1. LESSON REVIEW

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3. UNCOVERING GOD’S WORD & UNLEASHING GOD’S POWER
HOW TO READ THE BIBLE
UNCOVERING GOD’S WORD & UNLEASHING GOD’S POWER

4. GETTING A GRASP ON GOD’S WORD

5. HEARING
begin Bible study by attending church where you hear the Word of God taught and preached. 
Hearing the Scriptures will lay a foundation for all future Bible study

6. 2. READING
We should read the Scriptures for ourselves so we can know what’s in the Word of God.
We should read the Bible to get the big picture of God’s purpose and plan of the world and our lives.
You read the Scriptures to know and understand them so we can do them

7. 3. STUDYING
Studying involves getting a firm grasp on the Scriptures by diligently investigating the Bible for ourselves. 
Do not readily accept other people’s account of the bible, but investigate and study it for yourself.

8. Study the Bible is the effort to go beyond what the Bible says to understanding what the Bible means by what it says.
Studying the Bible is understanding the Bible in it’s Biblical context.

9. 4. MEMORIZING
It is important to commit portions of the Bible to memory in Bible study. 
We should memorize God’s Word, so we can respond according the Word when we are faced with temptations, troubles, and trials
Memorizing portions of Scripture will help us overcome temptation just as the Scriptures were helpful to Jesus as He was tempted by the Devil Matt. 4:4, 7, 10

10. 5. MEDITATING
time meditating on the Scriptures will help internalize the truth of God so that biblical principles become a part of your patterns. 
Each of us has four times in a typical day when we can devote time to meditating on Scriptures we have learned. Duet 6:6-9
Meditating is repeating the Word of God until you understand how to Apply what it means to specific situations and specific areas in life.

11. PREPARING TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD

12. 10 That very night the believers sent Paul and Silas to Berea
10  That very night the believers sent Paul and Silas to Berea. When they arrived there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11  And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth. 12  As a result, many Jews believed, as did many of the prominent Greek women and men.
Acts 17:10-12 (NLT)

13. They Were “open Minded”
We should come to the Word of God without our prior beliefs, traditions, and our own opinions. 

14. Whose rod turned into a snake when they put it on the ground in front of pharaoh?

15. Exodus 7:8-10 (NLT) 8  Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 9  “Pharaoh will demand, ‘Show me a miracle.’ When he does this, say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down in front of Pharaoh, and it will become a serpent.’” 10  So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did what the LORD had commanded them. Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent!

16. 2. They” received the Word." 
As we approach Bible study, we also need to do so on the of being willing to receive and apply any and all biblical principles found in the Scriptures. 

17. They came to the Scriptures "with great eagerness" looking for truth.
They had an eager mind, also described as a hungry spirit. It was not a matter of reading a chapter to fulfill their Christian duty but rather a desire or pursuit of a better understanding of the truth of God. 

18. They "searched" the Scriptures in their pursuit of truth.
Theirs was not a superficial reading, but digging into the meaning of words.
When you study the Bible "word for word," you are "sifting" every particle of Scripture to make you understand what God is saying. 

19. The Bereans had a disciplined routine of "daily" Bible study.
Each day these Christians had a fresh encounter with God through their study of the Scriptures. 
On a daily basis they were reminded of God's merciful compassion toward His people (Lam. 3:22, 23). 
Just as Jesus instructed His disciples to pray for daily bread (Matt. 6:11), so we need to go daily to the Scriptures which are the Bread of Life to the believer. 

20. There was something the Bereans wanted to know as they came to the Scriptures. 
They studied "to find out whether these things were so." 
This verse tells us they were concerned with content and assurance.
They wanted confidence from their Bible study. Likewise, we would be wise to follow that example in our own Bible study.

21. HOW TO READ THE BIBLE

22. 1. READ THE BIBLE PRAYERFULLY
We must be prayerful when we come to the word of God every- time. Psalm 119:18 (NLT) 18 Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions.

23. 2. READ THE BIBLE COMPLETELY
Read the bible because the bible is a continuous story of God’s plan of redemption
Read the Bible completely because the Bible will interpret itself
Where something is incomplete or hard to understand, it completed or simplified somewhere else in the Bible.
SCRIPTURE INTERPRETS SCRIPTURE

24. What were the names of pharaoh magicians that threw down there staffs and became a serpent?

25. 2 Timothy 3:8-9 (NLT) 8  These teachers oppose the truth just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses. They have depraved minds and a counterfeit faith. 9  But they won’t get away with this for long. Someday everyone will recognize what fools they are, just as with Jannes and Jambres.

