How to Study the Bible

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How to Study the Bible

Unlocking the Truths of the Word of God
And He opened their understanding, that they
might comprehend the Scriptures. (Lk 2445)
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And He Himself gave some for the equipping of
the saints for the work of ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ
Ephesians 411-12
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till we all come to the unity of the faith and of
the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect
man, to the measure of the stature of the
fullness of Christ
Perfected
Ephesians 413
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that we should no longer be children, tossed to
and fro and carried about with every wind of
doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning
craftiness of deceitful plotting,
Protected
Ephesians 414
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but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in
all things into Him who is the headChrist
Effective
Ephesians 415
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Why are you here?
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What is needed in order to study the Bible?

• You must be a Christian!

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These things we also speak, not in words which
mans wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit
teaches, comparing spiritual things with
spiritual. But the natural man does not receive
the things of the Spirit of God, for they are
foolishness to him nor can he know them, because
they are spiritually discerned.
1Cor 213-14
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What is needed in order to study the Bible?

• You must be a Christian!
• You need the help of the Spirit

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But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father
will send in My name, He will teach you all
things, and bring to your remembrance all things
that I said to you.
John 1426
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What is needed in order to study the Bible?

• You must be a Christian!
• You need the help of the Spirit
• You must know the Bible is true
• You can understand the Bible

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And so we have the prophetic word confirmed,
which you do well to heed as a light that shines
in a dark place, until the day dawns and the
morning star rises in your hearts
2 Peter 119-20
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knowing this first, that no prophecy of
Scripture is of any private interpretation
2 Peter 119-20
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Which Bible?

• Understanding Bible Translations
• Word for Word Translations
• KJV, NKJV, NASB, ESV
• Dynamic Equivalent
• NIV, NLT
• Paraphrase
• LT, Message, Phillips
• Study Bibles?

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Introducing what Bible study is
So they read distinctly from the book, in the
Law of God Observation and they gave the
sense, Interpretation and helped them to
understand the reading. Application
Nehemiah 88
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• Observation
• What does it say?
• Interpretation
• What does it mean?
• Application
• What do I do?

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Observation

Your study is never better than your observations
- Only interested in what is in the text - We
want to be careful not to add - We want to be
careful not to miss - Temptation will be to rush
past this
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How to Observe

• Read itrepeatedly
• Read it out loud
• Read it specifically
• Ask questions of the passage
• who, what, when, where, why, how
• Notice words added? Missing?
• Notice grammar
• Use your imagination
• Write, write, write

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Homework

• For February 8th (not next week)
• Mark 41-20
• Romans 121-2
• Your Daily Bible study. Observe one verse

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How to Study the Bible

Unlocking the Truths of the Word of God
And He opened their understanding, that they
might comprehend the Scriptures. (Lk 2445)