{"id":24,"date":"2023-07-26T15:36:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T14:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calvarybaptistwv.org\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2023-08-11T14:30:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:30:55","slug":"understanding-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/calvarybaptistwv.org\/index.php\/understanding-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Sense of the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Some people are afraid to read the Bible because they don\u2019t think they can understand it. God gave us the Bible so that we can understand some very important information about who He is and who we are.  The Bible is made up of 66 individual books, 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. The Bible was written over 1500-year period with 40 different authors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Genesis<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Old Testament<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
New Testament<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Why I Should Read the Bible<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Genesis<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Gensis is the first book of the Bible and it\u2019s the foundational book for understanding the Bible. Moses was the author of this book. Keys to understand the book of Genesis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

(Genesis 1:1) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.<\/strong> Everything we can see and can\u2019t see was created by God. Mankind was God\u2019s crowning achievement because it says we were created in the image of God. That means we are eternal, we have a will, and an ability to communicate with God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corruption<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Why is there so much evil and bad things happening if God created everything? The answer is sin entered the picture. Genesis 3 tells us that man disobeyed God and sinned. Death, sickness, and evil had its beginning because of the entrance of sin into the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Condemnation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Genesis 6 tells us of a great flood that God brought upon this world in judgement because of the extreme wickedness of man. Our world that we live in today is not like the perfect world that God once created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abraham<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In Genesis 12 Abraham enters the picture. God called Abraham to be the father of the nation of Israel. God used Israel to give us the Word of God and to bring the Messiah, Jesus Christ, into the world. Most of the Old Testament is about the nation of Israel. These passages are for us to learn about God and the things we need to avoid and things we need to practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Divisions of the Old Testament<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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  1. The books of the law: Genesis through Deuteronomy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The books of History: Joshua through Esther<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The books of poetry: Job through Song of Solomon<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. The books of the prophets: Isaiah through Malachi<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The New Testament<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

    The New Testament is divided into 4 sections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. The Gospels<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. The Book of Acts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. The Epistles (Roman through Jude)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. The Book of Revelation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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      The Gospels – Matthew through John<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      The gospels tell the story of Jesus Christ coming to this earth to be the redeemer for mankind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n