26. 3. READ THE BIBLE WHOLLY
We must read the Bible to get the big picture and interpret in light of the bigger picture.

27. Covenants Book Chapter Paragraphs Verses Phrases Words
READ THE BIBLE WHOLLY
Covenants
Book
Chapter
Paragraphs
Verses
Phrases
Words

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29. 4. READ THE BIBLE LITERALLY
That means you should understand Scripture in its literal, normal, natural sense. Now there will be figures of speech, but that’s normal language.

30. READ THE BIBLE LITERALLY
FIGURES OF SPEECH
Metaphor- An implied comparison between two objects without the use of “like” or “as”.
Simile- The likening of one thing to another using the words “like” or “as”.. 
Hyperbole- A exaggeration to make or reinforce a point. 

31. metaphors

32. Isaiah 53:4-5 (NASB) 4  Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. 5  But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed.

34. John 3:5-8 (NLT) 5  Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. 6  Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.

35. 7 So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again
7  So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’ 8  The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”

36. 1. The bible is like a Seed 1 Peter 1:23-25 (ESV)
metaphors for the bible
1. The bible is like a Seed
1 Peter 1:23-25 (ESV)
23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; 24 for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, 25 but the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you.

37. 2. The Bible is like a Sword
metaphors for the bible
2. The Bible is like a Sword
Hebrews 4:12-13 (ESV)
12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

38. 3. The Bible is like Food 1 Peter 2:2-3 (ESV)
metaphors for the bible
3. The Bible is like Food
1 Peter 2:2-3 (ESV)
2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

39. Text
4. The Bible is like Fire
Jeremiah 20:9 (ESV) 9 If I say, “I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,” there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.

40. 5. The Bible is Like a Hammer
metaphors for the bible
5. The Bible is Like a Hammer
Jeremiah 23:28-29 (ESV)
28 Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat? declares the LORD. 29 Is not my word like fire, declares the LORD, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

41. 6. The Bible is like a Mirror
metaphors for the bible
6. The Bible is like a Mirror
James 1:23-25 (ESV)
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

42. SIMILE

43. 1 Peter 5:8 (NLT) 8 Stay alert
1 Peter 5:8 (NLT) 8  Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

44. HYPERBOLE

45. Matthew 5:29-30 (ESV) 29  If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. 30  And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.

46. 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 (ESV) 1  If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2  And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3  If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

47. 5. READ THE BIBLE REPEATEDLY
We must read the Bible over and over to gain an understanding of the biblical Text

48. Read for Familiarity
Read for emphasis
Read for repeated words& Phrases
Read for verbs & Verb forms.

49. Read Repeatedly
Contrast
Comparisons
List
Cause & Effects
Conjunctions
Pronouns

50. 2 Corinthians 9:8 (NIV) 8  And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

51. 6. READ THE BIBLE DILENGENTLY
We must be diligent when reading the word of God because it’s a great moment of spiritual warfare. The intent of the Word of God is to tame the flesh

52. HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE DEVOTIONALLY

53. How to study the bible

54. DEVOTIONALLY
HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE

55. ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS?
HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE
ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS?

56. Ask: Who is the Author? Who is the audience?
What is the aim of the passage?
What is the Passage about?
What are the associations?

57. Answer the Questions using the BIBLICAL TEXT in It’s proper Context
HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE
Answer the Questions using the BIBLICAL TEXT in It’s proper Context

58. HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE
Understand THE WHAT THE BIBLE Meant WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN TO THE PEOPLE IT WAS WRITTEN TO.

59. HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE
Understand how to APPLY the TRUTH AND PRINCIPLES of the Bible TO OUR LIVES FOR LIFE CHANGE.

60. DEVOTIONAL BIBLE STUDY
S.P.A.C.E.P.T.S.

61. Sin to confess?
promise to claim?
Attitude to change?
Command to obey?
example to follow?

62. prayer to pray?
Error to avoid?
Is there any problem that I should be alert to or beware of?
Truth to believe?
Something to praise God for?

63. WHAT NEXT?
READ
MEDITATE
MEMORIZE
APPLY
pray

64. Job 23:10 (NLT) 10 “But he knows where I am going
Job 23:10 (NLT) 10  “But he knows where I am going. And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.

65. Isaiah 40:27-31 (NIV) 27  Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel, "My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God"? 28  Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. 29  He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak

66. 30  Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; 31  but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.