BIBLE STUDY:

 

Bible Study: “Understanding the books of the Bible”

Lesson # 1

 

Our Scripture Reading: (Psalm 119:89, Matthew 5:18; 24:35, I Peter 1:25;1:21;2:2, 2 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 4:12.)

           

There are 39 books in the Old Testament, generally separated into 4 divisions:

 

The Pentateuch, traditionally designed as the 5 books of Moses

Historical Books, 12 books from Joshua to Esther

Poetical Books, 5 books from Job to Song of Solomon

Prophetical Books, including the writings of the 5 Major Prophets from Isaiah to Daniel, and the 12 Minor Prophets from Hosea to Malachi.

 

Main Scripture: Deuteronomy 8:3

 

This lesson will consist of “The Pentateuch, traditionally designed as the 5 books of Moses:”  

 

Books of the Bible:  Genesis:” The book of origins/beginning”

 

Author: (Moses) common accepted

Time:  Genesis begins with the creation story and ends with the death of Joseph, which probably occurred around the nineteenth century B.C. (1883 BC)

Structure: The literary structure of Genesis is built around eleven distinct units, each signaled by the presence of the word “genealogy.”  The eleven sections include: Introduction to the genealogies (1:1-2:3); (2) Heaven and Earth (2:4-4:26); (3) Adam (5:1-6:8); (4) Noah (6:9-9:29); (5) Sons of Noah (10:1-11:9); (6) Shem (11:10-26); (7) Terah (11:27-25:11); (8) Ishmael (25:12-18); (9) Isaac (25:19-35:29); (10) Esau (36:1-37:1 (11) Jacob (37:2-50:26).

In this book, there were God, Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, etc.

Chapters: (50)

Memory verse in the book:  Genesis 3:15 “First messianic promise”

Abbreviation of the book: (Gen.)

Life Principles in the book: (Our Intimacy with God-His highest priority for our lives determines the impact of our lives, (Genesis 1:26).

Key Thought: God is the origin of all things-the universe, the earth, life, humanity, the Jewish people, and the plan of redemption.

Key Verse: “Genesis 50:20-21 King James Version

²⁰ But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. ²¹ Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

Key Action: Remember that no matter what life brings or how evil intrudes, our Creator has a plan, His sovereignty can not be thwarted, and His plans is right on schedule.

Key Prayer: Lord, help me to remember that You are in control of my life, from beginning to the end, AMEN.

 

Book of the Bible:   Exodus: “Exit, Departure, or Going Out”

Author: (Moses) common accepted

Time: The book of Exodus covers a period from the birth of Moses (1525 B.C.) to the construction of the tabernacle (1446 B.C.) More scholars date the exodus from Egypt (1447 B.C.).

Structure: The book of Exodus begins with an account of Egyptian oppression (1:7-22), then moves to the early years of Moses’ life (2:1-21), followed by Moses’ calling and his demand to Pharaoh to release his people from captivity (3:1-12:30), then describes the exodus from Egypt and Israelites’ journey to Mount Sinai (12:3-18:27). The remainder of the book covers the giving of the Law and the establishment of Hebrew culture.

In this book, there were Leaders and Prophets!

Chapters: (40)

Memory verse in the book: Exodus 12:13 “Life Insurance”
Abbreviation of the book: (Ex.)

Life Principles in the book: Obey God and leave all the consequences to Him, (Exodus 19:5).

Key Thought: God provides the redemption, provision, and guidance of His people need.

Key Verse: Exodus 14:13 King James Version

¹³ And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you today: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more forever.

Key Action: We must be still in God’s presence, then go forward in God’s power (see Exodus 14:13,15).

Key Prayer: Lord, help me to stand firm and see Your deliverance, for I know You will fight for me; I only need to be still. AMEN.

 

Book of the Bible:  Leviticus: “The book of Law”

Author: (Moses) common accepted

Time: God delivered the Book of Leviticus to Moses on Mount Sinai shortly after the exodus from Egypt, (1447 B.C.)

Structure: Leviticus opens with the laws surrounding sacrifices and offerings (1-7), followed but the lawful duties and requirements of the priests (8-10), then by laws regarding personal and national cleanliness and holiness (11-22), followed by laws regarding feasts (23). The laws of the final four chapters of Leviticus include God’s promises for keeping the Law and His warnings for violating it.  The name derived from the tribe of Levi.

In this book, there were Leaders and Prophets!

Chapters: (27).

Memory verse in the book: Leviticus 24:10 “The year of Jubilee”

Abbreviation of the book: (Lev.)

