Knowing God by J. I. Packer - "The Grace of God" (Chapter 13)

Knowing God by J. I. Packer“The Grace of God” (Chapter 13)
“Grace, far from being a personal force, …is a personal activity—God operating in love toward people.” - J. I. Packer
No Grasp of Grace
“The root of the trouble seems to be misbelief about the basic relationship between a person and God—misbelief rooted not just in the mind but in the heart, at the deeper level of things that we never question because we always take them for granted.” - J. I. Packer
1. The moral ill-desert of man.
“The thought of themselves as creatures fallen from God’s image, rebels against God’s rule, guilty and unclean in God’s sight, fit only for God’s condemnation, never enters their heads.” - J. I. Packer
2. The retributive justice of God.
“God is not true to himself unless he punishes sin. And unless one knows and feels the truth of this fact, that wrongdoers have no natural hope of anything from God but retributive judgment, one can never share the biblical faith in divine grace.” - J. I. Packer
3. The spiritual impotence of man.
“To mend our own relationship with God, regaining God’s favor after having once lost it, is beyond the power of any one of us. And one must see and bow to this before one can share the biblical faith in God’s grace.” - J. I. Packer
4. The sovereign freedom of God.
“Grace is free, in the sense of being self-originated and of proceeding from One who was free not to be gracious. Only when it is seen that what decides each individual’s destiny is whether or not God resolves to save him from his sins, and that this is a decision which God need not make in any single case, can one begin to grasp the biblical view of grace.” - J. I. Packer
Not Earned or Deserved
“The grace of God is love freely shown toward guilty sinners, contrary to their merit and indeed in defiance of their demerit. It is God showing goodness to persons who deserve only severity and had no reason to expect anything but severity.” - J. I. Packer
“Grace and salvation belong together as cause and effect. 'It is by grace you have been saved' (Eph 2:5, 8).” - J. I. Packer
1. Grace as the source of the pardon of sin.
“The gospel centers upon justification—that is, upon the remission of sins and the acceptance of our persons that goes with it. Justification is the truly dramatic transition from the status of a condemned criminal awaiting a terrible sentence to that of an heir awaiting a fabulous inheritance.” - J. I. Packer
“Justification is by faith; it takes place the moment a person puts vital trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior. Justification is free to us, but it was costly to God, for its price was the atoning death of God’s Son.” - J. I. Packer
Romans 3:24–25 NIV24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—
Ephesians 1:7 NIV7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace
2. Grace as the motive of the plan of salvation.
“The New Testament sets God’s gift of pardon in the context of a plan of salvation which began with election before the world was and will be completed only when the church is perfect in glory.” - J. I. Packer
“We believers may rejoice to know that our conversion was no accident, but an act of God which had its place in an eternal plan to bless us with the free gift of salvation from sin (2:8-10); God promises and purposes to carry his plan through to completion, and since it is executed by sovereign power (1:19-20), nothing can thwart it.” - J. I. Packer
3. Grace as the guarantee of the preservation of the saints.
“If the plan of salvation is certain of accomplishment, then the Christian’s future is assured. I am, and will be, 'kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation' (1 Pet 1:5 KJV)… as grace led me to faith in the first place, so grace will keep me believing to the end.” - J. I. Packer
A Proper Response
“...in the New Testament doctrine is grace, and ethics is gratitude...For love awakens love in return; and love, once awakened, desires to give pleasure. And the revealed will of God is that those who have received grace should henceforth give themselves to 'good works' (Eph 2:10; Titus 2:11-12); and gratitude will move anyone who has truly received grace to do as God requires...” - J. I. Packer

The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 19: “The Little Apocalypse”: The Earth’s Destruction (Isaiah 24:1–23)

