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Lesson OneIntroduction to the Old Testament6 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoOld Testament: Beginnings Through Settlement5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeOld Testament: Kings Through Exile5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourIntroduction to the New Testament6 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveNew Testament: The Gospels and Acts5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SixNew Testament: Letters and Revelation5 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
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Discussion Questions
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What are some reasons one should study the Old Testament?
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The Old Testament is the foundation of our faith. I can be read to further understand our God and it tells of Jesus. It is filled with prophesy and helps us to know God in a way that would be incomplete with only the New Testament. In so many ways it inspires, informs and it helps to affirm our faith.
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We should read the Old Testament so that we learn more about our God and understand more about his character and to then be able to back ourselves up when we are tested.
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We can learn more about God’s character. There are people in the Old Testament who are relatable to our race today. Hence “nothing new under the sun” phrase. It also prophecies what happens in the New Testament.
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The Old Testament gives us context. It helps us understand why we so desperately needed a Savior to come and rescue us from our sins.
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The reasons one should study the Old Testament because it reveals God’s character, sin, law of Moses, covenants, and most importantly the coming of Jesus Christ. Also, one will not be able to understand the New Testament without knowing the backstory of how it all began.
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Why would a lack of knowledge of the Old Testament weaken our understanding of the New Testament?
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If you have not read the Old Testament, you will have no clue as to why the Father does things the way that he does. The New Testament would seem like you are reading about something new and disconnected from the oldest members of the Christian congregation meaning all of the Nation of Israel and the Tribe of Judah.
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The Old Testament is referred to in the New Testament by Jesus and others. If we lack the knowledge of what is being said in these references, they are less influential to what is being spoken. Also, there are so many prophecies in the Old that come to life in the New.
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We cannot fully understand or appreciate what God did through Jesus Christ our Savior without understanding Creation and sin and everything God did for the first 1400 years before Jesus came.
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I think it cheapens grace.
To receive Jesus as my savior without having a full grasp of the understanding of what that means. The Old Testament adds color to black and white stories. Every reference adds a backstory.
I’ll cautiously compare it to waltzing into a culture different that your own and claim to understand because you read an infographic once.
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How can we know what the prophecies are unless you have studied the Old Testament? You would have to know what has happened in the past, and understand who God is and what his future holds for us.