KNOW

GOD!

How Does God Show He

Cares For Us?
Where Did the Bible Come
From?
Which Version Should I Use?
Why Study the Bible?

KNOWING GOD is more than

storing facts and information
about God. It means HAVING A
RELATIONSHIP
WITH
GOD
HIMSELF.
It involves study of His Word,
the Bible, and then responding
to what He says in worship, in

1. How many books are there in the Old

Testament?
2. What are the first five books of the Old
Testament?
3. What do you call the first five books of
the Old Testament?
4. What do you call the books that tell
about the history of Israel?
5. Name in order the historical books.
6. What are the poetical books?
7. Name the books of the major prophets.
8. How many minor prophets are there?

A. PENTATEUCH or LAW (5)

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers,
Deuteronomy
B. HISTORICAL BOOKS (12)
Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I Samuel, II Samuel, I
Kings, II Kings, I Chronicles, II Chronicles, Ezra,
Nehemiah, Esther
C. POETICAL BOOKS (5)
Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of
Solomon
D. PROPHETICAL BOOKS (17)
1. Major Prophets
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel,
Daniel

How Does
God Show He
Cares For
Us?
Hebrews 1:1,2

Hebrews 1:1,2
In the past, God spoke to our
ancestors many times and in
many ways through the prophets,
but in these last days, He has
spoken to us through His Son.
He is the one through whom
God created the universe, the one
whom God has chosen to possess

Have you been studying

the Bible to know more
about God?
Have you been
meditating on its words
to deepen your

We must recognize
the Bible as our
ULTIMATE
AUTHORITY and
GUIDELINE for our

HOW GOD
REVEALED
HIMSELF

1. NATURE
The beautiful creation tells us that there
is a POWERFUL and ETERNAL PERSON who
made all these things and has put them in
place. He is wise. He loves beautiful
things. He loves His creatures. This GREAT
CREATOR is GOD.
God has revealed His GLORY and POWER
through HIS creation, but creation cannot
fully describe God. It is not sufficient to
guide men into the right way GODS WAY.

2. VOICE AND APPEARANCES

Voic
e

Angel of
the Lord

2. VOICE AND APPEARANCES

Drea
m

Vision

3. MIRACLES
The God of Creation has control over all the
things He has made.

He divided the Red Sea to allow the Israelites to

walk on dry land, thus delivering them from the
Egyptians.
He filled many empty jars from with a small jar

4. PROPHETS
Prophets were individuals
personally called by God to
deliver His message to the
people
in
their
present
situation.
They
were
the
spokesmen of God. They also
warned
the
people
about
things that would happen in

5. JESUS CHRIST
Jesus Christ, the
LIVING WORD
God the Fathers
PERFECT REVELATION
of Himself is Jesus
Christ, His ONLY SON.
Jesus
Christ
came
from heaven to reveal
the character of God
and
bring
His
message of salvation

6. THE BIBLE

GODS WRITTEN WORD

The prophets and the
apostles wrote down the
things God revealed to
them. The result was the
Bible, the WORD OF GOD.
Through the Bible we
can come to know Jesus
Christ, Gods Son, as our
Savior. We can know how
to live according to Gods
ways. As we search the
Bible, the Holy Spirit

Do you see the importance of

reading, studying, and
meditating on Gods Word, the
Bible?
What should be our attitude
when the Bible is being
preached by the Pastor, or
when it is being taught by our

What
are
some
of
the
hindrances that prevent us
from understanding what the
Bible is communicating to us?

SIN
LACK OF ENTHUSIASM
TO LEARN

How can we overcome this

hindrances?

PRAYER
FAITH in the HOLY SPIRIT to
give us UNDERSTANDING
TEACHABLE AND
RESPONSIVE SPIRIT

How should we respond to the

teachings in the Bible?

IN OBEDIENCE AND
LOVE

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Sunday!
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Where Did the Bible
Come From?

KNOW
GOD!

Where Did the Bible

Come From?

2 Peter 1:21
No prophetic message
ever came just from the
human will, but people were
UNDER THE CONTROL of the
HOLY SPIRIT as they spoke
the message that came
FROM GOD.

Have you ever stopped

to think what would have
happened if the Bible did
not exist? What would be
like if we did not have
Gods message?

We should realize that in some

parts of the world there are people
who have been deprived of reading
the
Bible
because
their
governments have prohibited it.
Should we not appreciate more
the freedom that we have in
owning and studying the Bible

Former U.S. President DWIGHT D.

EISENHOWER has said,

TO READ THE BIBLE is TO

TAKE A TRIP to a FAIR LAND
where
the
SPIRIT
IS
STRENGTHENED and FAITH
IS RENEWED.

What are the ADVANTAGES of a WRITTEN

MESSAGE over an oral message?
1. The message is delivered as it is. No word is
missed.
2. If the audience do not understand the
message, the messenger can read it again.
3. The audience themselves can read the
message. They do not have to depend upon the
messenger to read the message.
4. The written message is the EVIDENCE OF

HOW COULD A
BOOK WRITTEN BY
MEN BE THE WORD
OF GOD? WHERE

I. INSPIRATION
Read 2 Timothy 3:15, 16; 2
Peter 1:21
The Bible is also known as the
HOLY
SCRIPTURES.
Scriptures
refer to SACRED WRITINGS.
Verse 16: ALL SCRIPTURE
INSPIRED BY GOD.