Life Principles in the book: Peace with God is the fruit of oneness with God (Lev. 26:12)

Key Thought: God expect His people to reflect His holiness not just in rituals, but in reality.

Key Verse: Leviticus 11:44 King James Version

⁴⁴ For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Key Action: Whenever sin occurs in life, we should confess it promptly, consecrate ourselves anew, and remain committed to personal holiness.

Key Prayer: Dear Father may I be a reflection of Your holiness, not just in thought, but in deeds. AMEN.

 

Book of the Bible:  Numbers: “Book of Numbers”

 

Author: (Moses) common accepted

Time: The events recorded in the book of Numbers began about one year after the exodus from Egypt (1446 B.C.)

Structure: The first ten chapters of Numbers contain legal instructions and record a census (or “numbering”) of the people of Israel.  The remainder of the book records the Israelites’ wandering in the wilderness, as well as their complaints and rebellion against God and their leader Moses.

In this book, there were Leaders and Prophets!

Chapters (36)

Memory verse in the book: “The pilgrims guide” (Numbers 9:17)

Abbreviation of the book: (Num.)

Life Principles in the book:  God’s Word is an immovable anchor in times of storm (Numbers 23:19)

Key Thought: The is nothing worse than taking a wrong turn into the land of unbelief, for God wants to lead us forward by faith.

Key Verse: Numbers 6:24-26 King James Version

^“24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: ²⁵ The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: ²⁶ The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.”

Key Action: Trust God’s Word even when challenges loom, for His promises are as secure as His power.

Key Prayer: O Lord, keep me from fearing the way ahead and rebelling against You in unbelief.

 

Book of the Bible:  Deuteronomy: “Book of Remembrance”

 

Author: (Moses) common accepted

Time: Delivered shortly before Moses’ death, sometime around (1407 B.C.)

Structure: Deuteronomy breaks down into four sections, starting with Moses’ review of the Israelite’ history (1:1-4:43); moving through a review of the Law (4:44-26:19) and the covenant (27:1-30:20); and ending with Moses’ final words for the Israelites as he prepares to leave them (31-34).

In this book, there were a Leader!

Chapters: (34)

Memory verse in the book: Deuteronomy 29:29 “The secret things”

Abbreviation of the book: (Deut.)

Life Principles in the book: The awareness of God’s presence energizes us for our work (Deuteronomy 20:1).

Key Thought: Every new generation need to learn the lessons of the Lord and develop a heritage of faith and obedience.

Key Verse: Deuteronomy 6:4-5 King James Version

^“4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: ⁵ And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”

Key Action: Share the truth of God with your children, with your grandchildren, and with the generation to come (see Deuteronomy 6:7).

Key Prayer: Lord You are my eternal God and my refuge, and underneath me are the everlasting arms, AMEN.

 

LESSON QUESTIONS: (1)

1). Read main scripture for lesson one.

2). Name the books in lesson one.

3). How many chapters are in each book?

4). Name the author of each book in lesson one.

5). Give the abbreviation of each book?

6). In these books was there a leader, a judge, a prophet, or a king?

7). Name and add each book as we go through our study.

8). Name the division where these books can be found in this lesson.

9).  Who was the main person in each book?

10). What year was each book written?

11). What is the memory verse in each book?

12). What is the key verse in each book?

BIBLE STUDY COMING SOON

Always In His care,

Claudia

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Prayer:

 

Father God, my heavenly Father, I thank You for Your healing blessing every day of my life.  I believe that I am healed by Jesus' stripes because You said it in Your Word. Hallelujah, thank you Jesus, Glory to God, AMEN.

 

WELCOME BACK

  

Bible Study: “God Still Heal through His Word” Week # 6

SUBJECT:         "God's Word is Medicine"

 

 

 

God's Word makes it perfectly clear that it is God's will that you are to be well, healthy, and whole. Why do we miss that? The same blood Jesus shed on Calvary's tree for your redemption was also shed that we might be free from sickness and disease.  The wounds He received bleed, so His blood through those stripes heals us today.  Yes, we will die, but that does not mean we have to be sick when we do. Our bodies will give up due to age, but while we live we can be healthy and whole. Matthew 8:17 says that Jesus Himself bore our sickness and carried our diseases. He did that for us, and if He carried them for us, then we don't have to carry them. His work was in vain if we don't believe that!  Healing is God's promise to us. But just because it's God's will for our life doesn't mean it will automatically happen.  We have to believe His promises, and reach out for them in faith, and snatch them for ourselves.  Everything you receive from God you receive by faith, amen.  A key factor in releasing your faith is the words that come out of your mouth. There is power released into your life when you speak God's Word. It is a vital part of appropriating God's promise and activating spiritual forces that will bring God's promises to manifestation.