The Prophecy of IsaiahLesson 19: “The Little Apocalypse”: The Earth’s Destruction (Isaiah 24:1–23)
The Earth’s Destruction (24:1–23)* 1. General Aspects of the Destruction (24:1–6)
a. The Lord Is in Charge (24:1)
 24 See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth
and devastate it;
he will ruin its face
and scatter its inhabitants—
b. The Lord Doesn’t Play Favorites (24:2)
2 it will be the same
for priest as for people,
for the master as for his servant,
for the mistress as for her servant,
for seller as for buyer,
for borrower as for lender,
for debtor as for creditor.
c. The Lord Judges Thoroughly (24:3–6)
3 The earth will be completely laid waste
and totally plundered.
The Lord has spoken this word.
4 The earth dries up and withers,
the world languishes and withers,
the heavens languish with the earth.
5 The earth is defiled by its people;
they have disobeyed the laws,
violated the statutes
and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore a curse consumes the earth;
its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,
and very few are left.
2. Specific Aspects of the Destruction (24:7–23)
a. Gloom and Despair (24:7–13)
7 The new wine dries up and the vine withers;
all the merrymakers groan.
8 The joyful timbrels are stilled,
the noise of the revelers has stopped,
the joyful harp is silent.
9 No longer do they drink wine with a song;
the beer is bitter to its drinkers.
10 The ruined city lies desolate;
the entrance to every house is barred.
11 In the streets they cry out for wine;
all joy turns to gloom,
all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
12 The city is left in ruins,
its gate is battered to pieces.
13 So will it be on the earth
and among the nations,
as when an olive tree is beaten,
or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.
b. Glory to God (24:14–16a)
14 They raise their voices, they shout for joy;
from the west they acclaim the Lord’s majesty.
15 Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord;
exalt the name of the Lord, the God of Israel,
in the islands of the sea.
16 From the ends of the earth we hear singing:
“Glory to the Righteous One.”...
c. Universal Upheaval (24:16b–23)
...But I said, “I waste away, I waste away!
Woe to me!
The treacherous betray!
With treachery the treacherous betray!”
17 Terror and pit and snare await you,
people of the earth.
18 Whoever flees at the sound of terror
will fall into a pit;
whoever climbs out of the pit
will be caught in a snare.
The floodgates of the heavens are opened,
the foundations of the earth shake.
19 The earth is broken up,
the earth is split asunder,
the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth reels like a drunkard,
it sways like a hut in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion
that it falls—never to rise again.
21 In that day the Lord will punish
the powers in the heavens above
and the kings on the earth below.
22 They will be herded together
like prisoners bound in a dungeon;
they will be shut up in prison
and be punished after many days.
23 The moon will be dismayed,
the sun ashamed;
for the Lord Almighty will reign
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and before its elders—with great glory.
* The outline for this study was drawn from Bryan E. Beyer, Encountering the Book of Isaiah: A Theological and Historical Survey (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2007).

“The Crucifixion and Burial of Our Savior” (John 19:1–42)

“The Crucifixion and Burial of Our Savior” (John 19:1–42)Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday AM/March 29, 20151.    Jesus endured our shame and physical abuse.“Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face. Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, “Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.” When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!” As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!” But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.” The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.” When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, and he went back inside the palace. “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. “Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?” Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.” From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.” When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha). It was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about noon. “Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews. But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” “Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered. Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. So the soldiers took charge of Jesus.” (John 19:1–16, NIV) 2.    Jesus endured the curse of our sin and the wrath of God for us.“Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle. Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth, the king of the jews. Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.” Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.” When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. “Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.” This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said, “They divided my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.” So this is what the soldiers did. Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.” (John 19:17–27, NIV) 3.    Jesus endured death and the grave for us.“Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,” and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.” Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds. Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.” (John 19:28–42, NIV) Main Idea: Jesus endured our shame, our abuse, our curse, God’s wrath, our death, and the grave for us that we might be forgiven and receive eternal life.

Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life Chapter 3 - Cameron Jungels - Wed, September 17, 2014

Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
by
Donald Whitney 
“Bible
Intake” (Part 2): Chapter 3 
Means
of Taking in the Bible 
Hearing the Bible
Reading the Bible
Studying the Bible
Memorizing the Bible
Meditating on the Bible
Applying the Bible
Memorizing
God’s WordØ  Benefits
ü  Supplies
Spiritual Power
ü  Strengthens
Your Faith
ü  Prepares
Us for Witnessing and Counseling
ü  Provides
a Means of God’s Guidance
ü  Stimulates
Meditation 
Ø  Methods
ü  You
Can Memorize Scripture
ü  Have
a Plan
ü  Write
Out the Verses
ü  Draw
Picture Reminders
ü  Memorize
Word-Perfectly
ü  Find
Accountability
ü  Review
and Meditate Daily 
Meditating
on God’s Word
“Meditation
is deep thinking on the truths and spiritual realities revealed in Scripture or
upon life from a scriptural perspective, for the purposes of understanding,
application, and prayer” (46-47). 
Ø  Benefits
ü  God’s
Blessing and Success
ü  Meditation
leads to obedience and obedience results in God’s blessing.
ü  Greater
Affection for God
ü  Greater
Loyalty to God.
ü  More
powerful prayer life w/ God 
Ø  Methods
ü  Select
an appropriate passage
ü  Select
a method of meditation
1.       
Emphasize different words
2.      Rewrite
in your own words
3.       Formulate
a principle
4.      Think
of an illustration/picture
5.      Look
for applications
6.      How
does this text point to Law or Gospel?
7.      How
does it point to Jesus?
8.      What
question is answered or what problem is solved?
9.      Pray
through the passage
10.   Memorize
the text
11.     Create
an artistic expression of the text
12.    Ask
the Philippians 4:8 questions 
Fix
your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely,
and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
(Philippians 4:8, NLT) 
13.    Ask
questions of the text?
14.   Set
and discover a minimum number of insights from the text.
15.    Find
a link or common thread through paragraphs or chapters
16.   Does
it relate to your situation?
17.    Use
Meditation Mapping 
ü  Don’t
Rush – Take Time
ü  Go
Deeper and Avoid Distractions 
Applying
God’s Word
Ø  Benefits
ü  Blessing
of God (James 1:22-25) 
Now
that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them. (John 13:17,
NLT)
ü  Growth
in Godliness Ø  Methods
ü  Expect
to Discover an Application
ü  Understand
the Text
ü  Meditate
to Discern an Application
ü  Ask
application-oriented questions
ü  Respond
specifically 
Final
Words
Ø  Will
you begin a plan of memorizing God’s Word?
Ø  Will
you cultivate the discipline of meditating on God’s Word?
Ø  Will
you prove yourself an applier of God’s Word? 
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive
yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do
what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after
looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But
whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues
in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in
what they do.” (James 1:22–25, NIV)

Psalm 119:9-16 - Cameron Jungles - 12-29-2013 AM

“The Bible and Godliness” - Psalm 119:9-16 -
 
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin
against you. (Ps. 119:11, NIV)

 Main Idea: The Word of God is a graciously
appointed means of eliminating the practice of sin from our lives.
 
1. The Word of God is essential for the elimination of
sin, so begin now.
 
How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living
according to your word. (Ps. 119:9, NIV)
 
2. If you are going to sustain your intake of the Word of
God, then it must become your treasure.
 
I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your
commands. (Ps. 119:10, NIV)
 
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin
against you. (Ps. 119:11, NIV)
 
 Praise be to you,
LORD; teach me your decrees. (Ps. 119:12, NIV)
 
I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in
great riches. (Ps. 119:14, NIV)
 
I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.
(Ps. 119:16, NIV)
 
3. If you are going to consistently employ the Scriptures
in the elimination of sin from your life, then you must diligently learn it.
 
*  Learn the Word
of God through verbal repetition.
 
With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your
mouth. (Ps. 119:13, NIV)
 
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the
LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.
Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when
you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as
symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the
doorframes of your houses and on your gates. (Deut. 6:4–9, NIV)
 
*  Practice the
Word of God through obedience.
 
I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in
great riches. (Ps. 119:14, NIV)
 
*  Meditate on the
Word of God.
 
I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. (Ps.
119:15, NIV)
 
*  Make the intake
of the Word of God a regular and consistent part of your life.
 
