MEMORY WORK
February 2024
“Love”
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”
John 14:15
“Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
1 John 4:8
BIBLE FACTS
WHO’S WORD IS THE BIBLE?
GOD’S WORD
WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?
THE GOOD NEWS
HOW MANY …
YEARS DID IT TAKE TO WRITE THE BIBLE? - ABOUT 1600
MEN WROTE THE BIBLE? - ABOUT 40 MEN
BOOKS ARE IN THE BIBLE? - 66
BOOKS ARE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT? - 39
BOOKS ARE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT? - 27
LANGUAGES WAS THE BIBLE ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN? - 3 (HEBREW, ARAMAIC AND GREEK)
WHAT ARE THE 16 PERIODS OF BIBLE HISTORY?
1. CREATION
2. BEFORE THE FLOOD
3. AFTER THE FLOOD
4. PATRIARCHAL
5. EGYPTIAN BONDAGE
6. WILDERNESS WONDERING
7. CONQUEST OF CANNAN
8. JUDGES
9. UNITED KINGDOM
10. DIVIDED KINGDOM
11. KINGDOM OF JUDAH
12. BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY
13. RESTORATION
14. BETWEEN THE TESTAMENTS
15. LIFE OF CHRIST
16. CHURCH OF CHRIST
HOW DID WE GET OUR BIBLE?
INSPIRATION - GOD PUTTING HIS THOUGHTS INTO MEN
CANONIZATION - SEPARATING GOD’S BOOKS FROM MEN’S BOOK
TRANSMISSION - PASSING THEM DOWN THROUGH TIME (MAKING COPIES AND COPIES)
TRANSLATION - CHANGING THE LANGUAGES