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 # of X OT NT Total Percentage

Books 39 27 66 ~59%

Chapters 929 260 1189 ~78%

Verses 23,145 7957 31,102 ~74%

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2 Timothy 3:16-17

16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

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Hebrews 8:6-13

6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second.8 For finding fault with them, He says, "BEHOLD, DAYS ARE COMING, SAYS THE LORD, WHEN I WILL EFFECT A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH;9 NOT LIKE THE COVENANT WHICH I MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS ON THE DAY WHEN I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND TO LEAD THEM OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT; FOR THEY DID NOT CONTINUE IN MY COVENANT, AND I DID NOT CARE FOR THEM, SAYS THE LORD.10 "FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MINDS, AND I WILL WRITE THEM ON THEIR HEARTS. AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.11 "AND THEY SHALL NOT TEACH EVERYONE HIS FELLOW CITIZEN, AND EVERYONE HIS BROTHER, SAYING, 'KNOW THE LORD,' FOR ALL WILL KNOW ME, FROM THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST OF THEM.12 "FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR INIQUITIES, AND I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO MORE."13 When He said, "A new {covenant,}" He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.

Ezekiel 36:25-27

25 Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 “Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 “I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances.

The Ten Commandments before Moses, under Moses, and After Moses:1) First Commandment (Polytheism) – Gen. 35:2; Ex. 20:3; 1 Thess. 1:92) Second Commandment (Graven Images) – Gen. 31:39; Ex. 20:4; 1 John 5:213) Third Commandment (Swearing) – Gen. 24:3; Ex. 20:7; cf. James 5:124) Fourth Commandment (Sabbath) – Gen. 2:3; Ex. 20:8; Col. 2:16; cf. Heb. 45) Fifth Commandment (Obey Parents) – Gen. 27:41; Ex. 20:12; Eph. 6:16) Sixth Commandment (Murder) – Gen. 4:9; Ex. 20:13; 1 John 3:157) Seventh Commandment (Adultery) – Gen. 39:9; Ex. 20:14; 1 Cor. 6:9, 108)  Eighth Commandment (Theft) – Gen. 44:4–7; Ex. 20:15; Eph. 4:289) Ninth Commandment (False Witness) – Gen. 39:17; Ex. 20:16; Col. 3:9, 1010) Tenth Commandment (Coveting) – Gen. 12:18; 20:3; Ex. 20:17; Eph. 5:3 (This list was adapted from The MacArthur Study Bible, 124 and Walt Kaiser, Toward OT Ethics, 81-82)

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Romans 7:7

7 What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, "YOU SHALL NOT COVET."

Galatians 

law tutor to christ 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.

Discussion Questions

1. Why do you think it good for us to study the Bible, instead of just listening to what Ben Liao or any-other-preacher has to say?

1. What are some reasons why reading and studying the Bible is difficult for us? How can we persevere?

1. The Bible contains the content for sanctification (to be made more like Christ and to mortify sin), but from whom does the strength for effectual change in our lives come?

1. “Confidence that one's impressions are God-given is no guarantee that this is really so, even when they persist and grow stronger through long seasons of prayer. Bible-based wisdom must judge them.” - J.I. Packer

Why do you think Packer says this?