2nd Post: What we will study in first class meeting.

Since we will be looking at Jesus, from His own words from the Bible. We will be skipping around all of the Gospels. This means we will not be reading the Gospels chapter by chapter and verse by verse. We will be studying what Jesus Said about a topic and use all of the Gospels and parts of Acts that supply the answers. This allows us to look at a more complete view of what Jesus said on a particular topic. If you have studied the Gospels before, you know that each account of what Jesus said has more or less information as you go from one to the other. This is because each Gospel had a different audience in mind. Matthew was written to the Jews to show that Jesus was their long awaited Messiah. Matthew starts off his Gospel with Jesus genealogy. Mark wrote his Gospel to the Romans; Mark does not mention anything about Jesus' bloodline. The Romans would not be interested in Jesus being the Hebrews Messiah. Luke was a Greek, and wrote his Gospel to the Greeks. Luke includes both genealogies and is the most complete historical text. Greeks were interested in all of the facts. It is for this reason, that most historical accounts of Jesus are taken from Luke. John is totality different from the other three, John wrote his Gospel toward the end of his life. In John's account you will meet Jesus Christ face to face as the Son of God. John 1:1 starts out explaining Jesus is the Logos. John did this because at the time of his writing, gnostic beliefs had sprung up and they said they had the secret or hidden knowledge of Logos or God. As John declared there is no secret or hidden knowledge of God, it only comes from the Bible. The Bible is the only true source of God's word!
If you want to know more about God, you have to study the Bible. There is no short cut to gain this knowledge. It is through studying His Word that you gain a stronger relationship with God.
God wants a personal relationship with you and this can not happen if you don't spend time with Him. This is what is meant by walking with God.