Bible Study in Mentz

We had our second Bible study in Mentz today and Jankie and Meriam were very excited.  Today there were 38 people there, well 39 really if you count the baby :)!  Mark is going very slow with them as we see they know some scriptures but they really don't know anything about the Bible and how to use it.

Last week, Mark covered the first two lessons in from the New Tribes;  Building On Firm Foundations book 2. 

Last weeks lessons ...

1.  The Bible is God's message to all people.

2.  The Bible tells us what God is like and that He alone existed before everything and everyone else.  

 

He decided before moving on he wanted to spend some time going over the Bible with a basic "Introduction to the Bible." (As he started, Meriam asked him to reteach last weeks lesson since there were so many new people.  He explained to her that he would go over some of the things during his lesson today.) 

 

He encouraged them to memorize 2 Timothy 3:16 ... "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness."  

 

He went through the different books of the Bible starting with the Old Testament (39 books) and showed them the different sections and what they are about.  Basic Overview.  

 

The Pentateuch (5 books)

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy

Historical (12 books) 

Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther

 

Poetic (5 books) 

Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, The Song of Solomon

 

Major Prophets (5 books) 

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel

 

Minor Prophets (12 books)

Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

 

Even though the sun was setting they wanted to keep going so he started with the New Testament (27 books) and explained that it is also referred to as the New Covenant.  In the New Testament we find out about: 

- the life of Christ

-the way of salvation

-the beginning of Christianity

-instruction for Christian living

-God's plan for the future 

He started to show them how the New testament is divided starting with the 

Historical (5 books) 

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John (known as the Gospels) and Acts

He had them look up John 20:31 and list the two reasons that are given for the writing of John's gospel.  Those that had bibles, quickly started looking in the Table of Contents to find out where John is located.  Once they found the page, someone read the verse.  Mark walked them through what it says.  I went around to some that were struggling and showed them how they could look at that verse and find the answers to the question ... 

John 20:31 ... "but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.  

After this Mark stopped and told them that we would finish the New Testament next week.  They were all so thankful that we came and told Mark how they enjoyed the lesson.  One lady even said it was not long enough.

I got to watch Mmaputhego so Meriam could listen to the study. 

 Mark asked them if there was anything that we could specifically pray for and here is what they said ... 

 

 - peace for the community

-for the kids school

-for those who are sick

-for the Bible study

Please join us in praying for them this week.