• Approaches to Bible study, continued:
    • Textual study
    • Workbook study
    • Word study
    • Topical study
    • Chronological study
  • Nothing besides the Bible is absolutely necessary to study the Bible.
    • Some tools that can be useful:
      • Concordance
      • Lexicon
      • Dictionaries
      • Other translations
      • History and geography books
    • All of these tools can be dangerous, especially commentaries. We must always check against the scriptures!
  • We must make time to study God’s Word while we can and redeem out time. Ecclesiastes 12:1-7
  • Reading, meditating, and studying God’s Word is important so that we can:
    • Know what it says.
    • Understand what it means.
    • Apply it to our lives.
  • Our thoughts, habits, and dispositions
    • Our thoughts make us:
      • Proverbs 23:7
      • Matthew 15:18-20
      • Galatians 6:7
      • II Corinthians 10:3-5