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The Bible The Bible The Bible The Bible

in a in a in a in a

NutshellNutshellNutshellNutshell

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