New Testament Bible Lessons

This course is a series of 42 Bible lessons on the New Testament designed for older (middle school) children. Each lesson is about 20 minutes in length and is taught by a 6th grade Bible teacher from Calvin Christian school in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. The video portion of each lesson is accompanied by a Lesson Guide containing quizzes and test questions. The Lesson Guide is available in PDF format and can be downloaded or printed out for the student to complete in class. This course is very well suited for both home schools and private Christian schools worldwide, though it is primarily designed for use in a group setting. Parents and teachers can provide additional guidance to supplement these lessons and Bible knowledge tests, if desired. This New Testament course covers the history of the Lord Jesus as delivered to us in the four Gospels and continues through the life of the Apostle Paul from the Book of Acts. The first lesson starts with the days leading up to Christ’s humble birth in Bethlehem. From there, the student will move through the life of Christ, surveying his blessed ministry, his suffering, his death, and his resurrection. Christ’s ascension, bringing his humble life on earth to a close, and the blessed outpouring of the Holy Spirit are taught next. The final lessons examine the calling and ministry of the greatest evangelist that ever lived, Paul the Apostle. A study of Paul’s missionary journeys brings the series to a close. We hope these lessons are a blessing to you.

Lessons

Lesson Number Title Summary
1 The Setting of the Ministry of Christ Throughout the Old Testament God promised that in the fullness of time He would send His Son, Jesus Christ, as the Saviour to redeem His people.
2 The Birth of John the Baptist As we study about the birth of John the Baptist as the forerunner of Christ we need to focus on several remarkable circumstances.
3 The Birth of Jesus Christ In the fulness of time it pleased God to send His Son upon this earth. As the Saviour he would need to be very man and truly God.
4 Jesus’ Early Years There is not very much recorded in the Bible about the early years of Jesus life. In this lesson we will study three main events.
5 A Voice Crying in the Wilderness God had prepared John the Baptist, while he lived in the wilderness, to appear as a preacher announcing the coming of God’s kingdom.
6 Jesus Manifested as the Son of God By His baptism Jesus had entered upon His work as the mediator between God and man.
7 Jesus Reveals Himself After the wedding of Cana Jesus travels to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover.
8 Must Needs Go Through Samaria After the Passover was over Jesus and His disciples travelled back to Galilee, but they went through Samaria.
9 The Apostles Follow Jesus Although Jesus had already called some of the disciples they did not yet follow Him in His ministry.
10 The Sermon on the Mount Although Jesus began with performing miracles He was first a teacher come from God.
11 Power over Sickness and Death As Jesus’ fame spread abroad there were many who brought their sick to Jesus to be healed.
12 Parables and Miracles As Jesus travelled through the country many people began to follow Him. He began to teach them as one having authority, but yet using simple parables that the people could understand.
13 Jesus Power Over the Devil and Death Although Satan knows who Jesus is and trembles, yet he continues to seek a way to defeat Jesus.
14 Troubled by Jesus Power and Feeding Five Thousand After the disciples returned to Jesus He desired to take them to a quiet place to rest.
15 Truly the Son of God Jesus constrained the disciples to take the ship and go to the other side of the lake, while He went onto a mountain to pray. While the disciples were toiling in a storm Jesus went to them walking on the water.
16 Healing the Blind Man and the Good Shepherd While Jesus is in Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles He heals a blind man on the Sabbath Day.
17 Parables Jesus taught many lessons by way of parables. Each of these have a specific lesson not only for those to whom Jesus told it but also for us.
18 More Parables The enmity of the Jewish rulers continued to increase towards Jesus, especially as more publicans and sinners followed Him.
19 Lazarus Raised and Jesus Receives Children When Jesus came through Bethany He would often stay with Mary, Martha and Lazarus.
20 Rich Young Ruler, Blind Bartimaeus and Zacchaeus A rich young ruler asks Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life. When he claims to have kept all the commandments Jesus shows him that he still loves his money more than God. He then leaves Jesus.
21 Mary Anoints Jesus When Jesus went to Jerusalem for the Passover He was invited to a supper in the home of Simon the leper, in Bethany.
22 Final Teaching of Jesus After Jesus had cleansed the temple and the opposition of the Jewish leaders increased, He still told them another parable to warn them that if they rejected Him, God would reject them.
23 Signs of the Times When the disciples asked Jesus about the destruction of the temple He told them about the events that would take place before the day of judgement.
24 The Last Supper and Gethsemane During this week in Jerusalem Satan inclined the heart of Judas Iscariot to betray his Master to the Jewish rulers.
25 Jesus Before the Council and Peter’s Denial Jesus was brought to the home of Caiaphas, the high priest, where the council or Sanhedrin were gathered to try Him and find an accusation to bring Him before Pilate, since the Jews were not allowed to put anyone to death.
26 Jesus Before Pilate The Jewish rulers were anxious to have Jesus put to death before the people were aware of it, so when they had agreed that Jesus had committed blasphemy they brought Him before Pilate,
27 The Crucifixion and Burial of Jesus After Pilate delivered Jesus to be crucified he was led to Golgotha where He would be crucified between two malefactors.
28 The Resurrection of Jesus Early on the morning of the first day of the week several women took the spices, which they had bought, to anoint the body of Jesus.
29 First Appearances of Jesus The followers of Jesus were discouraged when Jesus was crucified and buried.
30 The Great Commission and the Ascension Jesus appeared to His followers a number of times during the forty days that He was upon earth after His resurrection.
31 The Disciples and Pentecost The disciples returned to Jerusalem, as Jesus instructed them, to wait for the Comforter or the Holy Spirit. During this time they chose Matthias as an apostle to fill the place of Judas Iscariot.
32 The Growth and Persecution of the Early Christian Church The disciples boldly proclaimed Christ and did miracles in His name. When they healed the crippled man, in the name of Jesus Christ, they were arrested.
33 Persecution of Early Christian Church As the early Christian church continued to grow despite the persecution by the Council, other concerns arose.
34 The Christian Church Scattered The Lord has used persecution to spread the gospel message throughout Judea and even Samaria.
35 Among the Gentiles As Peter travelled through the land he was given power to perform many miracles so that many believed in the Lord.
36 Persecuted by Herod As a result of the persecution by Saul, the Christian church was scattered abroad.
37 Paul’s First Missionary Journey As the Christian church continued to spread, despite the persecutions, it pleased God to choose Paul and Barnabas as the first missionaries.
38 Paul’s Second Missionary Journey When Paul and Barnabas planned to go on their second mission they couldn’t agree about taking John Mark along.
39 Paul’s Third Missionary Journey After visiting the churches established during the previous mission journeys, to establish and strengthen the disciples Paul kept his promise and returned to Ephesus.
40 Paul in Jerusalem When Paul arrived in Jerusalem, his enemies accused him falsely and sought to kill him.
41 Paul Before Felix, Festus, and Agrippa During the two years that Paul was prisoner in Caesarea he defended himself three times, but each time before a different ruler.
42 Paul’s Journey to Rome Paul was sent to Rome with some other prisoners. After a slow voyage to the fair havens Paul advised them to spend the winter there, but the captain preferred to go on to Phenice.