll transfer those doubts to whoever you’re talking to. If they can’t see that you believe and are comfortable with every word of the Bible, why should they believe Jesus’ gospel is true coming from you?
The day may come when you are forced to stand in a court of law and testify that you believe the Bible is true. If you cannot stand firm on what you believe… you can be convinced you’re wrong.
In a court of law could you be found guilty for what you believe?
Would there be enough evidence to convict you? Every day we talked to people, who can tell by our words, if we have faith that what we believe is true. You can’t take someone else’s word for it. We must know within our own heart what YOU believe. We can’t answer “my church teaches” we have to be able to answer, “I believe.”
ROMANS 1:16-20 (KJV) For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
God gave us His word and He gave us the Holy Ghost to teach us. When we stand before the throne, we will not have a valid excuse to offer as to why we were not a firm witness to the truth of God’s word.
Walking through the Bible
As we walk through the Bible reading the stories of the real-life men and women following their lives as they succeeded or as they failed, we begin to see the nature and the personality of God and how He interacts with those who please Him and those who fail Him.
Let’s begin our Walk Through the Bible with a discussion of the structure and the breakdown of the Bible.
The Old Testament is the history the New is based on.
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- Genesis to Deuteronomy is traditionally considered the books of Moses; also called the Law or the Pentateuch.
- From Joshua to Esther are the Historical books
- From Job to the Song of Solomon are the Poetical books
- The Prophetical books contain the major and minor Prophets
- The 5 Major Prophets are from Isaiah to Daniel
- The 12 Minor Prophets from Hosea to Malachi
Hebrews 1:1 (KJV) God, who at sundry times and
in divers manners spake in time past unto the
fathers by the prophets,
Where there any witnesses that Moses talked to God?
The first person we see in the story of the written word is Moses. The first 5 books of the Bible were written by Moses.
It’s an often-missed fact: There were witnesses that Moses talked to God! Moses took the elders of Israel up on the mountain to see God and to eat and drink with Him. These men were witnesses that God spoke to Moses, face to face, and that the Law was the words of God.
Exodus 24:9-11 (KJV) Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: 10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
What they saw was a manifestation of the Spirit of God. Notice it says they saw His feet and not His face. Later God says no man can see His face and live. Notice the writer points out God didn’t kill them.
Who wrote the Ten Commandments first?
In Exodus 31 God wrote His Law on the stone tablets Himself.
But when Moses came down off the mountain the children of Israel had made a molten calf and worshiped it. Moses threw down the tablets and broke them.
Exodus 31:18 (KJV) 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.
In chapter 32 God decides to kill all of the Israelites and make a people out of Moses. Then Moses goes into the Tabernacle to talk with God. Moses says if you blot them out blot me out too.
Exodus 33:10-11a (KJV) And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door. 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend.
During this time with God Moses asks God to show him His Glory. God tells him that no man can see my face and live. PERSONALLY, I believe God means no man can see His full plan for mankind to understand the full Gospel. If He showed it to a man, then Satan and evil men would interfere with the plan. Thus, we have prophecy.
EXODUS 33:18-23 (KJV) And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. 20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. 21 And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: 22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: 23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
What did God show Moses while he was in the cleft of the rock?
The writing of the Torah ... that became our Bible
Moses returns to the mountain to write the Ten Commandments on the tablets of stone.
Exodus 34:28 (KJV) And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Moses wrote down all the law, and the words of the Lord then told them to the priests and the 70 elders. The tablets of stone were placed in the ark of the covenant.
At this time God began to establish a written covenant that could be passed on from generation to generation.
The priest, rabbis, and scribes wrote on leather, clay, and wood. Later they wrote on scrolled paper. The Jewish priest are still writing history today.
The Bible was not written in the order the books appear in the Bible today. It was divided by the translators and placed in an order that made sense to them. There are 40 different human writers of the books of the Bible. The Bible was “actually” written over a period of 1500 years.
The Old Testament covers a human lifetime period of 4000 years… after Adam and Eve left the garden. We are not actually told how long they were in the garden before they sinned.
The New Testament is the New Covenant
The New Testament will cover 3000 years. 2000 years for the church age and 1000 years for the millennium.
The titles of the OLD and NEW testaments came from the translators of the Bible. They also broke the books into chapters and verses. It was their way of helping us understand the Bible.
HOWEVER, the first 4 books of the New belong in the Old. The NEW covenant did not begin until after Jesus rose from the dead.
2 Peter 3:8 (KJV) But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Revelation 20:7-8 (KJV) And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, (KJV)
Never let anyone tell you the Old Testament isn’t important. God teaches us by physical or touchable things in the Old and what He wants us to see, be and do… in the Spiritual in the New.
The New Testament contains 27 books and it was originally written in Greek.
