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The Bible

There are 66 books in the Bible. 39 of those books are located in the Old Testament, while the remaining 27 are located in the New Testament. The Old Testament gives an account of what life was like before Christ sacrificed Himself four our sins. It starts by talking about how the world was created by God and how man and woman were made and what brought about our sinful nature. It gives an account of history up to Christs death, talks about God's instructions on how to live and obtain forgiveness of sins in early times, includes poetry and wisdom of the time period, and lastly includes prophecies. The New Testament talks about the life of Jesus Christ from birth to death, the Apostles and their mission to spread the teachings of Christ to all the Earth after his death, and finally Revelations which talks about how God will remove sin from the world once and for all.

The Old Testament books are divided into different sections listed here in order :

The Law : Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
History : Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther
Poetry and Wisdom : Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs
Prophecy : Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi

The New Testament is also divided into different sections as well :

History : Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts(also a letter, but contains history of the Apostles)
Letters : Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thesalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, and Revelations(also prophetic)

The bible is God's word written down by His followers. The beginning starts off with the first five books of Moses : Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Genesis as many of you already know gives an account of how the world was created and gives as an understanding of one of the most important ideas that we have to grasp. This idea I am referring to is 'Original Sin' which has to do with Adam and Eve disobeying God in the Garden of Eden. By doing so, as you can read, they had allowed mankind to know both good and evil. So what is the big deal here? Well we have to go back to what isn't mentioned here, and that is that Lucifer was the one decieving Eve into thinking that it is okay to eat of the Tree of Knowledge. Thereby starting a whole problem for mankind when she eats of this one tree and hands an apple to Adam who chooses to eat it as well. Lucifer fell from Heaven and as such thought he could do a better job of ruling the cosmos, yet he was wrong and this is why the world is the way it is today. The whole idea of needing a Savior comes from our 'Original Sin' nature which keeps us from experiencing God's love for us. You see sin cuts us off from God and what he wants for all of us, even before we were saved His love was pouring into this world in order to give all a chance to come to Him before it is too late. Yet we have to choose to accept Christ as our Lord and Savior in order to once again be free enough to serve Him and so that we can go to Heaven and be with Him.

The Gospel

The Gospel is an important part of the New Testament to anyone seeking to know Jesus Christ. It consists of the first four books of the New Testament called Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These first four books tell you about the life of Jesus when he was growing up til His death on the cross and resurrection days later. It is important to read these first four books to better grasp what it is that Jesus wants us to do when we become saved. Jesus uses parables to teach important life lessons about serving Him. It also establishes that Christ is God and was God from the beginning in John 1:1, and continues saying that Jesus is the word and the word was God and is God. This is important because it clearly tells us that Jesus who was God in the flesh was the only pure sacrifice for mankinds sins. In the old days of the Old Testament animals used to be sacrificed according to the instructions that God had given to His people the Jews. These sacrifices were done to make payment for ones sins to God. Today the Jewish people still practice a lot of the old testament teachings, yet we as followers of christ have been instructed by God in His New Testament that the old ways are not to be practiced anymore because He sent His one and only Son.


The bible is of course our source for understanding how God wants us to life and to help answer questions like should i get married, is it wrong to have sex before marriage, and many others. A concordance can help you to find anything you are looking for and is included in certian bibles. You can also purchase a concordance seperate from the bible and one of the most popular is the Strong's Strongest Exhaustive Concordance. This concordance can help you to find just about anything in the bible, and if it doesn't then it probably isn't in the Bible due to the size of this book.

I also recommend the NIV translation Life Application Study Bible for all those wanting to understand each verse more thoroughly. Though each church or denomination might have its own idea of what type of translation to use the NIV is a good starting point for any new believer.

Popular Topics in the Media and Politics today that are in the Bible

1. Homosexuality

Some major controversies or rather popular subjects in the media are also talked about in the bible. One of those is homosexuality. Though there are many that say that people cannot help being gay or lesbian I disagree. God makes it very clear that homosexuality is a sin in the bible and not what he had planned at all for us. Not that it is wrong to love someone else of the same sex, but it is wrong when that love crosses a boundary that is not natural and acceptable to God. It isn't that God doesn't love you though if you are doing this, yet he does dislike what you are doing. A few verses in the bible supporting this are Leviticus 18:22, Romans 1:26-27, 1 Timothy 1:10.

2. Polygomy

Often today we can see from time to time that marrying more then one spouse seems to grasp the reins of the medias attention. It is not what God intended at all though. Genesis 2:24 clearly states that a man is to be united with his wife, not wives.