New Testament Survey: A Bird's-Eye View

By Andrew Lai

Many have attempted to read through the whole New Testament only to be overwhelmed by the complexity and fascinating texts. This New Testament Survey is to give you a lift so you can have a bird's-eye view of the whole landscape before dashing in for a detailed reading and study. The New Testament consists of twenty-seven books. To help you see the big picture, this book maps out all the twenty-seven books in the order as they appear in the Bible and classify them into meaningful divisions.

Whenever possible, the writer of each book is identified along with the time and purpose so that you will know when and why each book was written. In addition, an outline for each book is given. This way, you will have a preview of the content of each book before you start reading the pages in detail. Therefore, this book is immensely helpful for serious as well as casual Bible readers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Aug 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638440703

Book preview

Gospel of Matthew

Author: The writer of the Gospel of Matthew is Matthew himself. He was one of the twelves disciples of Jesus. Matthew was a tax collector before Jesus called him (Matthew 9:9). It is not surprised that Matthew was very meticulous in recording much detail of Jesus’s teaching, for example, the Sermon on the Mount (Chapter 5–7).

Date of writing: AD 55–65 a time when most Jewish people were converted to Christianity.

Reason for Writing: Matthew’s intended audience was his fellow Jews. He wanted them to know Jesus Christ is the promised Messiah and the Savior of God’s people.

Key verses:

Matthew 16:13–20

Brief outline of the Gospel of Matthew:

Introduction: ’Jesus’s genealogy and birth (Matthew 1–2)

Jesus’s teaching and ministry (Matthew 3–25)

Session 1 (Matthew 3–7)

Jesus called his disciples (Matthew 3–4)

Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5–7)

Session 2 (Matthew 8–10)

Jesus’s miracles (Matthew 8–9)

Jesus sending out his disciples (Matthew 10)

Session 3 (Matthew 11–13:52)

Facing confrontation and withdraws (Matthew 11–12)

Teaching through Parables (Matthew 13:1–52)

Session 4 (Matthew 13:53–18:35)

Jesus revealed himself as the Son of God (Matthew 13:53–17:27)

Greatness in the Kingdom (Matthew 18)

Session 5 (Matthew 19–25)

Jesus struggled with the religious leaders (Matthew 19–23)

About the kingdom to come (Matthew