What is the Bible?

Intro

The Bible

God’s story, Christian foundation

Why does it matter?

We all build our lives on some sort of foundation

Religion, politics, pop culture, fame, wealth

Everyone has something they base their decisions off of

So if you are a Christian, is your life built around God’s word?

If you aren’t a Christian, what is your life built around?

Body

What is the Bible

Word bible means book

Compilation of stories, laws, poems, biographies, wisdom, all pointing to who God is and what he has done for humanity

It is also what Christians base their lives on

Our worldview is informed by the Bible and nothing else

God’s word is authoritative

If I believe something different than the Bible, then I am wrong

Christians believe that the Bible is God’s words written through human authors

Bible Project Video 1

OT

Collection of stories from the prophets/writers

God is speaking to his people

Tells a story of how God is bringing order and beauty into chaos

How we are waiting for a king to come

NT

Jesus claims to be carrying the story forward

Apostles wrote story of Jesus, story of the church, letters to churches

Jesus is the fulfillment of the OT story

God speaking to his people

Bible Project video 2

The story of the Bible

God takes chaos and makes it into beauty, crowns it with humans in God’s image

Made to rule God’s world on behalf of God

But humans decided to take matters into their own hands

God continues to guide people toward Him, but humans keep choosing themselves over God

Exile, destruction, separation from God

God is going to send a new leader to Israel

To transform them from the inside out

Jesus enters the story, claims to be the one Israel is waiting for

Real power is serving others, loving poor/enemies,

Acts as a final sacrifice for our evils, his love was more powerful than death itself

New decision

Choose Jesus, choose the old way

Spreading of Jesus movement

Persecution, confusion, letters to churches

One day Jesus will come to eradicate evil, unite heaven and earth, God will reign over all

The Bible is the story of God and the foundation on which Christians build their lives

Application

Conclusion