How can we trust the New Testament?* We will look at how we can trust that what we have in the Bible are the words that were really written. We will study how the New Testament is more reliable than any other ancient manuscripts, most of which we take as genuine. We will also mention how many historians during the first and second centuries spoke about Jesus and how the internal evidence of the Bible, mostly prophecies in the Old Testament coming true in the New Testament, speak to the trustworthiness of Scripture.
What is the Central Point of the New Testament?* We want the students to understand why the New Testament was written? What is its main point. The majority of the time we will study the difference between Religion and the Gospel of Jesus. Here is a snippet of what we will talk about:
Religion says that if we obey God, he will love us. The gospel says that it is because God has loved us through Jesus that we can obey.
Religion says that the world is filled with good people and bad people. The gospel says that the world is filled with bad people who are either repentant or unrepentant.
Religion says that you should trust in what you do as a good moral person. The gospel says that you should trust in the perfectly sinless life of Jesus because he alone is the only good and truly moral person who will ever live.
*These questions are asked and answered in New Testament book by Mark Driscoll.
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