How to Study the Bible and Enjoy It

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How to Study the Bible and Enjoy It!

• Lesson 6
• APPLICATION OPENING OUR HEARTS

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APPLICATION OPENING OUR HEARTS

• All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and
  is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
  correction, for instruction in righteousness,
  that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly
  equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 316-17

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Three Basic Questions

• What does the text say?
• What does the text mean?
• How does this text apply to my life?

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How does this textapply to my life?

• Scripture is given to us from God and it is
  profitable!
• Every book, every chapter, and every verse has a
  personal, applicable message for you and me.

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Building Our Liveson the Rock

• Two Kinds of Hearers
• hearers and doers of the word hearers only,
  deceiving yourselves

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The Goal Of Bible Study

• is not observation
• or even interpretation
• it is APPLICATION!

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But What Does This Have to Do With My Life?

• Application is not always apparent.
• But it is always there!
• 2 Timothy 316 says so!
• All Scripture is given by inspiration of God
  and is profitable.

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Transforming Your Quiet Times of Study
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Questions to Ask

• How does this passage apply to my life?
• What changes must I make?
• How will I carry out these changes?
• What will be my personal prayer?
• What should I memorize?

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James 122-25

• But be doers of the word, and not hearers only,
  deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer
  of the word and not a doer, he is like a man
  observing his natural face in a mirror for he
  observes himself, goes away, and immediately
  forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks
  into the perfect law of liberty and continues in
  it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of
  the work, this one will be blessed in what he
  does.