The Story of God for His Children: The New Testament Bible Made Easy for Children: The Story of God for His Children, #2

By Erielle Jay

Is your child fully engaging with the children's Bible you bought for them when they were younger? Does your child's spiritual maturity require more detailed and accurate Scriptures for Bible study? This may be the time for your child's next phase as they grow in their knowledge of Christ.

 

"The New Testament Bible Made Easy for Children" provides an engaging authentic approach to the Bible. With this accurate-- yet easy to understand--retelling of the Scriptures, your child will be introduced in new ways to familiar Bible stories. 

 

This volume, "The New Testament Bible Made Easy for Children", includes:

• 83 Bible passages
• 13 short passages from Jesus's teachings
• Five steps to Faith: How to accept Jesus as your Lord and personal Savior!

From the coming of John the Bapist to an account of the end-times in Revelations, this children's Bible offers an accurate abridgement of the Scriptures, which will provide solid spiritual instruction and nourishment. Completing its companion, "The Old Testament Bible Made Easy for Children", this book will bring full circle the story of salvation which God has woven throughout history, culminating in the death and resurrection of Christ.

 

God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.-- John 4:24, ESV

• Language: English
• Publisher: Erielle Jay
• Release date: Jul 24, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201729080

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The Story of God for His Children

The New Testament Bible Made Easy

for Children

ERIELLE JAY

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ISBN: 9798512984215

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

Prologue

Elizabeth and Zechariah

The Angel Gabriel Visits Mary

Jesus’s Birth

The Wise Men Worship Jesus

Jesus at the Temple

Salt and Light

John the Baptist and Jesus

The Temptation of Jesus

The First Disciples

Philip and Nathanael

Turning Water Into Wine

Cleansing the Temple

Love Your Enemies

Nicodemus

The Samaritan Woman

The Nobleman’s Son

Sermon on the Mount: Part One

Sermon on the Mount: Part Two

The Centurion’s Faith

The Lord’s Prayer

Raising the Widow’s Son

Healing a Leper

Healing of the Paralytic

The Man With the Withered Hand

The Sick Man at the Pool

Calming the Storm

Jesus, the Sword of Righteousness

A Girl Is Resurrected and a Woman Is Healed

Feeding the 5,000

The Transfiguration

The Sending of the Disciples

Healing the Blind Man

The Mustard Seed

The Sower

The Wheat and the Weeds

The Hidden Treasure

The Net

The Good Samaritan

Mary and Martha

A Lamp Under a Jar

The Rich Fool

The Fig Tree

The Lost Sheep

The Lost Coin

The Lost Son

The Persistent Widow

Do Not Judge

Raising Lazarus From the Dead

Jesus Heals Another Blind Man

The 10 Minas

Jesus Predicts the Fall of Jerusalem and His Second Coming

The Judgement to Come

Jesus Enters Jerusalem

The Widow’s Offering

Jesus’s Last Days

Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet

The New Passover

Jesus’s Prayer in Gethsemane

Jesus in Gethsemane

Jesus Before the Jewish Council

The Good Shepherd

Peter Denies Christ

Jesus Before Pilate

The Crucifixion

The Resurrection

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

Doubting Thomas

I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life

Jesus Meets With His Disciples Again

Chapter 2: The Promise of the Holy Spirit

The Ascension

Pentecost

Philip and the Ethiopian

Calling Saul on the Damascus Road

Dorcas

A House Built on the Rock

Cornelius and Peter

Peter’s Rescue From Jail

Paul and Silas In Prison

Surviving a Shipwreck

Chapter 3: The Epistles

An Encouragement

The Signs of a True Christian

Spiritual Gifts

Love

The Greatest Love

Justified by Faith

The Whole Armor of God

A Good Soldier of Christ

By Faith

Chapter 4: The End-Times

John Meets Jesus

The Throne Room of Heaven

The Rider on a White Horse

The Vine and the Branches

A New Heaven and Earth

The New Jerusalem

The Last Words of Jesus

Conclusion

Do You Want to Accept Christ as Your Lord and Savior?

