1. BIBLE STUDY

2. YOU CAN KNOW TRUTH When you seek out truth “9 then shall you understand righteousness and justice and equity yes every good path” Proverbs 2:9 Verses “I think…” or “in my opinion”

3. KEEP YOUR OPINIONS IN CHECK “There is a way that SEEMs right” (Proverbs) “Judge not according to appearance but judge righteous judgements” John 7:24

4. JESUS EXPECTED HIS DISCIPLES TO KNOW TRUTH Matthew 15:15-16 Matthew 16:11

5. YOU CANNOT KNOW WHAT YOU DO NOT READ! Re. Sadducees ignorance of the Resurrection “29 you don’t understand because you don’t know what the scriptures say, and you don’t know about the power of God” Matthew 22:29

6. HAVE AN INVESTIGATIVE SPIRIT “Baptism saves you, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God” 1 Peter 3:21

7. SIMILITUDE  Obedience = belief (Acts 14:1-2)  Obedience = hearing truth (Jn. 12:47)  Grace = Salvation (Psalms 119:41)  To fear God is to keep his commandments (Psalms 119:63)  Indwelling (John 15:7)

8. CONNECT THE DOTS  Ephesians 1:7 / Acts 2:38 – Ephesians 2:8  Zion the city of God (Psalms 48:1-2) = Zion the church (Hebrews 12:22-23) = the kingdom of God (Hebrews 12:28) = Jacob / the elect of God (Romans 11:26- 27).

9. CONTEXT  One verse theology – Ephesians 2:8 or Matthew 7:1  Matthew 18:20 (context of witnesses)  1 Peter 3:7 (subjection rather than physical or emotional weakness)  John 3:16 – “for” – in this way (demands context!) – people are save “in this way” (i.e., the way people were saved during the days of Moses from snake bites)

10. BIBLE TRUTHS AND PROVERBS  Danger of one verse theology  John 3:16  Acts 16:30-31  Romans 10:9  Ephesians 2:8  Proverbs 22:6

11. PARABLES (COMPARISON)  Why parables? -preachers today to tell stories??  Matthew 13:10ff  Luke 8:10  Intended to separate the righteous from the unrighteous (John 6:26)

12. CROSS REFERENCES  “Remember Lot’s wife” (Luke 17:32)  Matthew 9:12-13 / God looking for man’s knowledge and obedience from the heart (Hosea 6:1-6)  Romans 1:17 from Habakkuk 2:4 (remain faithful even in persecution)

13. TYPE / ANTITYPE  Type is a model or image of a thing – not actual thing but no one should be able to tell difference  John 14:5-9  David / Christ – John 2:16-17 / Psalms 69:9  So many types of Christ in OT that Jewish rulers had no excuse for the ignorance and disbelief (John 8:39, 56)  Church / plan of salvation / etc.