Bible Study Podcast Transcript ~ The New Testament (Episode 1)

 The New Testament Explained

• The Inter-Testament Period
• Greeks conquered the world, made Greek the common language worldwide.
• The Old Testament was translated into Greek during this time.
• The Jews were scattered all over the place taking the Scriptures with them.
• Known as "The Silent Years" because there's no recorded messages from God during that time.
• About 400 years between Malachi and Matthew.

• The New Testament
• "Testament" comes from the Latin word testamentum, which means "will, testament, or covenant".
• Is established by God, we can either accept or reject it.
• Focuses on salvation through faith in Jesus Christ..
• Content can be organized by its writers, time periods, or literary character.
• Was written from around A.D. 45 to A.D. 100.
• God is the Author, He chose certain men to be His penmen.
• There are NO errors, NO contradictions.
• If you accept this as true, you will receive an eternal inheritance.

• Writers
• The apostle Matthew wrote Matthew
• Mark, John Mark, wrote Mark
• Luke, the physician, wrote Luke and Acts
• The apostle John wrote John, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, and Revelation
• The apostle James,Jesus' brother, wrote James
• Jude, Jesus' brother, wrote Jude
• The apostle Paul, once a Pharisee (Saul), wrote Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
• The apostle Peter wrote 1 Peter and 2 Peter
• Unknown wrote Hebrews

• Literary Character
• Historical = narrative of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
• Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts
• Doctrinal = message is to instruct the church in correct doctrinal belief and practice.
• Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, Hebrews, James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1 John, and Jude
• Personal = written to encourage, instruct, and counsel through personal messages to certain individuals.
• 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, and 2 and 3 John
• Prophetic = things to come.
• Revelation

I hope these notes are quite helpful to you. If you would like to listen to the podcast go on my YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc0oy2LAEZ2haouKpzv4R4w) or click here (https://www.spreaker.com/show/bible-study-podcast). I'll post another one next week!

~ Madison : )