Bible Study

The Gift of Eternal Life Berean Bible Study Course

Preface

The Bible is the greatest of all books! To understand it is the noblest of all pursuits. To follow it is the highest of all endeavors. You are to be commended for your interest in studying it!

The word "Bible" means, "Book." This wonderful Book is actually a collection of sixty-six books of various types and sizes. Some forty different men wrote them over a period of about 1,500 years, starting with Moses at the time of the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.

The Bible covers over 4,000 years of history, from the time of the Creation of the world to the days of the Roman Empire. Most of it relates to the history of the Hebrew or Israelite people, beginning with Adam and continuing through the time of Jesus Christ and His earliest followers.

Three different languages were used in writing the Bible over the years: Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. The Bible has now been translated into many other languages currently being used by nations and tribes all over the world.

Of the several translations of the Bible into the English language, the New International Version is rapidly becoming the most popular. It reads very smoothly and is easy to understand. Therefore, we have chosen to use that version as the basis for this course of Bible study. All of the questions in this course of study are based on the wording of the text of the New International Version of the Bible.

The Bible has two major sections: The Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament was written in the languages of the Hebrew people and contains 39 books, all written before Jesus Christ was born. The New Testament has 27 books, all written in the common Greek language within a few years after Jesus was killed.

Christ Jesus is the central character of the entire Bible, and Eternal Life is its central theme. May God bless you abundantly as you read and study about His gracious Gift of Eternal Life in Christ...

Introduction

"For God so loved the world that He gave His One and Only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him."
John 3:16-17

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Romans 6:23

"He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree [cross], so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness..."
1 Peter 2:24

"God made Him Who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God."
2 Corinthians 5:21

"And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for Him Who died for them and was raised again."
2 Corinthians 5:15

"Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, Who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the Will of our God and Father, to Whom be glory for ever and ever."
Galatians 1:3-5

"The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in His hands. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."
John 3:35-36

"And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life."
1 John 5:11-12