Becoming Scripture Savvy

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Becoming Scripture Savvy

• Pastor Guylaine Malcolm

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How we retain what we learn

• 10 of what we Read
• 20 of what we Hear
• 30 of what we See
• 70 of what we Say
• 90 of what we Say As We Do

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7 Habits of Highly Holy People

• Scripture Savvy
• Supplication
• Submission
• Steering by the Spirit
• Strength
• Sanctification
• Service

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2 Timothy 216-17

• 16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for
  teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in
  righteousness, 17so that the man of God may be
  thoroughly equipped for every good work.

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1 Timothy 41-16
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Bible Study at an All Time High

• Noahs wife was Joan of Ark.
• The seventh commandment is Thou shalt not admit
  adultery.
• The epistles were wives of the apostles.
• A Christian should have only one wife. This is
  called monotony.
• Lots wife was a pillar of salt by day and a ball
  of fire by night.

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Scriptures on the importance of Bible Study

• Jesus answered, "It is written 'Man does not
  live on bread alone, but on every word that comes
  from the mouth of God.' Matthew 44
• Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you
  teach and admonish one another with all wisdom,
  and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs
  with gratitude in your hearts to God.
  Colossians 316

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Meditation vs Study

• Meditation is devotional study is analytical.
  Meditation will relish a word study will
  explicate it. Although meditation and study often
  overlap, they constitute two distinct
  experiences. Study provides a certain objective
  framework within which meditation can
  successfully function. (Richard J. Foster,
  Celebration of Discipline The Path to Spiritual
  Growth)

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So what is Bible Study?

• The Immediate Goal of Bible study is
  UNDERSTANDING.
• Acts 830 "Do you understand what you are
  reading?"

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Ezra 78-10

• 8 Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of
  the seventh year of the king. 9 He had begun his
  journey from Babylon on the first day of the
  first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the
  first day of the fifth month, for the gracious
  hand of his God was on him. 10 For Ezra had
  devoted himself to the study and observance of
  the Law of the LORD, and to teaching its decrees
  and laws in Israel.

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Nehemiah 81-8
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My brother Raymond
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John 831-32

• 31To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said,
  "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my
  disciples. 32Then you will know the truth, and
  the truth will set you free."

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Matthew 1319

• 19When anyone hears the message about the kingdom
  and does not understand it, the evil one comes
  and snatches away what was sown in his heart.
  This is the seed sown along the path.

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Matthew 1323

• 23But the one who received the seed that fell on
  good soil is the man who hears the word and
  understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a
  hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."

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Proverbs 21-6

• 1 My son, if you accept my words and store up
  my commands within you,  
• 2 turning your ear to wisdom and applying your
  heart to understanding,
• 3 and if you call out for insight and cry aloud
  for understanding,
• 4 and if you look for it as for silver and
  search for it as for hidden treasure,
• 5 then you will understand the fear of the LORD
  and find the knowledge of God.
• 6 For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth
  come knowledge and understanding.

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Proverbs 29-12

• 9 Then you will understand what is right and
  just and fairevery good path.
• 10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and
  knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
• 11 Discretion will protect you, and
  understanding will guard you.
• 12 Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked
  men, from men whose words are perverse,

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So what is Bible Study?

• The Immediate Goal of Bible study is
  UNDERSTANDING.
• The Ultimate Goal of Bible study is MATURING.

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2 Peter 315-17

• 15Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means
  salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also
  wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. 16He
  writes the same way in all his letters, speaking
  in them of these matters. His letters contain
  some things that are hard to understand, which
  ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do
  the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
• 17Therefore, dear friends, since you already know
  this, be on your guard so that you may not be
  carried away by the error of lawless men and fall
  from your secure position.

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Understanding the Word of God

• Taking the time to read your Bible
• By prayerful consideration of the passages read
• By careful study of each passage and correlating
  them with other passages (Hermeneutics)

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Ephesians 221-22

• 21In him the whole building is joined together
  and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.
  22And in him you too are being built together to
  become a dwelling in which God lives by his
  Spirit.

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Investigational Questions
Who?
When?
How?
Why?
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Ephesians 221-22

• 21In him the whole building is joined together
  and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.
  22And in him you too are being built together to
  become a dwelling in which God lives by his
  Spirit.

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One more question
What?
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Ephesians 221-22

• 21In him the whole building is joined together
  and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.
  22And in him you too are being built together to
  become a dwelling in which God lives by his
  Spirit.

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Recap

• Read the Bible passage
• Ask the Holy Spirit to enlight you
• Study passage
• Breakdown of verses (Who, When, How Why)
• Nuggets (What)
• Look how you can apply what you have learned
• Pray the Word of God according to what you have
  learned in this passage.
• Make this a daily habit to become a highly holy
  person

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Online tools

• www.biblegateway.com
• Many versions of the Bible available
• Commentaries
• Concordance
• www.bible.crosswalk.com
• Commentaries
• Bible Dictionaries

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How we retain what we learn

• 10 of what we Read
• 20 of what we Hear
• 30 of what we See
• 70 of what we Say
• 90 of what we Say As We Do

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Lets pray