hello my name is Kylie and welcome to Bible basics three the books of the New
Testament in this video you will continue learning about the books of the
Bible and the stories you can find within them let's explore this section
of the Bible
before watching this video be sure you've watched Bible basics to the books
of the Old Testament then come back to this one you know from Bible basics 1
and 2 that scripture is organized in a special way books chapters and verses
you already learned in part 2 about the first books that make up the Old
Testament ready to look at the next 27 books of the New Testament let's go the
four groups of the New Testament consists of the Gospels the book of Acts
the epistles which are letters written by Paul and other early leaders of the
church the book of Revelation let's look at what these books are about the four
books of Gospels include Matthew Mark Luke and John the word gospel means good
news the New Testament tells about the life of Jesus the Son of God and the
good news he brought to the earth these four books tell the same story of Jesus
from the point of view of four different people
can you guess their names yes Matthew Mark Luke and John together they tell
the complete story of Jesus's life on earth including the Christmas story
right up to the resurrection Jesus performed many miracles while on earth
some people did not believe he was the son of God and they had him crucified
jesus promised his disciples or his very close followers that he would not leave
them there is only one book in the book of Acts this book continues a story into
the time after Jesus left Earth and what his followers did once he was no longer
physically with them it also tells how the Christian Church came to be the
Apostle Paul traveled to many places including Greece and Rome to spread the
gospel sharing the news about Jesus and how he did not abandon his people but
that he lives on in our hearts the epistles or letters consist of three
groups in the first group we find the nine books of Paul's letters to churches
Romans first and second Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians
Colossians and first second Thessalonians these letters were written
by Paul who is one of Jesus's followers and the same person whose travels to
many cities in the ancient world are recorded in the book of Acts he became a
leader after Jesus left the earth and he wrote these letters to several of the
earliest churches in order to help the first Christians understand what God
wants them to do the next set of letters are four books of Paul's letters to
friends first in 2nd Timothy Titus and Philemon when Paul got older he began
writing letters to his friends so they could carry on his work of keeping
Jesus's message alive and that's what these four books are all about Timothy
was a young pastor and used these letters like a textbook to learn how to
lead like Paul did in the third group of epistles there are eight books of
general letters in them we find Hebrews James first and second Peter first second
and third John the second book of John is the shortest book in the Bible and
Jude these letters were written by early leaders of the church telling different
stories about Christians and also time the early Christians how to lead their
lives and the final book in the Bible is revelation some Bibles list this under
other letters but revelation is actually a book of prophecy it tells about the
future in God's eternal Kingdom and there you have it you now have a way
better understanding of the books of the New Testament check out the next video
called Bible basics for chapters and verses in the meantime you can test your
know on our fun online games and quizzes and
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