Let’s Review . . .

The Bible: God’s Word

Step 1: Read it!

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Step 2: Understand it!

Part of the 3-Step Process

Step 1:Read it!

Step 3:Live it!

Step 2:Understand it!

Chinese Proverbs

Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.Give a man a fish, and you will feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you will feed him for a lifetime.

Themes

God’s glory

Redemption

Genres - OT

Law

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Genres - OT

HistoryJoshua

Judges

Ruth

1 & 2 Samuel

1 & 2 Kings

1 & 2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther

Genres - OT

PoetryJob

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Genres - OT

The ProphetsIsaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Micah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi

Genres - OT

1 Corinthians 10:6 – Now these things took place as examples for us . . .

Genres - NT

The GospelsMatthew

Mark

Luke

John

Genres - NT

HistoryActs

Genres - NT

Epistles/LettersRomans

1 & 2 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

1 & 2 Thessalonians

1 & 2 Timothy

Titus

Philemon

Hebrews

James

1 & Peter

1, 2, 3 John

Jude

Genres - NT

RevelationPart epistle

Part apocalyptic

Study Tips

You don’t have to understand everything

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FOCUS

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Read entire books

From beginning to end

Don’t point and read

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Journal

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Know thebackground

The author

The audience

The setting

The genre

1 Corinthians 11:5-6 – But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is just as though her head were shaved.

Study Tips

Context is key!

Example:

Jesus said, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters . . . He cannot be my disciple” (Luke 14:26).

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Use scripture to check scripture

Example:

Ephesians 6:2 – Honor your father and mother . . . .

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Look for repeated words

1 John 2:9-11 – Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Study Tips

Search for the real meaning

Not – “What does this mean to you?”

What does it mean and how can you apply it?

2 Timothy 2:15 – Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the Word of Truth.

Tools

Concordances

Large books

Back of your Bible?

BibleGateway.com

Tools

Bible dictionaries

Justification?

Gentile?

Pharisee?

Tools

Study Bibles

Tools

Commentaries

Tools

Smart people

Smart people’s books

Bible.org

Illumination

The Holy Spirit, the author of Scripture, helps us understand it.

1 Corinthians 2:10-12 – These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. . . No one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received . . The Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.

Step 2: Understand it!

Step 3: Live it!

Step 1: Read it!