Step One: Understand

Step Two: Admit

Step Three: Believe

Step Four: Invite

Step Five: Walk

Looking to the Old Testament

References

Introduction

I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you. —Psalms 119:11, ESV

Like the Psalmist, you believe that the study of God’s Word is integral to spiritual health and nourishment. As your child matures, intellectually and spiritually, you find yourself looking for more accurate retellings of inspiring, Biblical narratives. Perhaps, sitting down at night to read a devotional with your child, you wonder if the Bible is too difficult for them to read or whether their current children’s Bible is too simplistic. What are they understanding? What can they apply? Are the selections meaningful and challenging? Is this children’s Bible good enough? For what am I looking?

If you have browsed children’s Bibles already, you might realize that some are too close to bedtime tales, reducing the Scriptures to fun—yet overly simplified—stories. Without accuracy or clarity, the tales may feel confusing or juvenile to your growing child. Other children’s Bibles may appear too cut-and-dry without the spiritual challenges that a more adult version may have.

This volume, The New Testament Bible Made Easy for Children, is the New Testament continuation of the series, The Story of God for His Children. Written for reading levels 7-12, this abridged version of the New Testament is dedicated to providing young readers with an easier to read, yet accurate version of the Bible. With a variety of narrative stories to more complex retellings of spiritual exhortations, this volume is sure to increase interest in God’s Word and encourage your child’s heart. With this Bible, your child will gain a sense of ownership and confidence to find the Truths of the Scriptures on their own.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. —Hebrews 11:12, ESV

Reading and sharing these Bible stories, you will not only have an opportunity to explore the wonderful Truths of God’s scriptures but also apply it to your life. As you read this volume, you will rediscover the simple Truths of Scripture. Not only will you become invested in your own spiritual journey, but you may also find yourself excited to read Scripture as well.

Moving forward in scriptural studies, have faith that your heartfelt prayers and the edification of Scriptures will change your life in ways you cannot imagine. Bring discussion of the Bible into everyday life and ask questions about what you have read. With prayer, exhortation, and spiritual challenges, you will mature in the sight of God and Man. May He who began a good work in you bring it to completion!

Chapter 1: The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

Prologue

John 1:1-18

In the beginning was the Word. The Word was God. In the beginning, the Word was with God. All of creation was made with the Word, and without Him, nothing was created. In the Word was life, which is the light of man. In the darkness, the light shines, and the darkness could not conquer it.

A man named ‘John’ was sent from God. John was not the light. He came as a witness, to tell the truth about the light, so that all might believe through the Word.

John was preparing for the true light, which was coming into the world to light up the darkness. The light lived in the world He created, but still, the world did not recognize Him or welcome Him. However, to everyone who did receive Him, those who believed in His name were blessed and became the children of God. They were not born of blood or the will of the body nor the will of men, but of God.

The Word became a man and lived among us. We, His followers, have seen His glory, and so we have also witnessed the grace and truth of the only Son of the Father.

The witness for the Word, John, cried out, This was the man who I spoke about, saying, ‘He who is coming after me ranks above me because this man was before me’.

Through the Word’s fullness, we all have been given grace upon grace. Moses gave us the Law of God, but through Jesus Christ, we have been given grace and truth. No one has ever seen God, but the one true God, who sits at the Father’s side, has been made known.

Elizabeth and Zechariah

Luke 1:5-25

There was a priest named ‘Zechariah’, who was a priest from the tribe of Levi. His wife’s name was ‘Elizabeth’. They were both righteous people, following the laws of the Lord. However, they never had any children, and now they were both very old.

One day, it was Zechariah’s turn to serve as a priest before God. He was chosen by lots, as was tradition, to perform duties and burn incense at the temple of the Lord. As he entered, many people were praying outside in the courtyard at the hour of incense.

As he burned the incense inside on the altar of incense, an angel of