For two minutes:

List down as many blessings as

you have that you have for the
last 24 hours of your life..
What do you feel?
 MODULE 1 LESSONS

Lesson 1: God’s Covenant with the Chosen People

Lesson 2: How the Bible Came to Be
 Lesson 1:

God’s Covenant with the Chosen

People
 The Exodus story shows how
God showed His love to His
people by showering them with
blessings from their freedom
from the Egyptians to their
victory in crossing the Red
Sea.
What is…….
God’s Covenant with His
People
 Noah

Promises Obligations Signs

God will not destroy the Respect Life Rainbow
world again by water
again.
 After the flood… God promised
Noah and his people not to destroy
the world by flood.
But, we must do our promise to Him
by respecting life.
 As the sign of our covenant, a
rainbow was seen over the sky as a
reminder of God’s promise to us and
our obligation to God.
Abraham

Promises Obligations Signs

God will give land and Walk before God Circumision
have may descendants.
Be Blameless
 Before, Abraham and
Sarah(his wife) don’t have
any child. As he shows his
faithfulness in God, God
promised him to have
descendants as many as
the stars.
God tested Abraham’s faithfulness like
sacrificing his son, Isaac. As Abraham
showed his faithfulness to God, He
stopped Abraham from sacrificing his
son to God.
But, we must follow and walk
with Him and be blameless and
remain faithful in Him.
 As the sign of our
covenant,
circumcision is
performed as mark
of being the
descendant of
Abraham, God’s
chosen one.
Israelites

Promises Obligations Signs

Chosen People to lead Ten Commandments Sabbath
them
Mosaic Law
 After being free from Egypt, God
guided His people to the Promised
Land. They stopped at Mt. Sinai
 Moses received the Ten
Commandments and presented to
His people as His sign of His Love.
 Before Moses dies, he asks God to
choose a leader for His people…. God
chooses Joshua to lead the Israelites to
the Promised Land
 God chooses men and women- patriarchs,
judges, kings, prophets and wise men… They
made special relationship to Him with His
People.
 However, it requires a
responsible response to His
word.
Through Jesus
Christ,

God’s
Revelation
was complete
(Dei Verbum 4)
 The Bible is :

- Written under the inspiration of the Holy

Spirit.

- God is the “Main Author”

- “The word of God”

 Lesson 2:

How the Bible Came to Be?

What is a Bible?
What is a Bible?
• Came from the word “biblia” meaning
books
• It is the collection of ancient writings
about God.
How does the Bible came to be?
• It started with storied handed down
through oral communication
• The Old Testament was originally written
in Hebrew and translated in Greek in 2nd
to 3rd Century BC
How does the Bible came to be?
• The New Testament is written in the
second half of 1st Century
• The Bible is written through the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
The following statements tells about the
truth about the bible :

• written by human authors in different

places, cultures and time

• They used many literary forms (myth,

history, law, songs etc.)
The following statements tells about the
truth about the bible :

• To introduce God in many purposes (to

introduce God, His words, works, to
present the teachings of God. etc.)