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Bible Study Course: Lesson 2
The Word of God: The Foundation of Knowledge

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God's Knowledge Revealed in Two Parts

"The Christian community has a divided mind about its textbook"—John Wenham

Most people are aware that the Bible is composed of written material presented in two sections, traditionally labeled the Old Testament and the New Testament. In some respects this terminology is misleading because it has subtly led some to reject large parts of God's revelation. The Old Testament is judged to be of less value or even obsolete by some theologians and religious leaders because it is older.

Many are the misconceptions concerning the Hebrew Bible. British author and Bible scholar John Wenham wrote: "We have had so much erroneous teaching for so many years that even intelligent people often really believe that the two Testaments represent two irreconcilably opposed points of view; the Old Testament being a God of wrath and the New Testament a God of love" (Christ and the Bible, p. 19).

Some conclude that the Old Testament was old—and thus obsolete or worn out—and it therefore has been replaced by the New Testament. The designations "Old Testament" and "New Testament" are found in a few places in some Bible translations, but the word translated "testament" is also the word for "covenant." These scriptures talk about the Old and New Covenants (to be fully explained in a later lesson)—not about the books of the Bible.

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Table of Contents that includes "God's Knowledge Revealed in Two Parts"

Old covenant:

• _God's Law: Is It a Burden or a Blessing?
• _Key Elements of the Sinai Covenant
• _A New Covenant for Transforming the Heart
• _A Covenant of Marriage
• _God's Magnificent Series of Covenants
• _The Sinai Covenant and the 'Voice of the Lord'
• _What Was the Main Weakness of the Sinai Covenant?
• _Does the New Covenant Abolish the Commandments?
• _What Is a Biblical Covenant ?
• _God's Covenant with Ancient Israel
• _God's Relationship with Ancient Israel

• _The Word of God
• _The Apostles, the Old Testament and God's Law
• _Paul's Use of the Old Testament
• _The Transition from the Prophets to the Gospels
• _Reexamining the Roots of Christianity
• _The Old Testament in the New Testament
• _Keys to Unlocking Understanding of the Bible
• _How Did We Get the Bible?
• _Has the Bible Been Preserved Accurately?
• _William Tyndale: He Gave His Life to Give Us the Bible
• _Tyndale as Translator
• _Questions and Answers - Sep/Oct 2004

• _Introduction (NC)
• _How Is the New Covenant 'New'?
• _All the World Under the New Covenant
• _There Remains a Sabbath Rest
• _The Ten Commandments in the New Testament
• _Chapter 3: God's Law and the New Covenant
• _Israel's Golden Age
• _The Historical Background of the Word Church
• _The Need for a New Covenant
• _Why Is the New Covenant Better?
• _Seven Reasons Why Jesus Was Born
• _Jesus, Paul and the New Covenant
• _Questions and Answers - Oct/Dec 2002

• _The Rest of the Story?
• _How the Word Church is Used in Greek and English
• _The Testimony of the New Testament
• _God's Festivals in the New Testament
• _The New Testament Writers
• _When Was the New Testament Written?
• _The Unexplained Success of the Church
• _Archaeology and the Epistles
• _Jesus Christ: Do We Have the Real Story?
• _Why Are There Differences in Ancient New Testament Manuscripts?
• _Is the New Testament a Fraud?
• _The New Testament: From Oral Testimony to the Written Word