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1.New Testament Survey BIL102 Workshop 4 Glenn Johnson

2. New Testament Survey Devotion & Prayer For the word of God is full of living power. It is sharper than the sharpest knife, cutting deep into our innermost thoughts and desires. It exposes us for what we really are.Nothing in all creation can hide from him. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes. This is the God to whom we must explain all that we have done . (Heb. 4:12-13) 3. New Testament Survey QUIZ 3 6:10-6:20 Clear Your Table Area -Lay Test On Front Table When Done -Turn In Todays Assignments Too -Please Remain Silent Until Everyones Completed The Quiz 4. Distinctive Features of Hebrews

-Heb. 1:1-4 is one of the great Christological passages of the New Testament, similar to Col. 1:15-20.

-Heb. 4:12-13 describes the Word of God in unforgettable language.

Heb. 6:4-6 is a classic text over the issue of apostasy.

Heb. 9:27 is the memorable text which says that each man is destined to die, then face the judgment.

-Heb. 10:25 is the only verse in the New Testament commanding us not to give up meeting together or forsaking to assemble.

-Heb. 11 is the great "heroes of the faith" chapter.

5. Distinctive Features of Hebrews -Hebrews speaks of Christ being superior to angels and having a superior name (1:4) -better things which accompany salvation (6:9) -better hope (7:19) -better covenant (7:22) -Jesus' ministry superior to the high priests (8:6) -superior covenant (8:6) -better promises (8:6) -better sacrifices (9:23) -better and lasting possessions (10:34) -better country (11:16) -better resurrection (11:35) -better plans for us (11:40) -better word (12:24)-Without Hebrews we would never have known that Timothy ever spent any time in jail (Heb. 13:23) 6. Distinctive Features of James -emphasis on good works that justify or save. -seeiming contradiction between James who says that works do justify (Js. 2:14-26) and Paul who says that works do not justify a person (Rom. 4:1-25).-There is a vast difference between works of law that do not justify a person and works of faith which do.-Another distinctive feature is the similarity of James with Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. Consider the following parallels: 2:5 with Mt. 5:3; 3:10-12 with Mt. 7:15-20; 3:18 with Mt. 5:9; 5:2-3 with Mt. 6:19-20; 5:12 with Mt. 5:33-37. 7. Distinctive Features of James There are many memorable passages in such a short book.(James 1:2-4) "consider it pure joy (1:19) "quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to become angry (1:27) "religion that God our Father accepts (3:8) "no man can tame the tongue (4:7) "resist the devil and he will flee from you (5:16) "the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." 8. Distinctive Features of 1 Peter

1 Peter is among the most theological books of the New Testament.

2.spotlights the sufferings of Christ . The verb for "suffering" appears twelve times in 1 Peter (2:19, 20, 21, 23; 3:14, 17, 18;4:1[2], 15, 19; 5:10) whereas it is used only eleven times in all of the other epistles combined.

There are manymemorable verses in 1 Peter .

Peter speaks of theChristian's inexpressible joy(1:8-9).

He challenges the Christian to set Christ apart as Lord, andalways be ready with an answer for the hope he has(3:15).

The substitutionary atonement of Christ is spoken of with wonderful clarity, followed by anobscure reference to Christ's preaching to the spirits in prison(3:18-22).

Peter in memorable fashion gives usinstruction concerning how to deal with anxiety (5:7) and Satan (5:8-9).

