In order to understand the life of Christ as told in the Gospels, it is necessary first to understand something about the Bible and the most important events and persons in the Old Testament. The Bible What is the Bible? It is the Book of God. It is often called the written Word of God. We cannot know what God is like or how He made the world unless God tells us about it. "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?" He says (Job 38.4). The Bible is in two parts, called the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament is a history of the creation of the world and of the people of God up to the Coming of God to earth in Jesus. The first five books of the Bible were written by Moses. God asked Moses to come up unto a very high mountain, Mt. Sinai, and Moses stayed alone up there for 40 days and 40 nights. God the Son, Jesus Christ, spoke to Moses face to face and told him about the creation of the world. Moses wrote all this down in five books. They are the first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The New Testament begins with the Birth of the Lord Jesus until the end of time, when God will come back to earth with millions and millions of angels and saints, the Mother of God, St. John the Baptist, Moses, Abraham, all the patriarchs and prophets and good people who believe in God and love Him. Why do we believe all that is written in the Bible, which is often called the scriptures? Because it comes from God and God is absolute truth. That is why we can trust the Word of God without any doubt. In this world in which we live we have to be careful. There are mean people who disappoint us, and bullies and murderers. Everyone can hurt us with unkind words or actions. Our brothers, sisters, friends and even our parents can make mistakes. No one is perfect except God. That is why we can trust Him with all our heart and with all our thoughts. Also we must not forget that we ourselves are not perfect and can also upset our family or friends.