The New Testament is about God’s new relationship with us through Jesus’ death for our sins and his resurrection. It is the story of Jesus’ life among us and His establishment of a new agreement between God and man. The 4 Gospels are the story of Jesus life on earth as told by 4 different people. Acts is the story of how Jesus’ church started through the work of the …
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Beginner’s Online Bible Study 13: The Old Testament or Old Covenant
The Old Testament is also called the Old Covenant and it is about God’s relationship with man before Jesus. A covenant is a sacred or special agreement. Before Jesus, the agreement God had with His people was that if they completely obeyed His law, He would be with them and bless them. The Old Testament is a long description of how this agreement worked out, which was not well at …
2 Corinthians 7: 8-10
8I am not sorry that I sent that severe letter to you, though I was sorry at first, for I know it was painful to you for a little while. 9Now I am glad I sent it, not because it hurt you, but because the pain caused you to repent and change your ways. It was the kind of sorrow God wants his people to have, so you …
2 Corinthians 6: 1-2
1As God’s fellow workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. 2For he says,
“In the time of my favor I heard you,
and in the day of salvation I helped you.”a
I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.
Jesus, never let me forget the immediacy of Your salvation and the immediacy of the temptation …