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin
against you. (Ps. 119:11, NIV)

2 Chronicles 20:1-37(KJV) - Venlon Bradford - 8-4-13

Our Eyes Are Upon You - Venlon Bradford - 8-4-132 Chronicles 20:1-37(KJV) 1It came to pass after this also, that the
children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside
the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.  2Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying,
There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side
Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.  3And Jehoshaphat feared, and set
himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.  4And Judah gathered themselves
together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah
they came to seek the LORD.  5And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah
and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,  6And said, O LORD God of our
fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all
the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and
might, so that none is able to withstand thee?  7Art not thou our God, who didst drive
out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the
seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?  8And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a
sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,  9If, when evil cometh upon us, as the
sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in
thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our
affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.  10And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and
mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the
land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;  11Behold, I say, how they
reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to
inherit.  12O our God, wilt
thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh
against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.  13And all Judah stood before the
LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. 14Then upon Jahaziel the son of
Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite
of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the
congregation;  15And he said,
Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king
Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason
of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.  16To morrow go ye down against
them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the
end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.  17Ye shall not need to fight in
this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation
of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to
morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.  18And Jehoshaphat bowed his head
with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.  19And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites,
and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel
with a loud voice on high. 20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth
into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and
said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD
your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye
prosper.  21And when he had
consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should
praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say,
Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.  22And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD
set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were
come against Judah; and they were smitten.  23For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against
the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when
they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy
another.  24And when Judah
came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude,
and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none
escaped.  25And when
Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among
them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which
they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were
three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.  26And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in
the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of
the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.  27Then they returned, every man
of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to
Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.  28And they came to Jerusalem
with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.  29And the fear of God was on all
the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought
against the enemies of Israel.  30So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God
gave him rest round about. 31And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was
thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five
years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of
Shilhi.  32And he walked in
the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was
right in the sight of the LORD.  33Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as
yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.  34Now the rest of the acts of
Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu
the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of
Israel.  35And after this did
Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very
wickedly:  36And he joined
himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in
Eziongaber.  37Then Eliezer
the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because
thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the
ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

John 5 v1–18 “Jesus Heals on the Sabbath” Cameron Jungles 07-21-13

From God to Us - A Guide to How We Got Our Bible Lesson 5 - Cameron Jungles - 5-29-2013

From God to Us: A Guide to How We Got Our Bible
(Eastside Baptist; Wed PM; May 29, 2013)
Where are we going?
Ø Composition
Ø Canonization
Ø Transmission
Ø Translation

Translation
Ø Why do we need translation?
Ø Is translation permitted?
Ø Brief history of English Bibles
Ø Translations and translation methodology

Why Translations?
Ø Scriptures originally composed in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
Ø Two options:
o Learn biblical languages fluently.
o Translate into other languages.

Is Translation Permitted?
Ø Evidence of translation in the Bible itself:
o Nehemiah 8:8 (into Aramaic)
o Mark 5:41 (“Little girl, arise!”)
o Mark 15:34 (My God, my God…
o John 1:42 (Cephas/Peter)
o John 19:20 (sign above cross)
Ø Early translations approved by apostles in NT:
o Hebrew Bible translated into Greek before Jesus’ time
o Evidence of use of Greek translation of OT in NT
o Translation variety in LXX
Ø Translations used by God’s faithful people throughout church history:
o Aramaic
o Greek
o Latin
o Syriac, and host of others
Ø Scriptures originally composed in common languages of the people.
o Evidence that God desires his truth to be communicated in a way that people can understand.

History of English Bibles
Ø Old English/Anglo-Saxon Period (450-1150)
Ø Middle English (1150-1475)
Ø Modern English (1475-present)

Old English/Anglo-Saxon
Ø Most people illiterate
Ø Only small portions into English, all done by hand
Ø All done from Latin Vulgate
Ø Caedmon (c. 670)
Ø Venerable Bede (8th century)
Ø Alfred the Great (849-899)

Middle English
Ø No complete Bible until end
Ø All done from Latin Vulgate
Ø John Wycliffe
o Strongly opposed by Catholics
o First whole Bible in 1380
o Followers burned at stake
o 1408 - Constitutions of Oxford
Ø John Purvey – continued work

