The Bible Says

Eight Fun Lessons in the Bible

by Stafford and Jo Anne North

Lesson 1

Hi. I’m David. I want to be your friend and help you study the Bible. When you see my face, you’ll know I’m ready to show you something to do. So, get your pencil and let’s get started. You probably know some Bible stories, but we’ll look at what the Bible story says when you put it all together. You’ll like what you learn and we’ll have fun.

As you finish each lesson, send it to your friend whose address is on the back. This friend will check your answers and write you back about how you’ve done. You can also ask this friend questions if you want to. First, tell me a little about yourself.

My name is ______________________________________________.
I get my mail at: _____________________________________________________________
I am _______ years old and am in the ____________ grade at _______________________________________ School.

Great! Now let’s start our study. First we’ll learn some things about the Bible, a book more people have read than any other book ever written.

1. THE BIBLE!

The Bible is one book made up of many small books. How many of these small books do you think there are? Circle 66 or 52 or 26.

The right answer is 66. These small books are divided into two groups called the Old Testament and the New Testament--

39 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament.

Now, fill in the chart below:

Old Testament New Testament All of the Bible

How many books in the _____ _____ _____

These 66 small books were all written over a long period of 1500 years. Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible. John, a follower of Jesus, wrote the last book after Jesus died. In all, about 40 different people wrote one or more books in the Bible.

Fill in these blanks from what is written above. The Bible has _____ small books in it. Two of the forty Bible writers are named ___________ and ___________. The two main parts of the Bible are the Testament and the ______ Testament.
 
 

Good job! Now let’s learn more. In the next section, you’ll read some information and then answer questions about it. So read carefully and then you’ll know the answers. Look back if you need to. Whoops! I lost my pencil. Please help me find it. If you see it somewhere, circle it for me.

2. THE BIBLE AND GOD!

The Bible is a story about God. It tells us that God has lived always. He has been God forever! He has no beginning and no ending. This one great and powerful God is made up of three spirit-beings. They are called the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. They all work together as one God. This God made the world and us too.

The Bible says God loves the people He made. God loves you and wants to be your close friend. And He wants you to be happy. He told the 40 men who wrote the Bible exactly what to say. So God teaches us how to be His close friend and how to be happy. The Bible is our guidebook from God on how to live His way.
 

OK. You read it! Now tell what you learned by choosing the right answer. Circle either the a, b, or c with each question.

1. The Bible is a story about a God who is

a. flesh
b. bones
c. spirit

2. This God

a. has lived forever
b. is made up of four beings
c. was created by other gods

3. This God

a. does not care what people do
b. hopes to catch us doing wrong
c. wants to help us live the happiest life

4. The Bible

a. has ideas from smart people about how we should live
b. is a guidebook from God to us about how we should live
c. is a story men made up telling their ideas about God

I hope you got these answers: 1-c; 2-a; 3-c; 4-b. So the Bible is from God to help us know how to live. In the next lesson, we start the story of the whole Bible in 10 pictures.
 

	Awesome! God wrote		66 letters to me! He made me and
	then He gave me a special gift - - - the Bible. It tells me all I need to know to make me close to God and a happy and wise person.

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER?

For help, look back at what you have already done. Circle the right answer.

1. The Bible has how many smaller books in it?

    a. 27        b. 39        c. 66        d. 14

2. The Bible is divided into two parts called:

    a. witnesses     b. prophets     c. testaments     d. books

3. The first Bible writer was

    a. Abraham       b. John            c. Moses           d. Paul

4. The Bible was written over a period of

    a. 1000 years     b. 1500 years     c. 100 years

5. How many different people wrote books in the Bible?

    a. 40         b. 60         c. 80         d. 100

6. The words in the Bible came from

a. good men who had great ideas
b. religious leaders who decided what to write
c. God who guided people in what they wrote

7. Three spirit-beings who make up the one God of the Bible are:

a. angels
b. Father, Mother, and child
c. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

I hope you had fun! Thanks for helping me find my pencil. Mail this lesson soon to your new friend whose name and address are below. It will be read over and sent back to you with a new lesson which tells about a close friendship between two earth people and our great God. Don’t miss it!

My new friend’s name is ___________________________________.

My new friend’s address is ______________________________________________________

Your friend will write a here note about how you did.