9. Distinctive Features of 2 Peter 1. Emphasis on the importance for the Christian to grow in knowledge.-The letter opens with a greeting which comes "through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord" (1:2).-In his list of virtues that the Christian should strive to incorporate into one's life, he is to add knowledge to goodness (1:5). - His letter closes with the challenge to "grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 3:18). 2.2 Peter provides us with a classic view of Scripture.-The inspiration of the Scriptures is asserted in memorable fashion in 2 Peter 1:19-21. To the inspired OT Peter also includes the writings of Paul as NT Scripture (2 Peter 3:15-16). 3.2 Peter shares with Jude a very strong denunciation of false teachers and their teaching.-2 Peter, Chapter 2, minces no words when it comes to the character of some false teachers and how Christians should view them. 4.2 Peter also supplies us with one of the most important passages in the New Testament detailing some of the significant issues related to Christ's second coming (2 Peter 3:3-13). 10. Distinctive Features of Jude 1.One distinguishing feature is the large amount of material in common with 2 Peter (Jude 4-16; 2 Pet. 2:1-3:3). 2.Jude apparently quotes or draws information from two Jewishapocryphal books,- Assumption of Moses(9) and theApocalypse of Enoch(14).-Paul was not afraid to refer to non-biblical Greek works (Acts 17:28 [Arams]; 1 Cor. 15:33 [Menander]; Tit. 1:12 [Epimenides]), so it would not be totally unexpected for someone like Jude to quote non-biblical Jewish writings. 3.Jude does not refute the false teachers per se, but he does denounce them in terms even stronger than those Peter uses. See, for example, 8-13, 16, 18-19. 4.The conclusion or benediction of Jude's book has distinctive theological depth and practical encouragement (24-25). 11.

THE GENERAL LETTERS OF JOHN

Distinctive Features of 1 John

1.Some form of the word love appears in the neighborhood of sixty times in this short book .

2.The Greek word"meno", which means "abide" or "remain" is used over 20 times in the middle three chapters . The issue of remaining or abiding in Christ may be thecentral themeof this letter.

The term"antichrist"appearsfive times in the New Testament ,four in 1 John (2:18[2],22; 4:3) and once in 2 John 7.

1 John is distinctive in its effort toprovide the Christian a solid basis for the assurance of salvation and answered prayer .

-John provides us withthree practical tests that can assure us that we are on the right track.

-John understands eternal life in terms of knowing God and Christ (Jn. 17:3). There arethree ways we can remain sure that we really know the Father and Son :

a. By continuing to obey God's commands (1 Jn. 2:3; 1 Jn. 3:6).

b. By continuing to listen to the apostles and eyewitnesses of the Lord (1 Jn. 4:6).

c. By continuing to demonstrate love (1 Jn. 4:7-8).

5.John'sassurance to the believer concerning answered prayeris found in 1 John 5:14-15.

6.1 John 5:19. whos behind the evil in the world ?Who dictates what happens behind the scenes?

John does not refer to himself by name but simply as " The elder " (1:1).

The designation of the recipient is unique in literature of the New Testament.If this letter is viewed as being written to a Christian lady, it is the only such letter in the New Testament. If it is seen as written to a local congregation, it is the only church addressed by the designation"chosen [elect] lady.

2 John is thesecond shortest book in the NewTestament(and Bible)

4.2 John isone of only two books that refer to the antichrist and his definition of antichrist could challenge some popular notions about this biblical concept

3 John is theshortest book in the New Testament(and Bible).

Like 2 John, theapostle does not refer to himself by name . He simply callshimself " the elder " (1:1).

3.This book provides us with avery honest picture of the negative impact of a power hungry person in a local congregation . Problems we sometimes face today were equally present in New Testament times.

