How To Read Your Bible
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Intro
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Who gets to define truth/morality?
If it is God, then how do we know what He has to say about truth/morality?
This is the Word of God.
Story: Gaylord Kambarami, the General Secretary of the Bible Society in Zimbabwe, tried to give a New Testament to a very belligerent man. The man insisted he would roll the pages and use them to make cigarettes. Mr. Kambarami said, “I understand that, but at least promise to read the page of the New Testament before you smoke it.” The man agreed, and the two went their separate ways.
Fifteen years later, the two men met at a convention in Zimbabwe. The Scripture-smoking pagan had been saved and was now a full-time evangelist. He told the audience, “I smoked Matthew, and I smoked Mark, and I smoked Luke. But when I got to , couldn’t smoke anymore. My life was changed from that moment.”
Aren’t you glad God’s book is more than just words on paper?
Reading Tips
Reading Tips
Position yourself to hear from God
Don’t just read a chapter and then close the book
Example as a kid (competition)
Don’t just read a chapter and then close the book
Meditate on it throughout the day
(Psalm 1:2) “but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night”
and on his law he meditates day and night
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (). Wheaton: Standard Bible
Meditation is pondering the Word in our hearts, preaching it to our own souls, and personally applying it to our own lives and circumstances.
Meditation is pondering the Word in our hearts, preaching it to our own souls, and personally applying it to our own lives and circumstances.
Text a boyfriend/girlfriend example
Meditate on it
Like a text from someone you like! :)
Ask questions
Ask questions
Who is this passage about? Why did he/she say that? What is the spiritual lesson here
Who is this passage about?
Why did he/she say that?
Why did he/she say that?
When you ask questions, the passage opens up in a new way!
What is the spiritual lesson here
What is the spiritual lesson here?
Example
Application
Put yourself in the shoes of the characters you are reading about
Try and identify what the people may have been feeling.
Application
What can you apply to your life?
What can you apply to your life?
How can you obey?
How can you obey?
What things can you avoid?
What things can you avoid?
Characteristics of God
What principle is being taught?
Characteristics of God
How is the text revealing God to you?
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Context
Context
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Highlighted verse
Highlighted verse
All of Scripture points to Christ!
What verse stuck out to you?
What verse stuck out to you?
Meditate on it throughout the day
Put yourself in the shoes of the characters you are reading about
Meditate on it throughout the day
Put yourself in the shoes of the characters you are reading about
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Shoes of Characters
Application
Characteristics of God
Context