What a friend we have in JESUS

• What a friend we have in Jesus

All our sins and griefs to bear
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer
• Oh, what peace we often forfeit
Oh, what needless pain we bear
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer
• Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged
Take it to the Lord in prayer
• Can we find a friend so faithful
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness
Take it to the Lord in prayer
2 Corinthians 5:11-21
English Standard Version
The Ministry of Reconciliation
11 
Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others.
But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to
your conscience. 12 We are not commending ourselves to you again
but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to
answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about
what is in the heart. 13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God;
if we are in our right mind, it is for you. 14 For the love of
Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has
died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those
who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for
their sake died and was raised.
2 Corinthians 5:11-21
English Standard Version
The Ministry of Reconciliation
From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh.
16 

Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard

him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new
creation.[a] The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All
this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave
us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was
reconciling[b] the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against
them, and entrusting to us the message of
reconciliation. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making
his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be
reconciled to God. 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no
sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Overview of the Bible
Old Testament
--everything that happened before…
JESUS was born and
became man.
New Testament
—everything that happened after JESUS was born, came to
earth to save us from sin, and what will happen when HE
COMES TO REIGN FOREVER WITH HIS PEOPLE.
Short overview—Old Testament
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
LAW
Numbers Pentateuch
Deuteronomy
Genesis
• Beginnings—Adam, Eve, Sin
enters the picture
• How everything was created
• Faith is what matters to GOD—
believing in HIM
• Obeying HIM
• 12 tribes of ISRAEL (JACOB)
• Joseph
Exodus
• Exit from Egypt
• Moses vs. Pharoah; Red Sea
• 10 commandments
• Israelites go through the
wilderness for 40 years
• Israelites were unfaithful
• GOD WAS ALWAYS FAITHFUL.
Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
• The Laws are LAID DOWN BY GOD
• Through Moses
• Blessings and curses
• Sacrifices
• Blood
Short overview—Old Testament
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
LAW
Numbers Pentateuch
Deuteronomy
Short overview—Old Testament
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 & 2 Samuel
1 &2 Chronicles History
1 & 2 Kings
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Short overview—Old Testament
Joshua
Judges
History
Ruth
Joshua and
1 & 2 Samuel Israelites enter the
1 &2 Chronicles promised land
1 & 2 Kings
Ezra Israelites ask God
Nehemiah for a king
Esther
Short overview—Old Testament
Joshua
Judges
History
Ruth
1 & 2 Samuel
1 &2 Chronicles
1 & 2 Kings
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Short overview—Old Testament
Joshua
Judges
History
Ruth Ruth and Boaz
1 & 2 Samuel grandparents of
1 &2 Chronicles David--JESUS
1 & 2 Kings
Ezra God gives Israelites
Nehemiah a King/Kings
Esther
Short overview—Old Testament
Joshua
Judges
History
Ruth Ruth and Boaz
1 & 2 Samuel grandparents of
1 &2 Chronicles David--JESUS
1 & 2 Kings
Ezra God gives Israelites
Nehemiah a King/Kings
Esther
Short overview—Old Testament
Joshua
Judges
History Samuel
King Saul
Ruth King David—a man
1 & 2 Samuel
after God’s heart
1 &2 Chronicles
1 & 2 Kings
Bathsheba
Ezra Solomon
Nehemiah United Kingdom
Esther Israel
Short overview—Old Testament
Joshua History After King Solomon
Judges
Ruth
Divided kingdom
1 & 2 Samuel Israel Israel (North)
1 &2 Chronicles Judah (South
1 & 2 Kings Kings of Israel were all
Ezra bad
Nehemiah Some of the kings of
Esther Judah were good
Short overview—Old Testament
Poetry
Job David
Psalms
Solomon
Proverbs
Songs of Solomon Job
Ecclesaistes Middle of
the Bible
Short overview—Old Testament
Phrophets--Major
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Isaiah has 66
Lamentations
Ezekiel chapters
Daniel
Short overview—Old Testament
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Phrophets-
Nahum -Minor
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi