Biblical Studies 101: Knowing the Word of God to Know the God of the Word
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· 5 viewsHow to develop a love of scripture and understanding of how to use it.
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Why is the Bible Important?
Why is the Bible Important?
97 Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day. 98 Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts. 101 I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word. 102 I do not turn aside from your rules, for you have taught me. 103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104 Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
How do you develop a love for scripture?
It is the primary gateway to knowing God (v. 102)
You need to have a love for God himself, and a desire to seek Him (v. 97)
What the Bible Isn’t
What the Bible Isn’t
A self-help/therapy book (Jdg. 21:25) “25 In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.”
An encyclopedia/science journal (Job 38:22-23) “22 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, 23 which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war?”
A history textbook (Matt. 1:17 vs. Lk. 3:23-38) [56 vs. 54 generations listed]
An allegory/myth (Song. 7:1-5) “1 How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O noble daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand. 2 Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies. 3 Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle. 4 Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, which looks toward Damascus. 5 Your head crowns you like Carmel, and your flowing locks are like purple; a king is held captive in the tresses.”
A moral handbook (Tit. 3:4-5)“4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,”
A book about you (Jn. 20:31)
What the Bible Is
What the Bible Is
16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
θεόπνευστος - Breathed out by God (God-spirited). Occurs only here in the whole Bible. Indicates that God’s Spirit is what created scripture (see 2 Pet. 1:20b-21).
The Bible is the fully inerrant truth of God, revealed and preserved for all generations.
It reveals God (v. 16) [Lk. 24:25-27]
It completes you (v.17)
*story of Steingrubers’ maturity*
Example of the power of God’s word
46 After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” 4 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’ ” 5 And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, 6 and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. 7 If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” 8 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, “ ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’ ” 9 And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10 for it is written, “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,’ 11 and “ ‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’ ” 12 And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ” 13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.
300 Quotations for Preachers The Accommodation of God
God cannot be comprehended by us, unless as far as he accommodates himself to our standard.
How to create a Biblical Theology
How to create a Biblical Theology
Determine the truth about a concept/topic using the most Biblical data with the fewest difficulties.
Tools:
Tools:
Concordance
Strong’s Concordance
Online Resources
Blueletterbible.com
Logos App
The Holy Spirit (Jn. 14:26)
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Resources for Further Study:
Resources for Further Study:
Podcasts featuring solid Biblical teaching
Podcasts featuring solid Biblical teaching
The Gospel in Life Podcast, featuring Dr. Tim Keller
The Epiphany Fellowship Podcast, featuring Dr. Eric Mason
Videos
Videos
“The Bible Project” on YouTube (check out the “How to Read the Bible” playlist)
Books
Books
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
“Christian Theology”, by Millard Erickson
“Read the Bible for a Change” by Ray Lubeck