Theology 101 Greg Kedrovsky

Scripture is the inspired and preserved words of God contained in the 66 books of the Bible: 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament, preserved by God in copies and translations that people can hold in their hands, read for themselves, study, preach, teach, and even ignore if they so choose.

In this episode we wrap up our study of "What is the Bible?" by taking a look at how Scripture is accessible.
1. It is available: God did not lose the inspired Scriptures like we lose our car keys.
2. It is obtainable: God speaks more languages than just Hebrew and Greek.
3. It is understandable: God did not make the Bible that difficult (it depends more on attitude that aptitude).

[This episode forms part of the MOADiS, also referred to by some as TCD...]

Notes:
https://bible.kedrovsky.net/moadis_overview_0_intro
https://bible.kedrovsky.net/_media/12_moadis/003_what_is_the_bible_3_accessible.pdf

History & Heritage of the Bible:
https://bible.kedrovsky.net/topical_king_james_bible#history_heritage_of_the_bible

Midweek special! This is a message I preached in English a while ago (at Crest Bible Church, I believe). And this week I will be preaching it in Spanish at La Biblia Dice in Medellin, Colombia.

Church YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/LaBibliadiceMedelli1/videos

Please pray for us this week, that God would pleased with the preaching and the saints would be edified!

Notes (in English... with photos!):
https://bible.kedrovsky.net/topical_alpha#ichabod

The Bible, because of its nature and formal character as a divine covenant corpus, is authoritative. It is God's final authority over man, given to change man's conduct.

1. The Bible is authoritative in its origin: The words of Scripture are inspired by God.

2. The Bible is authoritative in its purpose: God inspired Scripture to govern us.

Scripture, as a covenant corpus, confronts us with God's absolute and final authority over us and our lives as the subjects living in the Kingdom He created.

[This episode forms part of the MOADiS, also referred to by some as TCD...]

Notes:
https://bible.kedrovsky.net/moadis_overview_0_intro
https://bible.kedrovsky.net/_media/12_moadis/002_what_is_the_bible_2_authoritative.pdf

The Bible is a covenant corpus. It is a body, a collection, of covenants. That is what Scripture is by nature and in its formal character.

We saw this in the last episode studying the two "Testaments," the Old Testament and the New Testament.

In this episode we take a look at how the contents of the Bible "crystallize" around the eight major covenants. These covenants are not just a nifty way to outline the Bible. They are the Bible. And I'd like to bring this out in this lesson.

[This episode forms part of the MOADiS, also referred to by some as TCD...]

Notes for this episode and the last can be found here:
https://bible.kedrovsky.net/moadis_overview_0_intro#a_covenant_corpus

Seriously. What is the Bible? We read the Bible. We study the Bible. We say we "love" the Bible. But what is it? Have you ever taken a step back from all the details in the Bible to ask yourself that question?

What is the "formal character" of the Bible--its "nature." What is it?
- Is it a religious book?
- Is it a history book?
- Is it a self-help book ("chicken soup for your soul")?
- Is it a love letter?
- Is it a book of Jewish myths and maxims?

We are going to answer this question in three parts, and the first part is this one... Our topic of study in this lesson: The Bible is a covenant corpus. Why? Because that's its very nature!

[This episode forms part of the MOADiS, also referred to by some as TCD...]

The key to understanding the Great Commission of Matthew 28 is the Lord's discourse in Matthew 24 about His coming and the end of the world. The Great Commission is the mandate that Jesus gave his Jewish Apostles to preach the gospel of the kingdom in all nations until the second coming and the establishment of the kingdom on earth. It is the same thing we see in Matthew 24.

The Great Commission in the Gospels (and in Acts 1.8) is historically, doctrinally, and specifically for the Tribulation, the period of time in the prophecy of Daniel 9.24-27 between the substitutionary death of the Messiah (Dan 9.26) and "the end" (the consummation; Dan 9.27) when Jesus returns. It is the time the Bible calls the Tribulation.

So, according to what the Bible says, the Great Commission was given as a mandate to preach the kingdom, not to announce the Church, the Body of Christ, and the Church Age. This means that the Great Commission is not doctrinally (directly) for us Christians living during the Church Age.

However, personally and "spiritually," yes, the Great Commission applies to us today, but in principle. So join me in this study of anachronisms and the Great Commission to see just how God wants us to fulfill the Great Commission today.

https://bible.kedrovsky.net/topical_discipleship
https://bible.kedrovsky.net/_media/09_topical/disc_11_anachronisms_and_the_great_comm.pdf