Master the Bible: How to Get and Keep the Big Picture of the Bible's Story

Chapter 1: The Way of the Rabb i

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d. The healing of the Israelites from the fiery serpents (John 3.14)

e. Manna from heaven (John 6.49)

f. Naaman the leper’s healing (Luke 4.26)

g. God’s provision for Elijah and the widow (Luke 4.25)

h. Jonah’s preservation in the great fish (Matt. 12.41)

6. For Rabbi Jesus, the Word of God (i.e., the Scriptures) was inspired; it could not be broken or fall.

a. It cannot be broken, John 10.35 – If he called them gods to whom the word of God came – and Scripture cannot be broken.

b. All things prophesied concerning him were fulfilled in the Scriptures, Luke 24.44 – Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

7. As Jesus concentrated on teaching and preaching God’s Word, so today he calls us to rightly divide the Scriptures as our primary means of growing in the knowledge of him.

a. The Scriptures are inspired by God and profitable to equip and empower the Christian for every good deed, 2 Tim. 3.16-17.