Squares:
1. The plan God has created is to rescue humanity. It has become impossible for humans to
save ourselves because of our sinful nature. What we need is for God to come and save
us. Through his death, Jesus Christ came to earth to save, redeem, and pay for our sins.
Only Jesus can pay for us to be redeemed and to be freed from being slaves to sin. God’s
desire for us is not just to have freedom. He also wants us to have a personal relationship
with him and be his children.
2. We have the ability to have a relationship both vertically and horizontally through the
books of the law. The relationship we have with God is vertical. We are taught by the
Old Testament Laws how to have a relationship with God and how to praise and worship
him. The relationship we have with humanity is horizontal. With the Old Testament, we
are taught how to treat others and keep from wronging others.
3. Within the Bible, there are provided more than just rules and regulations to follow. It also
includes narratives, wisdom, poetry, and prophecy. Having these genres help to
communicate the story of the redemption of mankind from the Bible.
4. As believers, we need to remember that the Bible is not able men, but instead is about
God. Even though some people lived righteous lives in the Bible, they still had the sinful
nature of humans.
Triangles:
1. The miracles Jesus performed were done to prove his identity, not his ability. Jesus
intends to show the world that he was the Messiah and Son of God through his miracles
and to validate his ministry
2. As believers, we will sometimes try to read the Old Testament a twenty-first-century
viewpoint when we should actually be reading it from the Ancient Israelites' viewpoint.
Not all of the promises God gave to the Israelites necessarily apply for believers today.
3. When looking at the prophets, it is important not to look at them by their work length, but
when they were written. The prophet's works were determined on if they wrote before,
during, or after the Babylonian exile.
Circles:
1. In the lesson, it says that the Gospels are unique to the Bible. However, later it says the
word for gospel (euangelion) is not just unique to the Bible. Are there any other types of
writings other than the Bible that are similar to the Gospels, and do they deal with other
religions or simply “good news”?
2. Do the Old Testament laws still apply to us today? Should we follow the example of
Jesus and keep the laws of the Torah even though the laws were written to a specific
nation? If we don’t need to follow the Old Testament law, does that then contradict what
Jesus says in Matthew, “For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the
smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law
until everything is accomplished” (New International Version, Matthew 5:18)?
Hearts:
1. “God’s story details his plan. There should be a certain level of comfort in those five
words” (Cartwright 4).
Works Cited
Cartwright, John and Chris Hulshof. 2nd edition. Nashville, Tennessee, Everyday Bible Study
B&H Academic, 2016.
Holy Bible: New International Version. New York: American Bible Society, 2011.