14. PROJECT TEAM 1 PREPARATION 6:55-7:00 -Each team will have a few minutes for set-up before your presentation -Team 1 will be first -Oral Presentation Length: 15-20 Minutes -Other Project Team: Write Down Some Questions/Observations Arising From the Teams PresentationThis Will Count Toward Your Class Participation for the Workshop -After the Presentation: We will discuss the classs questions/observations5 Minutes Last Tips. -Make good eye contact with the whole class - Please be courteous and respectful during each others presentation; pay attention and interact afterward. - Presentation is designed to be both biblically accurate, culturally relevant and capable of meaningful application - Any last minute questions? 15. PROJECT TEAM 1 Presentation 7:00-7:20 16. Class Discussion on PROJECT TEAM 1 Presentation 7:20-7:25 17. BREAK 7:30-7:45 18. PROJECT TEAM 2 Setup 7:45-7:50 19. PROJECT TEAM 2 Presentation 7:50-8:10 20. Class Discussion on PROJECT TEAM 2 Presentation 8:05-8:15 21. PROJECT TEAM 2 Discussion 8:10-8:15 22. PROJECT TEAM 3 Setup 8:15-8:20 23. PROJECT TEAM 3 Presentation 8:20-8:40 24. PROJECT TEAM 2 Discussion 8:40-8:45 25. BREAK 8:45-8:55 26. PROJECT TEAM 4 Setup 8:55-9:00 27. PROJECT TEAM 4 Presentation 9:00-9:20 28. PROJECT TEAM 4 Discussion 9:20-9:25 29. IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT? A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 30. IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT? A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope.

We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

Therefore encourage each other with these words.

31. IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT? A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 vulnerable to real pain and confusionproblem was how to cope with the deaths of some of their members (read 4:13).Would they ever see them again? Or is death's separation permanent?Paul is NOT telling them they shouldnt grieve at all. 32. IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

TWO KINDS OF GRIEF

Sadness because of temporary separation

When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled . . . Jesus wept. John 11:33-35 33. IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

TWO KINDS OF GRIEF

And they began to weep aloud and embraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him, grieving especially over the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. Acts 20:37,38 34. IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

THIS KIND OF GRIEF IS NORMAL AND HEALTHY

35. IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

PAUL: Doesnt Want Them To Grieve Like The Rest Who Have No Hope

What is HOPE?

RELIGIONS AND PHILOSOPHIES OF 1 STCENTURY

Offered No Basis In Hope

TWO KINDS OF GRIEF

Hopelessness because of permanent separation

I was not. I became. I am not. I care not. First century AD grave inscription But, nevertheless, against such things one can do nothing.Therefore, comfort one another.Farewell. Irene, 2nd century AD Egyptian 38. IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

RELIGIONS AND PHILOSOPHIES OF TODAY

Offered No Basis In Hope

TWO KINDS OF GRIEF

No fire, no heroism, no intensity of thought and feeling, can preserve an individual life from the grave...Brief and powerless is Man's life; on his and all his race the slow, sure doom falls, pitiless and dark.Blind to good and evil, reckless of destruction, omnipotent matter rolls on its relentless way for Man, condemned today to lose his dearest, tomorrow himself to pass through the gates of darkness, it remains only to cherish, ere yet the blow falls, the lofty thoughts that ennoble his little day. Bertrand Russell,Why I Am Not a Christian(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957), p.107. 40. IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

TWO KINDS OF GRIEF

My dearest sister, I offer you no consolation, for I know of none.There are things which each must bear as best he may with the strength that has been allotted to him. Aldous Huxley 41. IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

ONLY IN JESUSA CLEAR PROMISE OF PERSONAL, EMBODIED REUNION

HINTED AT IN: 4:13

Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope.

THE PROMISE: PERSONAL, EMBODIED REUNION

On this mountain the LORD Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine--the best of meats and the finest of wines.On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; he will swallow up death forever . The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken.In that day they will say, Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation. Isaiah 25:6-9 43. IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

JUST A WISH.A PSYCHOLOGICAL CRUTCH?

PAULS ANSWER IN: 4:14

We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

THE BASIS: JESUS BODILY RESURRECTION

The promise of ourfutureresurrection is rooted in Jesuspastresurrection

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, thefirst-fruitsof those who have fallen asleep. 1 Corinthians 15:20 IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 45.

SETTINGOF BUDS HARVEST OF FRUIT IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 46.

JESUS RESURRECTION OUR RESURRECTION IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 49.

JESUS RESURRECTION OUR RESURRECTION IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 50.

