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UNDAMENTALS OF THE
C
HRISTIAN
F
AITH
“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and
be
ready always to
give
an answer to every
man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:” 1 Peter
3:15
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God’s Love Letter
As we begin our study
of the fundamentals of the Christian faith. Let’s first discuss the purpose of the
different books of the Bible.
Book SummaryGenesis
Discusses from the origin of mankind to the salvation of the chosen people inEgypt from famine
Exodus
Presents the departure from Egypt, the mighty acts of God on behalf of Hispeople, and the giving of His Laws along with the sanctuary service
Leviticus
A basic handbook for priests of who they were to carry out their work
Numbers
Tells more of the story of the children of Israel and their wanderings in thewilderness
Deuteronomy
A further explication of the Law of God and how it was to beobserved to maintain the Old Covenant
Joshua
Focuses on the work of Joshua as a leader of the children of Israel into thepromised land
Judges
Records the heroic deeds of the judges of Israel between Joshua and Samuel
Ruth
Gives the story of Ruth
—
which occurred during the time of judges;
I, II Samuel
Show the transition from judges to monarchy in the lives of Samuel, Saul,and David
I, II Kings
The glory days, division, decline, and fall from David to the northern andsouthern kingdoms
I, II Chronicles
A summary of the same things presented in I, II Samuel and I, II Kings
Ezra andNehemiah
Originally one book, describe
the Jews’ return from exile to rebuild
Jerusalem
Esther
Similar to Ruth, this book shows God’s providential care for His people in the
face of extermination
Job
Deals with the sufferings and afflictions of Job in his vindication of Godagainst the
devil’s scathing accusations
Psalms
A collection of 150 psalms by David, Solomon, Moses, Asaph, and others
covering every aspect of mankind’s relationship with God
Proverbs
A collection of proverbs compiled and mostly authored by Solomonregarding wisdom
Ecclesiastes
All is vanity. Solomon’s realization that without God all is vanity.
Song of Solomon
A collection of love-poetry
Isaiah
A book of the judgments of God upon Israel and hope for them after exile
Jeremiah
Jeremiah’s warnings of the coming
destruction of Judah presented with hopefor the coming day of the new covenant
Lamentations
Poetry lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem, confessing sin, and prayingfor divine forgiveness and restoration
Ezekiel
Condemnation before the fall of Jerusalem and hope for the restoration of allthings, including the temple
Daniel
God is in control; full of classical and apocalyptic prophecy
Hosea
The story of the prophet who was called by God to marry a harlot to showIsrael the spiritual whoredom they had fallen into
Joel
A call for repentance in the light of the plagues of God falling; the promise of
the Holy Spirit’s outpouring
Amos
The preaching of the impending judgments of God upon a forwardgeneration with the promise of restoration to the righteous remnant
Obadiah
Prophecy of the destruction of Edom
Jonah
The prophet who ran from God rather than save the enemies of God’s people
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