Transcript You must be a Christian! - Calvary Chapel of Roswell

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 24:45)
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 4:11-12
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 4:13
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 4:14
but, speaking the truth in love, may
grow up in all things into Him who is
the head—Christ
Effective
Ephesians 4:15
Why are you here?
What is needed in order to study the Bible?
1) You must be a Christian!
These things we also speak, not in
words which man’s 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 2:13-14
What is needed in order to study the Bible?
1) You must be a Christian!
2) You need the help of the Spirit
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 14:26
What is needed in order to study the Bible?
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You must be a Christian!
You need the help of the Spirit
You must know the Bible is true
You can understand the Bible
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 1:19-20
knowing this first,
that no prophecy of Scripture is
of any private interpretation
2 Peter 1:19-20
Which Bible?
Understanding Bible Translations
• Word for Word Translations
• KJV, NKJV, NASB, ESV
• Dynamic Equivalent
• NIV, NLT
• Paraphrase
• LT, Message, Phillips
• Study Bibles?
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 8:8
 Observation
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What does it say?
 Interpretation
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What does it mean?
 Application
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What do I do?
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
How to Observe
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Read it…repeatedly
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
Homework
For February 8th (not next week)
1) Mark 4:1-20
2) Romans 12:1-2
3) Your Daily Bible study. Observe
one verse
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 24:45)