Discipleship 101

  Here are some additional straight forward methods to study the Bible. (Links in blue take you to step by step directions) 1. A character study   which is about people in the Bible. There are podcasts and books on these that are quite good. My Tuesday night Women's Bible Study studied the various women of the Bible for over a year. 2. A word study Focuses on a single word for example love In Greek there are four forms of the word all with different meanings. For this type of study you may want multiple Bible translations, lexicons, and/or Bible dictionaries. There are several software and online apps thar can help with this. I like biblehub.org 3. A thematic study In this type of study you choose a theme instead of a single word otherwise  it is very similar to a word study 4 . The sword method which basically takes any passage and asks three questions" What does this passage tell me about God? About mankind? What I am to do about it. 5. A book study. Pick a book of the

  The first Bible Study method we will look at is exposition . According to Dictionary .com exposition is explaining. It is one of the easiest and yet hardest types of Bible studies,  Lets look at an example... The well known verse Jo 3:16  KJV For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Start with where the book was written and when   The Gospel's place and date of composition are uncertain; many scholars suggest that it was written at Ephesus, in Asia Minor, about 100 ce for the purpose of communicating the truths about Christ to Christians of Hellenistic background   (Greeks). Next examine the words and their syntax . A dictionary can be helpful here. For instance the adverb so it has a totally different meaning if it came before the word God.  The word God Θεὸς Theos The word Theos means, God , the Creator and owner of all things The word loved ἠγάπησεν ēgapēsen this for

  So you have a new relationship with the savior of the universe, sounds intimidating doesn't it? But God came down in flesh (incarnate) so we could know him as a regular person.  The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. Jn 1:14 NIV So my question is how do you get to know a new friend ? The answer is easy spend time with them. Jesus wants to be invited in to your day. We talk to Him, by praying and he tells us to do this unceasingly. Paul told the Thessalonians to “pray without ceasing” and God told Joshua to meditate on his word day and night ( 1 Thes 5:17 ; Joshua 1:8 ) So where does the idea of a quiet time come in? Why do I need it? Having a quiet time will not earn you God points. It is not something for a spiritual checklist. It is simply an opportunity to spend uninterrupted and undistracted time with Jesus. 1 on 1 time with a friend. SO what is a qui