The first four books are the gospels; Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These books describe what happened in Jesus’ life, what He cared about, what He preached, and the miracles He performed. Each book ends with the details of how He died and rose again on the third day.
The four Gospels of the New Testament sum up the Old Testament. The Old Testament contained all of the types & shadows, the foretelling visions and the prophecies of the Messiah to come. The Gospels contain the proofs, to the Jews and the world, that Jesus absolutely was the Messiah.
ACTS 28:30-31 (KJV) And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, 31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Jesus and the Apostles used the 39 books of the Old Testament to prove and preach Jesus is the Messiah, our Lord, and Savior.
The book of Acts is the history of what happened after Jesus died and the beginning of the church. The NEW TESTAMENT begins with the book of Acts.
What is missing at the end of the book of Acts?
The majority of the New Testament was written by the Apostle Paul, to the various churches, he was the Bishop or overseer of. Most of Paul’s letters were written while he was in prison.
Next, we have the general letters written by James, Peter, John, and Jude. Personally, I believe Hebrews was written by Paul also.
REVELATION 1:9-11 (KJV) I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, 11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia;
John had a servant who requested to go with him. As John was having the vision, the servant wrote what he was saying.
(From Wikipedia)
John was banished (presumably to Patmos) after being plunged into boiling oil in Rome and suffering nothing from it. It is said that all in the audience of Colosseum were converted to Christianity upon witnessing this miracle. This event would have occurred in the late 1st century, (96AD) during the reign of the Emperor Domitian, who was known for his persecution of Christians.
What about Jesus?
The entire Bible from “In the Beginning” to the last Amen of Revelations has all been about Jesus.
In the Old Testament, we are given the foundation by physical examples of what God expects of His children and His Bride. In the New Testament, we are introduced to how to accomplish the things God expects from us in the spiritual.
All scripture came to us by the inspiration of God. It may have been pinned by humans, but it was ordained by God. Over 3,800 times the Bible uses the terms the Lord said, the Lord spoke, and God said.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (KJV) All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
1 Corinthians 14:37 (KJV) If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
Jeremiah 30:1-2 (KJV) The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
The more you desire to know, the more He will show you
God will reveal Himself to you. If you desire to know the Truth God will show you the truth in His word. He will open the scriptures to you. The Bible is the living Word…not a dead book. Meaning God can bring His word to life in your life. Just ask Him to show you and open your heart. He will.
Just consider these facts that took science thousands of years to figure out. If they had read their Bible, they would have known the truth. The brightest men of science all said the earth was flat. If you have ever looked at the horizon you can understand why they thought that.
Isaiah lived around–700-681 B.C. How does a man who has never seen a telescope or flown in a plane know the earth is round? He doesn’t but God did.
Isaiah 40:21-22 (KJV) Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
How could Job know the clouds were made of water?
How could he know that earth hung on nothing?
Job 26:7-8 (KJV) He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
For years man thought he could count the stars.
Now science knows the universe is forever growing.
Jeremiah 33:22 (KJV) As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
George Washington died because the treatment of the day, for his illness was to bleed a person. They took 5 pints in less than 16 hours and of course he died.
Genesis 2:7 (KJV) And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Human blood is the living manifestation of the breath of God breathed into Adam.
It is impossible for humans to recreate or replace blood.
The New England Medical Journal has determined that blood is an intelligent being.
- Blood can locate a wound.
- Blood can determine what to do about a wound.
- Blood can fix the wound and solve the problem.
When the blood goes to a wound and determines what is necessary to fix it, the blood has to die to fix it.
Some more facts about the Bible:
Over and over science has proven the flood did happen.
The lost civilization of the Hittites has been found.
Sodom and Gomorrah have been identified. They found a deposit of 90% sulfur, that doesn’t exist anywhere else in the world.
The remains of the city of Jericho have been found and the time of the Israelites attack match its destruction.
The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in the spring of 1947 by a young sheepherder who lost one of his sheep. He chased the sheep down but instead of entering the caves, he threw a rock to scare it. But instead of the sheep, he heard a crash.
When he investigated, he found a multitude of clay pots containing scrolls. Several scrolls were intact, but most were fragmented. Many different people have spent years piecing together the fragments to have as many intact scrolls as possible.
This is a list of how many complete books of the Hebrew Bible were found in the 12 different caves. All of the books of the Hebrew Bible were found except for Esther. There were also many non-biblical books found. Such as the book of Enoch and the Apocrypha.
They found a 95% accuracy in the scrolls, to match word for word as it appears in our Bible today. The 5% difference was due to a slip of the pen or a difference in the spelling or translation of a word.
One example is the book of Isaiah 53 where they found out of 166 words only 17 letters were in question.
This proves without a shadow of a doubt for the past 2000 years God’s hand has been on His word. Keeping it intact to say exactly what He wanted it to say.
This list hasn’t been updated recently. I am sure the numbers are higher.
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