1. YET COHESIVE!  66 books  about 40 different authors  1500 years (Job is even older)  3 different continents (Africa, Asia, Europe)  3 different languages  From all walks of life (priests, physicians, famers, fishermen, shepherds, scholars, conquerors, captives, etc.  under different circumstances  address a multitude of controversial issues  Central Thematic Outlook: “The Redemption of Man From Sin” Genesis 3-11 (a world cursed with sin) Revelation 21, 22 ( a world blessed without sin) MANY VARIABLES

2.  The transformation of ungodly men to saints (Rom. 12:1, 2) Paul (considered himself the chief of sinners)  Persecuted for what he once persecuted  Dragging off to being dragged off (Acts 8:3; cf. 16:19; 21:30)  Making havoc of the church to having paternal-like care for the church (Acts 8:3; cf. 2 Cor. 11:28; 1 Cor. 4:15)

3. ON THOSE WHO BELIEVE ITON THOSE WHO REJECT IT  lower level of selfishness  lower level of greed  higher view of life  higher respect for fellow man  greater humility  higher levels of selfishness  higher levels of greed  lower view of life  less respect for fellow man  greater arrogance

4. World Word of God Where are we ? “conforming to the pattern of this world” “walking in the counsel of the wicked” “being transformed by the renewal of our mind” “delighting in the law of the LORD”

5.  The Word is Alive For the Word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to the dividing of soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Hebrews 4:12  The Word is Our Life …man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. Deuteronomy 8:3

6. Hear the Word of God--- Rom. 10:17 Hear the Word of God--- Rom. 10:17 Believing In Your Heart--- Heb. 11:6 Believing In Your Heart--- Heb. 11:6 Repenting Of Your Sins--- Acts 2:38 Repenting Of Your Sins--- Acts 2:38 Confess That Christ Is The Son of God--- Rom. 10:10; Acts 8:37 Confess That Christ Is The Son of God--- Rom. 10:10; Acts 8:37 Be Baptized : Acts 2:38 Be Baptized : Acts 2:38 Be Faithful Until Death--- Rev. 2:10; I Cor. 15:58 Be Faithful Until Death--- Rev. 2:10; I Cor. 15:58