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Christadelphians are “nuts”
• Maybe I meant they are similar to nuts
• A mixed lot!
• Crack one open and see what is inside!
• (Well, talk to one at least!)
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The Bible in a Nutshell Bible facts
95% reach via internet
7 billion population
6 billion copies worldwide
The best seller of all time
1200+ languages/dialects
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The Bible in one sentence
God made, Adam bit, God called, Man ignored,
Earth flooded, Noah floated, Abraham split, Joseph
ruled, Jacob fooled, Bush talked, Moses balked,
Pharaoh plagued, People walked, Sea divided,
Tablets guided, Promise landed, Judges judged, Saul
freaked, David tried, People wandered, Prophets
warned, Jesus born, John baptised, Jesus walked,
Jesus talked, Jesus crucified, Jesus rose, Apostles
preached, Word spread, Man ignores, God waits…..
Jesus will return, his Kingdom will be established
what will you do about it?
The Bible in one sentence
The Creator is a potter and
the universe His wheel,
some of His pieces He will keep,
some He will not.
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Bible facts
1 – The Writing of the Bible
From 1500 BC to AD 100.
2 – The Divisions of the Bible
The 39 books of the Old Testament were written before the
birth of Jesus and the 27 books of New Testament cover the
life of Christ and beyond.
3 – Chapters and Verses
Each of the books but 5, are divided into chapters and verses.
The 5 which aren’t - Obadiah, Philemon, 2 John, 3 John, and
Jude.
Bible facts
4 – The Longest and Shortest of the Bible
Longest chapter Psalm 119 - 176 verses.
Shortest chapter Psalm 117 - 2 verses.
Longest book Psalms - 150 chapters & 43,743 words.
Shortest book 3 John - 1 chapter & 299 words.
Longest verse Esther 8:9 with 90 words.
Shortest verse John 11:35 - only 2 words, “Jesus wept.”
5 – The Bible is God’s Word
Those who believe the Bible also believe that God inspired
various people through the years to write down His actual
words for mankind.
The Bible says more than 3,000 times “thus saith the Lord.”
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Bible facts
6 – The Bible is Historically Accurate
Secular historians: Josephus and Tacitus
7 – The Prophecies of the Bible
More than 3,200 verses with fulfilled prophecy either within
the Bible itself or since the Bible was written.
There are still many that are yet to be fulfilled.
8 – The Writers of the Bible
At least 40 different people wrote parts of the Bible
Moses wrote the first 5 books.
The Apostle Paul wrote at least 13 books of the Bible.
But there is one editor in chief – God.
Bible facts
If every copy of the
Bible suddenly
vanished:
People passing the gate
of Harvard University
would continue to read:
"open ye the gates that
the righteous nation
which keepeth the
truth may enter in"
(Isaiah 26:2).
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Bible facts
If every copy of the Bible
suddenly vanished:
Each year 2,000,000
visitors pass the Liberty
Bell in Philadelphia and
still read:
"Proclaim LIBERTY
throughout all the Land
unto all the Inhabitants
thereof" (Lev 25:10).
Bible facts
If every copy of the
Bible suddenly
vanished:
“Except the Lord
keep the City” –
Halifax crest
(Psalms 127:1)
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The Bible The Gospel
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Acts 7 Old Testament by Stephen
Acts 17 – Paul regarding the “Unknown” God
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Hebrews 1 - Paul
“Long ago, at many times and in many
ways, God spoke to our fathers by the
prophets, but in these last days he
has spoken to us by his Son, whom he
appointed the heir of all things…”
John 3:16 - Jesus
19 - And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
17 - For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
18 - Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
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Mark 12 – Words of Jesus
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
You shall love your neighbour as yourself.
The Bible in 3 minutes
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10 Passages for homework
In the beginning God created
The Ten Commandments
The Lord is My Shepherd
Prophecy of the Messiah
For God so loved the World
The Sermon on the Mount
The Trial and Crucifixion
If God is for us, who can be against us?
The Greatest of these is Love
A New Heaven and a New Earth
Genesis 1
Exodus 20
Psalm 23
Isaiah 53
John 3
Matthew 5
Luke 23
Romans 8
1 Corinthians 13
Revelation 21
Leaflets
The Bible in one sentence
God made, Adam bit, God called, Man ignored,
Earth flooded, Noah floated, Abraham split, Joseph
ruled, Jacob fooled, Bush talked, Moses balked,
Pharaoh plagued, People walked, Sea divided,
Tablets guided, Promise landed, Judges judged, Saul
freaked, David tried, People wandered, Prophets
warned, Jesus born, John baptised, Jesus walked,
Jesus talked, Jesus crucified, Jesus rose, Apostles
preached, Word spread, Man ignores, God waits…..
Jesus will return, His Kingdom will be established
what will you do about it?
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Bible in a nutshell
• In the Beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
• For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
• The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
• You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
• You shall love your neighbour as yourself.Genesis 1:1, John 3:16, Mark 12