Dear Friends,
This week I want to share with you a “HOW TO’S” of Bible study.
THE BEREAN METHOD
“They received the word with all readiness of mind and searched the scripture daily, whether those things were so.” (Acts 17:11)
STUDY THE BIBLE ITSELF (Searched the scripture itself)
REALLY STUDIED (Searched, examined, and scrutinized)
DAILY (It was a daily discipline)
VERIFYING THE TRUTH (Whether or not these things were so)
DAVID’S METHOD
Found in Psalms 1:2
MEDITATE: Give profound consideration.
MEMORIZE: Store it in your mind. Psalms 119:11
THE CHRIST METHOD
Follow through the entire Bible just as Jesus did with truth concerning Calvary and His resurrection.
COMMON SENSE METHOD
Study the word of God and surrender to the will of God.
Apply the word of God.
Rely on the HOLY SPIRIT.
Continue in the Word. John 3:31, 2Timothy 3:14-15
Have a Childlike sincerity with an open mind. Matthew 11:25.
Interpret the word by Bible usage, in context, in parallel or related passages, check out how those who were being addressed would have understood.
WE SHOULD STUDY TO SHOW OURSELVES APPROVED UNTO GOD, A WORKMAN THAT NEED NOT TO BE ASHAMED, RIGHTLY HANDLING THE WORD AS THE TOOL OF YOUR TRADE. (2Tim 2:15)
As we enter the most wonderful time of the year, it will be wise for us to discover anew and afresh, with a new set of eyes (your own), the Greatest Story ever told from the Greatest Book ever written; the Bible, which is Holy Spirit inspired.
I am praying that you and your family will find a new faith in Christ, for God moves through families and God wants to work a wonder in yours in this Holiday Season, 2023.
May your testimony forever be:
“AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD.”
FROM THE JOY IN OUR HEART, TO THE JOY IN YOUR HEART,
YOUR PASTORS,
CLEDDIE AND GAYNELL