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Inductive Bible Study Method How do you study the Word of God?

Inductive Bible Study Method How do you study the Word of God?.

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Inductive Bible Study Method How do you study the Word of God?

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  1. Inductive Bible StudyMethodHow do you study the Word of God?

  2. To begin you will need a tablet and pen to record your observations. Having a Bible dictionary and a concordance close by may be helpful as well. Then pray, asking for Holy Spirit illumination. Now I will briefly tell you what we had to do: 1. Read the entire book through two times, one time out loud. 2. Notice: Who is speaking? To whom? What? Why?3. Divide the book into sections by topics.4. Give each section a title that reflects the subject. 5. Notice the word pictures, if any. Write them down.6. Notice the frequently used words. Write them down. 7. Note the key verse. The section will be summed up in the key verse.8. How does this all fit together? 9. What does this say about God? His person? his nature? His will for us?

  3. Basics of the Journey Our Town Their Town Biblical Map River Measurement Principlizing Bridge Duvall & Hays, Grasping God's Word

  4. 20 The 3-Step Process

  5. Basics of the Journey Observation Application Interpretation Our Town Their Town Biblical Map River Measurement Principlizing Bridge Duvall & Hays, Grasping God's Word

  6. Joshua 1:1-9 1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, 2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses. 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory. 5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.

  7. Joshua 1:1-9 6Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. 7 Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success[a] wherever you go. 8 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. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

  8. Joshua 1:1-9

  9. Joshua 1:1-9

  10. A. Observation B. Interpretation C. Application II. There are three primary ways you can study scripture.

  11. Who is the author of the passage? • Who is the author addressing? (God’s People, a specific church, Unbelievers) • What are the main verbs? What is the verb tense? • Are there terms you need to define so you can better understand the passage? OBSERVATION

  12. OBSERVATION • What do you already know about the people and places mentioned? • Can you identify any cause/effect relationships in the author’s writing? • What things in this passage might you want to study in further detail?

  13. Step One: Grasp the text in their town. What did the text mean to the original audience? • Step Two: Measure the width of the river to cross. What are the differences between the biblical audience and us? • Factors to consider:- Culture • Language • Time • Situation • Covenant

  14. Step Three: Cross the theological bridge. What is the theological principle in this text? • Criteria for formulating theology principles within the text. • 1. The principle should be reflected in the text. • 2. The principle should be timeless and not tied to a specific situation. INTREPRETATION

  15. Criteria for formulating theology principles within the text. (continued) 3. The principle should not be culturally bound. 4. The teaching should correspond to the teaching of the rest of scripture. 5. The principle should be relevant to both the biblical and the contemporary audience. INTREPRETATION

  16. Step four: Grasp the text in our town. How should individual Christians today submit to the theological principles in their (our) lives? APPLICATION

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