1. 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

2. 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

3. How THE BIBLE came into being. A Process
Genuine.
Authenticity.
Divine authority and inspiration.
Apocrypha
Canon

4. How THE BIBLE came into being. A Process
The Jews
The Roman Catholic Church
The Protestants

5. How THE BIBLE came into being. 1. The Traditions
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Oral
Written

6. How THE BIBLE came into being. 2. The Languages
Hebrew
Greek
Latin
English

7. 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

8. How THE BIBLE came into being. 4. The Empires
West
East
Persian
Greek
Babylonian
Roman
Assyrian

9. How THE BIBLE came into being. End remarks
Bible means “books”
Dead Sea Scrolls
Manuscripts
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Vaticanus

10. How THE BIBLE came into being. End remarks
New Testament
Old Testament 39 27
TOTAL = 66