Jesus said … "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.
Does God really mean what He says, or is He joking (= saying ridiculous things which cannot be taken seriously)?
Let’s consider:
Someone asked Jesus a very relevant question: And someone said to Him, “Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?”
Let’s consider Jesus’ teaching in Lk.13:24-30 today under the following headings:
Will you and I be among the saved when the door is shut?
Not yet a Christian?
Erring as a Christian?
Already a Christian?
The Bible is comprised of 39 OT books and 27 NT books = 66 books in total.
What’s it all about?
Today’s lesson:
The Theme/Subject of the Bible
1. The Hebrew Scriptures (predominantly the OT) = Christ is coming!
2. The so-called Gospels (so-called Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) = Christ has come!
3. The rest of the NT books = Christ is coming again!
We have several recently baptized Christians among us who might like to have an overview of the
contents of the Bible.
And those of us who have been Christians much longer can always benefit from reminders.
There is much false teaching today concerning The Covenants.
We’ll see in today’s lesson:
The old covenant began at Sinai ( 1450 BC) and ended at the death of Christ ( AD 30).
The new covenant began at the death of Christ ( AD 30) and has no end (while the earth remains).
Note:
The Jewish nation continued to exist politically until the Roman invasion and destruction of Jerusalem
in AD 70.
The old covenant was started in the time of Moses, by the offering of animal sacrifices.
The new covenant was started by the shedding of Jesus’ blood on the cross.
At that time the old covenant ended, and there was a change in God’s laws, so that we are no longer under the laws of the old covenant.
1. What is the supposed Rapture?
2. What is the truth about the future?
The “450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of the Asherah” (1Kgs. 18:19) failed Elijah’s challenge:
– They raved on, but there was no god and consequently no answer (1Kgs. 18:29)!
– These false prophets were put to death by Elijah (1Kgs. 18:40; 19:1).
Sadly many people today are “raving” about the so-called rapture
Recall that Jesus’ teaching on the future is easy to understand, simple, ELEMENTARY (Heb. 6:1,2):
The book of Amos
1. Wrongly acquired prosperity
2. Rejecting the truth
3. Unacceptable worship
4. Apathy
5. Stubbornness
6. The future
The only hope for us all … Amos 9:11,12 is quoted in Acts 15!
– We are now living in the glorious future age prophesied by Amos!
– Will we take advantage of it? Will we listen and obey?
– Don’t be like Israel in the time of Amos!
Introduction (Godly people)
See the lesson from the wise and foolish virgins
Matthew 25:1-13 explained verse by verse
Will you always be ready for Jesus? How can you be ready for Jesus?