Modern English
Ø Printing Press
Ø Emphasis on original languages
Ø Influx of Greek manuscripts into Europe
Ø Most early Bibles still contained Apocrypha
Ø England one of last to get whole Bible by printing press
Ø William Tyndale (1495-1536)
o First printed English NT
o Desired to get Scriptures into hand of common person
o Did translation in Germany
o Smuggled Bible into England
o Burned at stake in 1536
o Foundation for English Bibles
Ø Miles Coverdale (1488-1569)
o Assistant of Tyndale
o Printed first English Bible 1535
o First to separate Apocrypha from OT and place in appendix
o Bible welcomed in England because Henry VIII broke from Catholic church in 1534.
Ø Thomas Matthew (1500-1555)
o Pen name for John Rogers
o Assistant of Tyndale
o Printed his Bible, based on Tyndale and Coverdale, in 1537
Ø Great Bible (1539)
o Revision of Matthew’s Bible by Coverdale
o Large Bible (16.5 by 11 inches)
o Also called Cranmer’s Bible, blessed by Thomas Cranmer
o First Bible authorized for use in Church of England
Ø Geneva Bible (1560)
o Produced in Geneva by Puritan Protestants fleeing persecution
o William Whittingham, with help of Coverdale and Knox
o Verse divisions/clear type/notes
o First entire OT based on Hebrew
o Most popular Bible in homes
Ø Bishop’s Bible (1568)
o Geneva Bible unacceptable to royalty and to church establishment
o Replaced Great Bible as official Church of England translation
o Inferior to Geneva Bible in quality, never popular
Ø Authorized Version/King James
o Intended to replace Bishops’ Bible and supplant Geneva
o Used a team of scholars (47) and guidelines approved by King.
o Main base text was the Bishops’ Bible as well as 2nd Great Rabbinic Bible and Beza’s NT.

Took about 50 years for KJV to supplant Geneva Bible in popularity
KJV has gone through numerous revisions since 1611.
Most modern KJVs are 1762 Paris/Cambridge or 1769 Blayney/Oxford.
Ø Discoveries of 1700-1800’s
o Vast amount of new Greek NT texts found during this period.
o Called for revision of KJV based on these new findings.
o Also need to update archaic language.
Ø Revised Version (1881/1885)
o Update to KJV by 60 British and 30 American scholars
o KJV is base text
o Incorporate older Greek mss.
o Paragraph formatting
o Never popular in churches, because of rough English
Ø ASV (1901)
o Revision of RV by Americans
o No Apocrypha
o Better English style
o Adopted by Presbyterian Church in 1901
Ø RSV (1946/1952)
o Revision of ASV
o Sponsored by National Council of Churches
o Modernized English (saith to says; Thou to you)
o Mostly liberal scholars – never accepted by evangelicals.
Ø NASB (1963/1971)
o Revision of ASV by evangelical, conservative scholars not happy with RSV
o Very literal (word for word) translation.
o Update released in 1995, which changed thee/thou to you.
Ø Living Bible
o Free paraphrase of ASV by Kenneth Taylor
o Originally intended for his children, but later published and became very popular
o Not accurate, based on paraphrase of English Bible
Ø NIV (1973/1978)
o First original translation of original languages, not based on previous English Bible
o Employed a balance of literal and meaning based translation
o First Bible to outsell KJV
o Updated in 2011
Ø NKJV (1979/1982)
o Modern English revision of KJV
o Based on same textual foundation as KJV translators
o Updated archaic language
Ø NRSV (1990)
o Update of RSV
o Ecumenical and liberal scholars on committee
o Not welcomed by most evangelicals
Ø NLT (1996; updated 2004)
o Thorough revision of Living Bible, using original languages
o Done by committee, not one person
o More of a dynamic, meaning centered translation than a paraphrase.
Ø NET (1996)
o Done by scholars collaborating on internet
o Freely available on net at www.bible.org
o Supplies over 60,000 notes on text, translation, and meaning
Ø HCSB (2000, 2004)
o Endeavors to be balance of literal and meaning based translation
o Commissioned by Lifeway (SBC) and published by Broadman/Holman.
o Replaces NIV in Lifeway studies
Ø ESV (2001)
o Conservative, evangelical group obtained rights to 1971 RSV.
o Revision of RSV
o Tends toward literal (word for word) style
o More readable than NASB
Ø Advantages of Modern Bibles
o Paragraph divisions
o Replace obsolete words
o Update old/obscure English
o Removes ambiguous language
o Improved understanding of original languages