 

This is why people don't want to believe it!  Jesus said in Mark 11:23-24 that "That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. ²⁴ Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have.

 

The Word is the most powerful medicine available today, and it is capable of healing your body without side effects. Psalm 107:20 says: "He sent his Word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions." You notice that the Psalmist said the Word came and healed and delivered you from your destruction. It did not say it came and it might heal you, but came and healed, which means you were already free from the infirmity. Healing is real as far as God is concerned because it was in the atonement (Isaiah 53:5,6). However, it takes time to develop faith in the matter of healing principles so don't let anyone put you under condemnation for seeing your doctor. We all have to operate on our own level of faith, but don't let anything keep you at that level forever because God has better for you.

As you properly apply God's Word over the situation you may be experiencing, your faith will grow to the level where it will be common for you to receive healing in your body. It doesn't happen overnight, but you must begin to apply God's principles so you can experience His best for your body.

God uses spiritual forces which are not seen to nullify natural things that are seen. When you are experiencing something in your body, don't speak what you feel, speak what the Word says. When you begin to use God's method of calling what you desire (Romans 4:17), your body will begin to respond to your faith and demand healing to come forth.

 

 

Let's take our medicine:

 

The Word of God is a daily medicine not just for our minds and soul, but also for our physical bodies.  He sent His Word and healed us, and delivered us from our destructions; (Psalm 107:20).  Exodus 23:25 says, "And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and He shall bless your bread, and your water; and He will take sickness away from the midst of you."  

Romans 8:11;

 

Psalm 103:3

 

Matthew 8:17

 

Isaiah 53:5

 

Psalm 34:1-4

 

I Peter 2:24

 

Malachi 4:2

 

Psalm 68:19

 

James 5:16

Proverbs 17:22

 

Proverbs 4:22

 

Isaiah 55:11

 

 

PRAYER:

 

Father God, my heavenly Father, I thank You for Your healing blessing every day of my life.  I believe that I am healed by Jesus' stripes because You said it in Your Word. Hallelujah, thank you Jesus, Glory to God, AMEN.

 

 CONFESSION:

 

Read John 5:1-9:

"1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ² Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. ³ In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. ⁴ For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. ⁵ And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. ⁶ When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?  ⁷ The impotent man answered him, Sir I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. ⁸ Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. ⁹ And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath." 

 

QUESTIONS:

 

1).     How do medicine work?

2).    Explain the blood and water that came out of Jesus on the cross.

3).    What do you think Matthew 8:17 means?

4).    What is the key factor in releasing your faith?

5).    Explain number four question.

6).    Explain Mark 11:23-24 in detail.

7).    Who is the Word in Psalm 107:20?

8).    What is the atonement, explain?

9).    How do you apply God's Word to your situation?

10).  How can you nullify your situation?

11).   Read each scripture for your medicine.

 

 

True/False:

 

1).     Is reading God's Word a medicine to our soul and body? T OR F     

2).     Do God's Word have power? T OR F

3).     God's Word is medicine, but we have must take it daily. T OR F

4).     How do we take God's medicine by reading the BIBLE. T OR F

5).     When we continually hear God's Word, our faith hooks up and releases God's power-and we rise up healed! T OR F

HEALING DEVOTIONALS

Devotional by Mark Brazzer on healing "365 Days of Healing"

 

The Power in Prayer

Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed…. —James 5:14-16

Who is the "ye" in the phrase "that ye may be healed"? "Ye" is the body of Christ. Each of us in the body of Christ is to pray for one another so those in the Church may be healed. We Christians will be healthier when we start praying for one another. We need to understand that we have great power in prayer. James 5:16 AMP puts it this way: "The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working]." Praying for each other can make the difference. You see, there are people in the Church and in the world who need your help to understand and take hold of their healing. Why? Some people have never even heard about divine healing. Isaiah 5:13 says, "Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge…." Others have never been taught how to receive from God. These people need someone to go to the throne of God in prayer for them, praying that the eyes of their understanding are enlightened. (Eph.1:16.) You can be that someone! Your earnest, heartfelt, and continued prayers for another can make tremendous power available.

Confession: As I pray, tremendous power is made available to effect a healing and a cure in others and in me.

 

READING GOD'S WORD

Reading Assignments: Matthew 26-28 and Luke 24

(I have finished my reading assignment, now reading the book of Mark)

 

THEME SONG:         God's Life, Nature, and Ability

 

I've got the life of God in me

I've got the life of God in me

I've got His life His nature and His ability

I've got the life of God in me