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Lesson OneIntroduction to the Old Testament6 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoOld Testament: Beginnings Through Settlement5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeOld Testament: Kings Through Exile5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourIntroduction to the New Testament6 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveNew Testament: The Gospels and Acts5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SixNew Testament: Letters and Revelation5 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
Participants 1
Discussion Questions
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What are some reasons one should study the Old Testament?
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Knowledge of God’s relationship with His chosen people.
A clear understanding of what God wants from us as his people. Love, praise, adoration, etc.
Story of creation and man’s original sin.
Psalms show us how to pray, praise and give God glory.
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Studying the Old Testament gives us the history of creation and tells us many stories to show God’s character and His love for us. It allows us a glimpse into His nature and His purpose in the creation of man. It also helps us to see that the many great people referenced in the Bible, though many did great things, were simply flawed humans, just like me.
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The Old Testament is vital is understanding the whole counsel of God and the whole story of God. It tells the story of God’s people but it also tells the story of the origins of sin, of humanity, of the world, and of the need we have in Jesus coming to earth as the Messiah.
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The Old Testament teaches the beginning, but it also foretells the future. It tells about the coming of Jesus.
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Genesis emphasises that life did not exist until God created it. The Old Testament explains that although God loves us we in return have a duty to respect and love Him. His laws and rules are clearly stated. His justice is demonstrated. The punishment for sin is shown to us when we read what happened to Adam & Eve when they disobeyed Gods single command. The Old Testament is full of examples of how God has rewarded people who have listened to His commands and guidance and how those who did not listen perished.
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Why would a lack of knowledge of the Old Testament weaken our understanding of the New Testament?
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We need to understand the laws, where things began, the prophecies to understand the resl meaning behind what Christ did for us.
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The Old Testament describes how we are unable to redeem ourselves, and how we are in need of a blameless Saviour. By seeing how the Old Testament people fail over and over again, we get to appreciate the arrival of Jesus and the work He would do on the cross for us.
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One reason is the understanding of Jesus. Without reading the repeated foreshadowing and prophesies about the coming Messiah, you can’t fully grasp the concept of how long the Israelites waited for a savior. I helps you understand the Pharisees, the response many people had to Jesus, and the full gospel when you understand the history of God’s people and how much they had prepared for their Messiah.
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A lack of knowledge of the Old Testament would be like building a house upside down. The Old Testament is the foundational record of everything the Lord God does from creation and its fall to the redemptive work of Christ. Through the Old Testament, we repeatedly see how as humans we fall short of God’s greatness and goodness, how apart from him we are nothing and can truly do nothing. We see David, a man described as after God’s heart even falling short repeatedly winding all the way up to murder his friend and get his wife pregnant. The Old Testament shows us how much of a need for God we truly have, with the Old we cannot fully appreciate and understand the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross in the New. Without the Old we may be fooled into thinking that we can do things on our own.
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Christ came to fulfill what was started in the Old Testament. If you do not know the beginning,, how can you truly under the ending?