Marking of poetic sections
Use of older and more geographical diverse manuscripts
Improved understanding of ancient customs, geography, and history

Translation
Ø Why do we need translation?
Ø Is translation permitted?
Ø Brief history of English Bibles
Ø Translations and translation methodology

Translation Methodology
Ø Spectrum between:
o Formal equivalence
ü Emphasis on original form and sentence structure
ü English is vastly different from Hebrew and Greek in structure
ü Unnatural English
ü Ambiguous translations

Functional equivalence
ü Less emphasis on form and structure
ü More emphasis on conveying meaning
ü Natural English
ü More specific translations
ü More interpretive
Ø Representatives:
o Formal equivalence
ü NASB; ESV; KJV; NKJV; NRSV
o Functional equivalence
ü NET; HCSB; NIV; NLT
o Paraphrase
ü Living Bible

Choosing a Translation
Ø Have one main Bible to read and memorize from.
Ø Consult multiple translations when studying:
o KJV or NKJV
o NASB or ESV
o NIV or HCSB
o NLT

Selected Scriptures Cameron Jungels 1-10-2013

“The Gospel Story: The Risen and Glorified Christ”
“The Apostle’s Creed,” which reads as follows:
I believe in God the Father Almighty; Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven; and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from where he shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy universal Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.  1 Corinthians 15:1-8, Romans 4:25,
The bodily resurrection of Jesus from the dead is an objective historical fact. 1 Peter 1:3
The resurrection of Jesus vindicates both his person and his work. Romans 1:2-4
The resurrection of Jesus has installed him as the King and Judge of the world. Acts 2:22-36, Philippians 2:9-11 Acts 17:29-31
Jesus did not stay in the tomb; God raised him to life again as the ruler of the world.

Evangelism Lesson 4 Seth Channell 3-25-2012

"What If They Reject Me? Follow Up and The Fear of Man" Evangelism Lesson 4 Seth Channell 3-25-2012

NT Core Seminar Colossians & Philemon Seth Channell 3-21-2012

NT Core Seminar Colossians & Philemon Seth Channell 3-21-2012

Evangelism Lesson 3 Seth Channell 3-18-2012

"How Do I Get Started?
"Being International & Strategic in Evangelism."
Evangelism Lesson 3 Seth Channell 3-18-2012

Mark 12 v41-44 Seth Channell 3-18-2012

"The Widow Who Gave Everything" Mark 12 v41-44 Seth Channell 3-18-2012

NT Core Seminar Ephesians Seth Channell 3-14-2012

NT Core Seminar Ephesians Seth Channell

Evangelism Lesson 2 Seth Channell 3-11-2012

" Evangelism Lesson" 2 John 13:34-35 Seth Channell 3-11-2012

Mark 12 v35-40 Seth Channell 3-11-2012

"Whose Son is the Christ" Mark 12 v35-40 Seth Channell 3-11-2012

Some of God's Priorities ~ Selected Scriptures ~ Venlon Bradford 3-7-2012

"Some of God's Priorities" ~ Selected Scriptures ~ Venlon Bradford 3-7-2012

2 Samuel 23 v1-5 Venlon Bradford 3-4-2012

"David's Last Song" 2 Samuel 23 v1-5 Venlon Bradford 3-4-2012

2 Corinthians 5 v17 Venlon Bradford 3-4-2012

"The New Creation" 2 Corinthians 5 v17 Venlon Bradford 3-4-2012

Evangelism 2 v26-12 Seth Channell 2-26-2012

Evangelism 2 v26-12 Seth Channell 2-26-2012