Agenda 1. A test drive 2. How did the Bible come into being? 3. Overview of the Bible 4. The First process of the Bible GPS is Understanding. 5. The Second process of the Bible GPS is Application. The Third process of the Bible GPS is Communication. 6. The Bible GPS on Galatians 5: 16-26 7. The Bible GPS on Ephesians 5: 8-20 8. The Bible GPS on Romans 3: 21-26
How THE BIBLE came into being. (Schematic) Traditions Oral Written Languages Hebrew Aramaic Greek Latin (Vulgate -255) English King James ±1000BC ±400BC ±90AD 397AD ±1546 AD ±1611 AD Carthage ±397AD NT Canon (Early Church accepts the decisions of Jamnia & Carthage) Jamnia (Jewish Council) ±90AD OT Canon without Apocrypha Trent ±1546AD (Located in Northern Italy) Roman Catholics officially defined the Catholic Canon which include the Apocrypha) Councils Assyrian Empires Greek (Alexander the Great) Babylonian Roman Persian
How THE BIBLE came into being. A Process Genuine. Authenticity. Divine authority and inspiration. Apocrypha Canon
How THE BIBLE came into being. A Process The Jews The Roman Catholic Church The Protestants
How THE BIBLE came into being. 1. The Traditions TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK Oral Written
How THE BIBLE came into being. 2. The Languages Hebrew Greek Latin English
How THE BIBLE came into being. 3. The Councils Old Testa-ment Council of Jamnia ±AD 90 New Testa-ment Council of Carthage ±AD 397 Council of Trent ±AD 1546 Apocrypha/ Deuterocanon
How THE BIBLE came into being. 4. The Empires West East Persian Greek Babylonian Roman Assyrian
How THE BIBLE came into being. End remarks Bible means “books” Dead Sea Scrolls Manuscripts Codex Sinaiticus Codex Vaticanus
How THE BIBLE came into being. End remarks New Testament Old Testament 39 27 TOTAL = 66
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