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Psalms 19:7-11 “The law of the Lord is perfect, …more to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold:…”
The value of the Bible is not increased by its owner
Rather the Bible brings value to its owner.
It is your most priceless possession !
“More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold” Psalms 19:10
1. Tools Needed2. Rightly Dividing3. The Words4. The Context
How to Study theBible and Enjoy It!
Lesson 1
Good Bible
Bible Concordance
Bible Dictionary and Encyclopedia
Bible Atlas
Bible Commentaries
Pt. 1
Part 2
2 Timothy 2:15
PatriarchyPatriarchy JudaismJudaism ChristianityChristianityInternationalNationalFamily
R
e
d
S
e
a
Flood
ADAM MOSES CHRIST
CHURCH Mt. Sinai
Abraham
1500 years2500 years In effect...
Mosaical
The CovenantsThe Covenants
Eden
Church
Pt.3
“a written or printed character or combination of characters representing a spoken word”
Symbols
Bible not written in English
Translators used words to convey sense of the original writing.
Apple
Chair
The Centrality of the Word of God
to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism:
To immerse, submerge, to make whelmed
How To Study The BibleHow To Study The Bible
Part 4
Nehemiah 8:8 “So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.”
Gave the sense
Understand
“The parts of a sentence, paragraph, discussion, that occur just before and after a passage.”
From two Words = “TO WEAVE TOGETHER”
Meaning of Words
Some always mean the same
But others change
“Check”
Mark
Noun, Verb, Adjective
Close ContextClose Context
Sentence
Paragraph
Distant ContextDistant Context
Other chapters
Other books of Bible
BibleBookChapter
Paragraph
VerseWord
Who is Speaking ?
Gen. 3:4 “You will not surely die.”Matt. 4:9 “All these things I will give you…”
Job 2:9 “Curse God and die !”
Ps. 14:1 “There is no God”
To whom is the passage addressed ?
Gen. 6:14 “Make thee an ark.”Gen. 22:2 “Take now your son….and offer him”
John 16:13 “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth:”
When was the passage written?
Where are the Events taking Place ?
What is the subject ?
Young man reading letter
“Saul has slain his thousands.”
“Now Saul was consenting to his death”
Did Saul kill thousands of Christians ?
Matt. 18:20
Section discussing church discipline. Often applied to Christians coming to worship as
long as 2 or 3 are present God is in our midst
In the context it points out that when discipline is done God’s way He endorses it
2 Peter 3:16
False teachers use scripture
They are twisted and taken out of context
Most false doctrines can be refuted by the context
“…they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures…” Twist, pervert
The partial View
Take the Complete View
“whole counsel of God” Acts 20:27 ASV
Plan of Salvation Acts of Worship
Part 4
How To Study The BibleHow To Study The Bible
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga. 30809
706-855-1249
[email protected]@bellsouth.net
www.evansgachurchofchrist.orgwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org
Sunday Evening September 23, 2012
