IT’S COMPLICATED: TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
Message by Josh Mutter – May 25, 2025
“It means you’ll have either an incomplete view or something will be in your line of sight because of the position of the seats — like a pole, speakers or the sound board — and you won’t be able to see the entire stage.”
RECAP
1. The Bible is “inspired” because its human authors were guided by the Holy Spirit, and that same Spirit continues to help us understand the Bible in new ways when we read it with Jesus in mind.
2. The Holy Spirit helps us find our story in the story of the Old Testament and invites us to wrestle with what it means to live faithfully in a relationship with God
AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
Luke 19:10 NIV For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
Luke 1:1-4 NLT Many people have set out to write accounts about the events that have been fulfilled among us. They used the eyewitness reports circulating among us from the early disciples. Having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I also have decided to write an accurate account for you, most honorable Theophilus, so you can be certain of the truth of everything you were taught.
John 21:25 NIV Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.
Map of Paul’s Journeys – click here
THE FORMATION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
1. Has it proven to be useful?
2. Is it consistent with the teachings of the Apostles?
3. Is it associated with the first generation of Christian leaders?
4. Has it been accepted by the Christian community?
CLOSING THOUGHT: What if the goal wasn’t to find answers in the New Testament, but to find Jesus?
READ: The Gospel of Mark
ASK: What does this show me about Jesus? What does it look like to follow Jesus?
READ: A New Testament Letter
ASK: What does it mean to them? Why did it matter? How can the Spirit speak through it to me today?
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