A Brief Bible History Survey of the Old Testament and New Testament
By J. Gresham Machen
This is a historical survey of the Old Testament and the New Testament. It is very brief in its treatment. Although Machen does not go very deeply into the text, it is an excellent overview of the Bible from a historical point of view.
CONTENTS
OLD TESTAMENT
1. Before Abraham Genesis 1-11.
2. The Patriarchs Gen 12-50.
3. Egyptian Bondage and Deliverance
4. Moses as Leader and Lawgiver Ex 2-4.
5. Conquest and Settlement of Canaan Joshua
6. Period of the Judges (Judges, Ruth)
7. Samuel and Saul Prophecy and Monarchy (1Sam)
8. David and Solomon Psalms and Wisdom
9. The Kingdom of Israel (1Ki12-2Ki17)
10. Kingdom of Judah to Hezekiah
11. Judah, from Hezekiah to the Exile
12. Exile and Restoration
13. Jewish State Under Persia
14. Israel’s Religious Life
15. “The Coming One”
NEW TESTAMENT
1. The Preparation
2. The Coming of the Lord
3. The Baptism
4. The Early Judean Ministry
5. Beginning of the Galilaean Ministry
6. Period of Popularity
7. The Turning Point
8. Jesus as Messiah
9. The Prediction of the Cross
10. The Last Journeys
11. Teaching in the Temple
12. The Crucifixion
13. The Resurrection
14. Beginnings of the Christian Church
15. First Persecution
16. The Conversion of Paul
17. The Gospel Given to the Gentiles
18. The First Missionary Journey and the Apostolic Council
19. The Second Missionary Journey
20. The Third Missionary Journey.
21. The Third Missionary Journey.
22. The First Imprisonment of Paul
23. The Close of the Apostolic Age
Divine use of Sickness
CP34 Divine use of Sickness
Read this tract by Pastor Cox about the divine use of sickness explains how God works with sickness to remind man of his limited time on earth, the consequences of sin, etc.
In this tract Pastor Cox explains how God positively uses sickness to help us turn our thoughts and attention to the eternal. We get so involved in our daily lives sometimes that we forget that our life is but a vapor on this earth, soon to no longer be. God uses sickness as a severe warning that our time is running out, and we need to live as though every moment has a forward view towards eternity. How we spend our life is important.
Sections:
1. Understanding that God is God
2. Sickness because of Sin
3. Warning about approaching Death
4. Warning about Human weakness
5. The Error of the Sick
6. God listens to those who ask in sincerity
Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
There is an attitude within much of Christianity that sickness in any form is bad, and God does not have anything to do with it. For these Christans, they ask God to take the sickness away, and sometimes (as though it was their right to be health) that they demand God to remove their sickness. The reality of life is that they continue ill, and many have a crisis of faith over this. For them, God is impotent, or God does not love them. In other words, their confidence, faith, and love of God depends on God always sending them good things. But this is not how the Bible indicates life is. God uses calamity and sickness for His own purposes and we have to understand this (and accept it).Please support our tract ministry by donating on the tract website (see sidebar). Because of your donations we can offer these tracts online, and for free. Read the Tract CH34
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