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To 160 th Ave Church of Christ

To 160 th Ave Church of Christ. 160thavechurch.com. A Few Critical Questions:. “Have you read the Bible?” “Are you reading the Bible?” The word of God is our nourishment (Matt. 4) “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hos. 4:6) We need to be reminded (2 Pet. 1:12-15).

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To 160 th Ave Church of Christ

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  1. To 160th Ave Church of Christ 160thavechurch.com

  2. A Few Critical Questions: • “Have you read the Bible?” • “Are you reading the Bible?” • The word of God is our nourishment (Matt. 4) • “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hos. 4:6) • We need to be reminded (2 Pet. 1:12-15) A Friendly Reminder: READ THE BIBLE!

  3. BETTER BIBLE READING

  4. Fundamental Reading (Tips): • Read in an orderly fashion • Stick with a plan/Have a plan • Topical studies • Read through entire books • Have a schedule (daily reading) • A good place to start: gospels/acts • Read to Understand (Neh 8:1-4) • Be focused/attentive • Limit distractions • Use aids • Study Bibles • Introduction material • Keep Reading!!!! • Like exercise (a million ways that work and work well) • Experience will make it better and easier • Find out what works for you • audio

  5. Make Application • Find the “so what” in the passage for you • The Bible was written to specific groups of people • The Bible was written to us • There are truth and applications that we need to make. • All of it! 1 Cor. 10:6-13 • If we do not allow God’s word to change us then what does it matter. • James 1:21-25 • Josiah (2 Kings 22:3-10) • The book of the covenant did not have his name in it! • Josiah reads and inquires of God and makes reforms.

  6. Find out what God is trying to say • It is good to read passages based on what you want to hear/what you want to know • Doctrine • Problems • Questions • Encouragement. • God’s word contains everything we need • 2 Tim. 3:16-17 • Don’t only look for what you want to know about God but what God wants you to know about Him. • What is God trying to tell me in this passage? • This will help me read in context • This will help me not skip anything.

  7. Leave out assumptions • We can be blinded by preconceived expectations and understandings. • Pharisees struggled with this greatly (they had their minds already made up!) • We need to be receptive as those upon hearing the news of Cornelius. (Acts 11:1-18; 15:1-18) • Reading the Bible through a scope or a foregone conclusion, can very quickly change someone’s understanding of the text. • Examples; Calvinism, Faith only, etc.

  8. Leave out assumptions • Difficult to do • We all have preconceived understandings • We all have background knowledge and experience • This is very easily something we are all guilty of • We know how important this is and desire this from other denominations, we need to demand this of self. • Be honest with the text and check preconceived expectations at the door.

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