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New Testament Bible Reading Challenge
4 March
2013 to 28th February 2014
Week 06: Bible Reading Plan and Discussion
Starters
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Welcome to The Salvation Army's Challenge to read the New Testament from beginning to end within one year, reading just 5 chapters per week.
We are now onto Week 6 of the Bible Challenge, which means we have now completed 10% of this
Bible Reading Challenge...
...plus -
we will have also completed the longest book of the New Testament!!!
Great Expectations: Expect God to speak
through the Scriptures, expect to learn new things about Him, and about
ourselves, and expect to read and absorb some familiar stories and passages.
Top Tip!
To get the most out of this challenge, start each daily reading with a short, simple, sincere prayer asking God to guide your thinking as you read. Then open the Bible and read slowly, with the aim of learning something new. After the reading, consider how it may affect your life and relationship with Jesus, and allow your increased knowledge of the Scriptures to shape your character and strengthen your trust in God.
Take your time - enjoy this opportunity - and may God bless you as you embark upon this New Testament Bible Challenge.
Captain Phil Layton
Monday, April 08, 2013 --- Matthew 26 –In just 1 chapter we read of Jesus
anointed, betrayed, arrested, tried, and denied!
- Is it true that 'the Last Supper' was actually a Jewish Passover meal?
- Why would Jesus have gone to the effort of having this meal before such an important day, couldn't He have opted out?
- What was the significance and meaning of the meal?
- In what way was Jesus associating Himself with this meal?
- Read verses 50-54. If a legion consists of 5,000 troops, how many angels was Jesus saying He could order to intervene in this injustice at a moment's notice?
- Do you feel sorry for Peter and the predicament he found himself in?
- Do you think his denial was predetermined or simply pre-known?
- Is it true that 'the Last Supper' was actually a Jewish Passover meal?
- Why would Jesus have gone to the effort of having this meal before such an important day, couldn't He have opted out?
- What was the significance and meaning of the meal?
- In what way was Jesus associating Himself with this meal?
- Read verses 50-54. If a legion consists of 5,000 troops, how many angels was Jesus saying He could order to intervene in this injustice at a moment's notice?
- Do you feel sorry for Peter and the predicament he found himself in?
- Do you think his denial was predetermined or simply pre-known?
Tuesday, April 09, 2013 --- Matthew 27 –The greatest crime of injustice
ever to have been committed: The death of Jesus
- Do you think the regret demonstrated
by Judas indicates that ultimately he was saved? Or that he simply couldn't
cope with the guilt?
- v26...why did Pilate have Jesus flogged if he was handing Him over to be crucified? Was he hoping the crowd would take pity?...or was he simply trying to please the crowds?
- v40...when teased and mocked in this way...what would the repercussions have been for the crowds (and for us today) if Jesus would have proved His divinity there and then?
- v26...why did Pilate have Jesus flogged if he was handing Him over to be crucified? Was he hoping the crowd would take pity?...or was he simply trying to please the crowds?
- v40...when teased and mocked in this way...what would the repercussions have been for the crowds (and for us today) if Jesus would have proved His divinity there and then?
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 --- Matthew 28 – An amazingly short chapter with the most amazing event: The Resurrection!
- How many other religions can you think of whose central figure is claimed to have come back to life?
- What does Jesus' resurrection teach us about Jesus' authority to make promises such as found in John 3:16?
- Without the resurrection, do you think the first disciples would have been so willing to endure persecution and torture for their belief in Jesus?
- Without the resurrection, do you think the story ending in Jesus' death would have had such an impact on the world and for so long?
- Without the resurrection of Jesus Christ, try to imagine how confident and/or scared we would feel about death and what follows it.
Thursday, April 11, 2013 --- Mark 1 – The Gospel of Mark…the shortest Gospel, and also the first to be written.
- Why was Jesus baptised by John?
- v23-24...don't you think it's both amazing and also profound evidence to the divinity of Christ, that the evil spirits recognise Him at such an early stage of His ministry?
- v44...why keep this a secret?...and why offer the sacrifices?
Friday, April 12, 2013 --- Mark 2 – Jesus heals a paralytic, calls Levi to be His disciple, and answers questions on Jewish law.
- The chapter starts with a well-known story...how do you think the owner of the house felt about the paralytic man's friends digging a hole in the roof?
- v1...is it possible that this was the place Jesus was living in at the time?...if so, was He the owner, and was it His roof?
- v23-28...did Jesus abolish the Sabbath, or merely provide the disciples and Pharisees with His interpretation of the law?
- v23-24...don't you think it's both amazing and also profound evidence to the divinity of Christ, that the evil spirits recognise Him at such an early stage of His ministry?
- v44...why keep this a secret?...and why offer the sacrifices?
Friday, April 12, 2013 --- Mark 2 – Jesus heals a paralytic, calls Levi to be His disciple, and answers questions on Jewish law.
- The chapter starts with a well-known story...how do you think the owner of the house felt about the paralytic man's friends digging a hole in the roof?
- v1...is it possible that this was the place Jesus was living in at the time?...if so, was He the owner, and was it His roof?
- v23-28...did Jesus abolish the Sabbath, or merely provide the disciples and Pharisees with His interpretation of the law?
Useful resources to help promote this challenge and
the reading of Scripture at your church/centre/devotions
Click here to watch the Igniter Bible Video
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We Believe
We believe the Holy Bible
Is God's word, inspired, divine. May its pages so inspire us Love with heart, soul, strength and mind. God Almighty, awesome Saviour; By His work His power is known Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, May God's love through us be shown. ( chorus) We believe in the Holy Bible, And our faith is in the Lord We believe Christ died to save us, Life eternal is our reward. We believe our sin and weakness Would keep us from God's design Jesus died to make us worthy, I am God's and He is mine! Jesus' death saves all who trust Him, Born again through faith by grace, Daily trusting and obeying, 'Til at last we see His face.
We believe in resurrection,
Christ will come to take us home. Set apart a holy people, Til our work on earth is done. Sin and death no more may sting me God is just, in Him we trust, God, Creator, Judge, Redeemer Praise His name the First and Last. |
'We believe' is a sung theology.
For use with the tune Blaenwern (without chorus) or, preferably with a
completely new and contemporary styled tune which has proved to be popular,
easy to remember, and which places proper emphasis where required. (This is a
free resource - download music below)
Our hope is that this offering will help church-goers to recite and absorb our basic doctrines in order to inspire confidence and reassurance in a world where such things are being seriously challenged....and the accompanying new majestic music really has added such a huge amount to this, turning it into an act of worship and witness that can be easily accessed by all. Feel free to make use of this song, and let us know how you get on! Click here to download the words (.doc format) Click here to download the piano music (pdf format) Click here to download the brass band music (pdf format) Click here to download a backing track (mp3 format)
Click here to watch a video of this song being
used in a Baptist church in Kirkcaldy.
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