IS

I. INSPIRATION
What does inspiration mean?
Inspiration literally means
GOD-BREATHED.
God
breathed out the very words
that the human authors
wrote. God therefore is the
originator of all writings in

I. INSPIRATION
What does inspiration mean?
Inspiration literally means
GOD-BREATHED.
God
breathed out the very words
that the human authors
wrote. God therefore is the
originator of all writings in

I. INSPIRATION
Read 2 Peter 1:21
The writers were under the
control of the Holy Spirit
when they spoke and wrote
the message of God. The
HOLY SPIRIT supernaturally
GUIDED them so that they

I. INSPIRATION

The Holy Spirit

revealed truths which
they did not know
before. The result was
that their writing was

II. HISTORY OF THE BIBLE

a. WRITING
Exodus
17:14;
Deuteronomy
31:9; Joshua 24:25,26; Jeremiah
36:1-3;
Luke
1:1-4;
1
Thessalonians 1:1; 5:27

God chose SPECIFIC MEN to

write His Words.

II. HISTORY OF THE BIBLE

a. WRITING
The human writers under
the guidance of the Holy
Spirit wrote Gods message
in Hebrew, Aramaic, and
Greek. The writers used
stones, clay tablets, papyrus

II. HISTORY OF THE BIBLE

b. COPIES
The scribes or copyists
reverently
made
accurate
copies
of
the
original
Scriptures using SCROLLS.

II. HISTORY OF THE BIBLE

c. PRESERVATION (Jeremiah
26)
God planned that His word
would be preserved so that it
could be passed from one
generation to another. NO
POWER OF MAN nor of the

II. HISTORY OF THE BIBLE

d. TRANSLATIONS
The
Old
Testament
was
originally written in Hebrew and
the New Testament in Greek. But
God wants all the people of the
world to hear His Word in a
language they can understand.
Today, there are Bibles, or parts

II. HISTORY OF THE BIBLE

e. The Bible comes to the
Philippines

Do you know how

the Bible came to
the Philippines?

If someone asks
you What do you
mean when you
say the Bible is

If someone asks
you How do you
know God wants
you to read the
Bible? How will

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Sunday!
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Where Version
Should I Use?

KNOW
GOD!

Which Version
Should I Use?

Nehemiah 8:8, 9a
They (the Levites) gave
an oral translation of Gods
Law and explained it so that
the
people
could
understand it. When the
people heard what the Law
required, they were so

A.HISTORICAL BOOKS (5)

Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
History: Acts
B.TEACHING BOOKS (21)
Pauline Epistles: Romans, I Corinthians,
II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians,
Philippians, Colossians, I Thessalonians, II
Thessalonians, I Timothy, II Timothy,
Titus, Philemon
General Epistles: Hebrews, James, I
Peter, II Peter, I John, II John, II John, Jude
C.PROPHETICAL BOOK (1)

THE LORD

BIBLE
EXPLORATIO

What is a version?
A
version
is
a
translation
of
a
literary work from the
language
it
was
originally written in,
into another language.
The
Bible
was
originally written in
Hebrew, Aramaic, and
Greek. A translation of

Nehemiah 8:8, 9a
They (the Levites) gave
an oral translation of Gods
Law and explained it so that
the
people
could
understand it. When the
people heard what the Law
required, they were so

If we are to understand the

message of God, we need to
read and hear the Word of God
in a language that we can
understand.
Then
we
can
properly respond in praise and
thanksgiving for the goodness

Psalms 26:2
KING JAMES VERSION
Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try
my reins and my heart.
NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
Test me, O Lord, and try me, examine
my heart and my mind.
GOOD NEWS BIBLE

Comparison of
Versions

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

The KJV was published almost 400 years
ago in 1611. It made the Bible plain and
clear to the people during that time. But
this version was written so long ago that
today we find it hard to understand. The
English language has changed a lot since
1611. Many words used in this version are
not used now in everyday conversation
words such as thou, thee, howbeit,

NEW
(NIV)

INTERNATIONAL

VERSION

This version was published in 1978.

More than one hundred Bible scholars
from different denomination and
representing countries translated the
Bible from the most accurate texts of the
original languages. The translation is
faithful to the original languages of

GOOD NEWS BIBLE (GNB)

This version is not a literal word for
word translation of the Hebrew, Aramaic,
and Greek texts. Its concern is to
communicate the meaning of Scripture in
English which is common to all readers of
English throughout the world. It is faithful
and accurate to the meaning of the
original languages the Bible was written
in. It tries to express what the authors

What version of the Bible

do you have?
Do you have any
difficulties in reading or
understanding this

What version of the Bible

do you have?
Do you have any
difficulties in reading or
understanding this

Why study the

Bible?

Isaiah 55:8

My thoughts, says
the Lord, are not like
yours, and my ways
are
different
from
yours.

1. Gods thoughts
are SUPERIOR to
our thoughts

The complete
Bible is a
COMPLETE
SPIRITUAL

2. The Bible is
PROFITABLE
for
Growth in every
part
of
our

FOUR WAYS the Bible is

Profitable:
a. Teaching the truth
b. Rebuking error
c. Correcting faults
d. Giving instruction for

3. The Bible is
the CHRISTIANS
SWORD AGAINST
EVIL.

Word of God is helpful:

a. To
defeat
direct
attacks of Satan
b. To
keep
us
from
committing sin

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Sunday!
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