- Approaching Bible study: Isarah 34:16
- Search
- Purposeful examination for truth, John 8:32
- Know this will separate you from those who do not seek it. John 17:17
- Understand some can have truth, but misappropriate it. Romans 1:18
- Make no attempt to prop up preconceptions or merely “ammunition” for an argument.
- Make use of various translations, dictionaries, concordances, maps, etc.
- Purposeful examination for truth, John 8:32
- Read
- Regularity - attend to it, strive for consistency - I Timothy 4:13
- Purposefully - with the idea of learning and application - Acts 17:11
- Reverentially - respecting God’s Word for what it is - His Word! - I Thessalonians 2:13
- Search
- Approaching Bible study: Psalms 103:18
- Remember
- God-fearing exhorted to remember the law, Malachi 4:2-4
- Apply this precept on rememberance, Acts 20:35
- Obey it
- Knowledge does not substitute obedience, Romans 2:18
- Remember
- Reason for Bible study #1: Comprehension
- Eunuch was reading to learn. Acts 8:28
- “How readest thou?” - is there discernment? Luke 10:26
- Reason for Bible study #2: Wisdom
- Hearing Christ today is our wisdom. Matthew 7:24
- Epistles contain wisdom given to the apostles. II Peter 3:15
- We can understand it. Ephesians 3:4
- Reason for Bible study #3: Memory
- Experience, through reading and application, develops good memory. James 1:23-25
- Reason for Bible study #4: Conviction
- Reason for Bible study #5: Knowledge
- So the profit of reading may be had by all. I Timothy 4:13
- Grow in knowledge, II Peter 3:18
- Teach others, successive training. II Timothy 2:2
- Instructed to share the word, must become common knowledge. Colossians 4:16
- 10 times in gospels Jesus upbraids them for no knowledge, failure to read, Matthew 12:3; etc.
- Reason for Bible study #6: Root out error/set forth truth
- Letters written to be read and deal with heresy, Acts 15:23
- Galatians written to deal with issues, Galatians 1:6
- Learn what is lacking and fix it, Titus 1:5
- Reason for Bible study #7: Godly living
- To enjoy the highest form of spiritual and moral prosperity, Revelation 1:3
- In reading, hearing, keeping (II Peter 1:3
- Conclusion
- Christians are less than we could/should be when we do not study as we ought.
- Preachers and elders preach/allow false teaching when they get away from solid study.
- The world does not know God when it will not read - this is the big problem, we do not search and read!
- Therefore God’s plan for saving men is oft discredited because men simply do not know it is there.
- God’s plan for saving man:
- Hear the gospel - Romans 10:17
- Believe Jesus is the Son of God - Mark 16:16
- Repent from sin - Acts 17:30
- Confess faith in Christ - Romans 10:9-10
- Be baptized - I Peter 3:21
- Live faithfully unto God - Revelation 2:10
KS
October 17, 2012
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