STUDYING THE BIBLE PART 2

Four basic principles of Bible study

Goal of bible study is APPLICATION Interpretation with out application stops the process of change before it comes to full fruition. 1. ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS 2. WRITE DOWN YOUR OBSERVATIONS 3. DON’T JUST INTERPRET IT BUT APPLY IT 4. READ IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN Each time we read a verse over again, we get much more out of it. After Bible study one must MEDITATE on the scriptures you studied. “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” Joshua 1:8 ESV “Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.” Psalm 119:97 ESV “My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.” Psalm 119:148 ESV HOW DO WE MEDITATE ON SCRIPTURE? 1. PRONOUNCE IT Read the verse over and over again, emphasize each word in the verse one at a time. After each word, stop and write down your thoughts, even it it’s just a word or two. “And LET the peace of CHRIST RULE IN your HEARTS, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be THANKFUL.” Colossians 3:15 ESV

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