Soteriology – Semester 1
443 – Israel Under King Saul
SEMESTER 3 443 – Israel Under King Saul BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: BIBLE SURVEY III LESSON # 43 ISRAEL UNDER KING SAUL Read carefully I Samuel 8-15. INTRODUCTION: 1. This lesson begins a new era for Israel, that is the period of the kings. 2. Within the next hundred years, they will come into their…
444 – Israel Under King David
SEMESTER 3 444 – Israel Under King David BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: BIBLE SURVEY III LESSON # 44 ISRAEL UNDER DAVID Read the book of II Samuel. INTRODUCTION: 1. David was the greatest of all the kings of Israel, though Israel reached its economical apex under Solomon. 2. So fundamental was his reign in…
445 – Israel Under the Reign of Solomon
SEMESTER 3 445 – Israel Under the Reign of Solomon BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: BIBLE SURVEY III LESSON # 45 ISRAEL UNDER THE REIGN OF SOLOMON Read I Kings 4:20 through 6:38 and I Kings 10:1-9. INTRODUCTION: 1. Israel’s period of great prosperity was under Solomon, son of David and Bath-sheba. Let us notice his reign as…
446 – The Division of the Nation of Israel
SEMESTER 3 446 – The Division of the Nation of Israel BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: BIBLE SURVEY III LESSON # 46 THE DIVISION OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL Read II Chron. 10-11. INTRODUCTION: 1. In this lesson we will consider the short life of Israel as a unified kingdom. 2. They became a nation in…
447 – Israel’s Fall to Assyria
SEMESTER 3 447 – Israel’s Fall to Assyria BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: BIBLE SURVEY III LESSON # 47 ISRAEL’S FALL TO ASSYRIA Read I Kings 12:25-33 and II Kings 17:1-18. INTRODUCTION: 1. It is commonly but wrongly supposed that Israel went into Babylonian captivity. 2. Israel fell to the nation of Assyria about 135 years before Judah…
448 – The Fall of Judah
SEMESTER 3 448 – The Fall of Judah BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: BIBLE SURVEY III LESSON # 48 THE FALL OF JUDAH Read II Chron. 26:1-23 and II Chron. 36:1-23. INTRODUCTION: 1. Israel has fallen, but Judah lives on, for another 136 years. 2. If we think their inherent morality or religious superiority is the reason, we…
417 – The Ark
SEMESTER 2 417 – The Ark BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: BIBLE SURVEY II LESSON # 17 THE ARK Read Genesis 6:14 through Gen. 7:16. INTRODUCTION: 1. Much speculation prevails about the ark today. i. Is it really preserved in ice on a mountain in Turkey? ii. If so, why are searchers not allowed free expedition? iii. If…
418 – The Flood
SEMESTER 2 418 – The Flood BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: BIBLE SURVEY II LESSON # 18 THE FLOOD Read Gen. 7:1-24 repeatedly. INTRODUCTION: 1. Geological evidence leaves no question about a worldwide flood, though geological evidence is not necessary. 2. Claims of “many floods,” “ice ages,” and other “natural catastrophes” are made, to cast doubt on…
419 – Post-flood Human Nature and Conduct
SEMESTER 2 419 – Post-flood Human Nature and Conduct BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: BIBLE SURVEY II LESSON # 19 POST-FLOOD HUMAN NATURE AND CONDUCT INTRODUCTION: 1. Because of our anti-grace nature, we tend to think that in Noah and his offspring God preserved a superior quality of people. 2. Be sure, Noah was “just,”…
420 – Origin of the Races
SEMESTER 2 420 – Origin of the Races BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: BIBLE SURVEY II LESSON # 20 ORIGIN OF THE RACES INTRODUCTION: 1. This is a most difficult Bible subject to deal with: i. Because of national and racial prejudice inherent in both the teacher and student. ii. Because of fear of, or…