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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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The Old Testament is not only a good foundation for learning it teaches of God and all the trials and tribulations of Gods people. Today we go through some of the same issues and knowing that God helped His people through their hard times gives us comfort for when we go through those trials.
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A person should study the Old Testament to grow closer to God. A person should study the Old Testament to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation for the entire story of God plan for humanity. A person should study the Old Testament to grow personally in their understanding of God in their everyday life.
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To understand how it fits all together. People, places, and concepts. How Jesus understood the law and the prophecy about himself.
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We must understand that God is the beginning of all things, that he is the source of time and humanity and the Creator of every living thing. We must develop a personal knowledge of God by learning His character, love and power. It introduces us to His grace and mercy and points us toward a destination back to His presence after the fall of humankind. The Old Testament is the history of the human race and God’s authority, correction and love for His creation.
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The Old Testament is the introduction to the New Testament, they go hand in hand. The Old Testament explains how and why everything came about in the New Testament and the beginning, the middle, and the end.
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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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Because the New Testament is written on the premise of the Old Testament, and the Old Testament is written on the premise that the New Testament will be written after it.
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We wouldn’t be able to get a glimpse into why the need a Messiah. It gives us a look at how sin messed up things for mankind and the need for Christ’s blood to be an atonement for our sin and to reconcile us to the trinity. It is also needed so that we can understand how important it is to build our faith in God through the knowledge of His Word. The Old Testament explains History, poetry, and prophecy that we can build a firm foundation and add to it by then going on to the New Testament.
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The Old testament opens the door for us to understand who Christ truly is. Also by reading and understanding the Old Testament it allows us to know who God really is and his character and why he sent Christ to die for us. It gives the foundation for the laws that Christ himself came to fulfill
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A lack of knowledge would weaken our understanding of the New Testament because we don’t know the back story of the Old Testament. In the New Testament, there are frequent references made from the Old Testament, that without reading it, it wouldn’t make since to us.
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Well we would’nt completly understand or appreciate its teaching. Also to keep us inform of the Basic Truths, the coming of Jesus the purpose and our factual ,personal and practical knowlege of God.