i think he spoke to Jesus a couple times, right? plus he speaks to my grandma, :)
While direct communication from God to individuals may not be as prevalent in the New Testament as in the Old Testament, it is believed that God continues to communicate with people through scripture, prayer, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The New Testament emphasizes a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ as a way for believers to access God's guidance and wisdom.
The Bible says God was in existence before man: Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. and man was created in God's image. Genesis 1:26,27 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
There are two main testaments in the Bible: the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament contains teachings and scriptures from before the birth of Jesus Christ, while the New Testament contains teachings and events related to Jesus' life and teachings.
The first book of Old Testament poetry is named for Job.
The agreement that God made with man is known as a covenant. In Christianity, one of the key covenants is the covenant between God and the Israelites, as outlined in the Old Testament. In Christianity, the New Covenant is believed to have been established through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Which God are you talking about? If it happened to be the God of The Bible, well he did promise not to drown humanity with a flood again.
God and Man
According to the old testament following the law of God is what makes a man happy.
Yes he was the first person god spoke to.
There is no New Testament text that tells of God giving any man more than one wife. New Testament books specifically refer to a Christian man, and elders and bishops having one wife.
You can tell them that the New Testament contains historical records about the life of Jesus and the establishment of the Christian Church. However you should also teach how the Old Testament is a record of man's history and God's dealing with mankind throughout history. In the Old Testament the nature and character of God is revealed and we learn about the relationship of God and man. You should also teach how the New Testament is a fulfillment of things foretold in the Old Testament and how the coming of Christ is another way in which God has spoken to all of mankind. The New Testament cannot be explained without reference to the Old Testament. Even themeaning of the words 'old' and 'new' 'testament' are important in explaining the New Testament
Observing the laws of God is what makes a man happy according to the Old Testament.
He made the universe before man (if you are talking about christianity!)
The Old and New testaments are together one book. The New testament is unintelligible without the Old testament. Without the Old testament, the New testament is out of context and is highly misinterpreted.The apostles and other writers of the New Testament knew the Old Testament scripture and often quoted verses from the Old Testament showing the connections. References to Adam, Abraham, Issac, Jacob, Jonah, Noah, David, and Moses are throughout the New Testament so to fully understand the New Testament you need the context of the Old Testament.The Old Testament provides the history and foundation of the New Testament teachings. The teachings in the Sermon on the Mount, for example, are explaining the underlying concepts of Ten Commandments and the laws given to Moses.AdditionallyThe OT is about God and man. How God created man and had fellowship with man. How that fellowship was broken. How God dealt/deals with man, how man can come to God. The way of salvation and many other things can be learnt from the OT. Also Christ is in the OT.
Give him his three some
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It depends in your definition of 'religious'. Because it pertains to God and Jesus Christ then yes, it is a religious book. If your definition of religion is God's search for man, then it isn't since it is about God's revealing himself to man.
I think you should teach the Bible as one book. Starting in Genesis and ending in Revelations, teach the main stories. The Old Testament shows who God is, what He is like, how He has dealt with man throughout the ages. The OT also shows us who man is, what he is like and how man has turned away from a relationship with God. From the OT stories we can learn that man is separated from God and in the past God required a blood sacrifice so man could be put right with God. Then in the New Testament we can see that Jesus came as the "lamb of God" and died as a sacrifice for all. By believing this, man is put into a right relationship with God.