JESUS RESURRECTION OUR RESURRECTION IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 51. IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT? A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 WE CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT THE SAME DESTINY THAT BELONGED TO JESUS BELONGS TO HIS FOLLOWERS 52.

Is there adequate evidence for Jesus resurrection?

Check outThe Case for Christ , by Lee Strobel

IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 53.

On that greatest point we are not merely asked to have faith.In its favor as...truth there exists such (strong)evidence, positive and negative, factual and circumstantial, that no intelligent jury in the world could fail to bring in a verdict that the resurrection story is true. Chief Justice Darling (Court of England), cited in Michael Green,Man Alive(Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1968), pp. 53,54. IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 54.

As a lawyer, I have made a prolonged study of the evidence for the events of the first Easter Day.To me the evidence is conclusive, and over and over again in the High Court I have secured the verdict on evidence not nearly so compelling. Sir Edward Clarke, cited in John R. W. Stott inBasic Christianity(Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press,1971), p. 47. IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 55.

Indeed, taking all the evidence together, it is not too much to say that there is no historic incident better or more variously reported than the resurrection of Christ.Nothing but the...assumption that it must be false could...suggest the idea of deficiency in the proof of it. B. F. Westcott, cited by Paul Little inKnow Why You Believe(Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1971), p. 30. IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 56.

THE EVENT: THE RAPTURE

The first of a complex of events the Bible calls the end of the age

Well explore this more next week IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 57.

BUTWHENWILL THIS HAPPEN?

According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

Those who have died believing in Christ will participate equally with those who are still living

BOTHWILL BE TOGETHER WITH CHRIST FROM THEN ON

BOTHWILL RECEIVE THEIR RESURRECTED BODIES IN THAT MOMENT

Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 60. THE RESULT: COMFORT IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 61. The Hope Is For Those Who Belong To Jesus If you want to be with Christ & his people in thenextlife, you have toput your personal trust in Christ inthislife. IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 THE CONDITION: BELONGING TO CHRIST 62. . . . the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Roman 6:23 IS DEATHS SEPARATION PERMANENT?A Look At 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 THE CONDITION: BELONGING TO CHRIST I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me shall live even if he dies. John 11:25 63. Review: Final

Silent Years between OT and NT (400yrs)

Alexander the Great: Master of MidEast (334bc)

Hellenism

Roman Empire: how it helped Xanity spread

Distinctions between 4 Gospels

Sermon on Mount: literary style; what it speaks to in gen.

Process by which we acquired 27 books of NT

9 Distinctive Features of Acts (from Lecture)

Peter At Pentecost: His Preaching (Acts 2:14-40); Who was he referencing/quoting?Why?What made this sermon important with regard to what was happening before their very eyes?

Place the importance of the book of Acts in the context of the Church as a whole. (Why is it significant? How does the early Church compare with the Church of today?)

What was Pauls personal background?

Be able to discuss the way Paul handled the Law in his writings (i.e., did he do away with it?)

Know: atonement; justification; salvation

Some of the problems in the Corinthian church and how Paul handled them

General characteristics of Romans

64. Review: Final

Key Hebrews characteristics

Memorable passages from James

Distinct features of 1, 2, 3rd John

Pauls view on death/separation/resurrection according to 1 Thessalonians

What kind of literature Revelation is

Author of revelation; where written

FORMAT

Multiple Choice

True/False

Choose 2 Essay Questions Out of Three

-Know Pauls Life, Conversion & Importance to the Early Church

-Know The Key Characteristics of The Gospels & Differences

Worth: 200 Points (Essays Questions 25 Points Each)

65. PROJECT TEAM PEER EVALUATION REPORT FILL OUT.RETURN BY WS 5 66. FOR WORKSHOP 5 -Read Revelation in Bible -Read Ch. 53 in text -Complete 3-5 page Reflection Paper on the New Testament -Prepare for Final Exam for WS 5 -Turn In Peer Evaluations

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