Inductive Bible Study

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Inductive Bible Study

• Calvary Chapel Cheyenne

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Review

• Pray.
• Observe the Passage.
• Read the passage several times in a couple of
  translations.
• Outline the passage.
• Ask the 5W and 1H questions
• Who, what, when, where, why, and how
• Look for keys.
• Repeated words, word pictures, comparisons,
  contrasts, lists, connections, conclusions,
  conditions, timeframes, style of writing.
• Write a simple description of the passage.

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Homework

• Psalm 1 - Outline
• vs. 1-3 - The blessed man
• vs. 4-6 - The wicked man

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Homework

• Who - blessed man, Lord, wicked, scoffers,
  righteous
• What - counsel of wicked, path of sinners, seat
  of scoffers.
• When - day and night, in season
• Where - path of sinners, seat of scoffers, by
  streams of water, the assembly of the righteous
• Why - the wicked will perish because of their
  ways.
• How - walking, standing, sitting, delighting,
  meditating

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Homework

• Keys
• Repeats - stand, law, wicked.
• Pictures - man walking, standing, sitting, tree,
  chaff.
• Comparisons - blessed and wicked man.
• Contrasts - blessed and wicked man.
• Lists - walk, stand, sit.
• Connections -
• Conclusions - delighting/meditating in the law
  leads to prosperity.
• Conditions -
• Timeframes - day and night.
• Style - poetry.

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Homework

• Simple description or theme
• Contrasting the righteous and the wicked.

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Interpretation

• What does the passage mean?

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Interpretation

• Disclaimer!!!
• Poor interpretation of scripture
• leads to false teachings!
• BE CAREFUL!!!

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Interpretation

• Scripture References
• 2Timothy 27
• 2Timothy 215
• 1Peter 110-12
• Be diligent to present yourself approved to God
  as a workman who does not need to be ashamed,
  accurately handling the word of truth
• 2Timothy 215

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Interpretation - Style

• What is the style of the book
• History (Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Acts)
• Law (Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
• Poetry (Psalms, Proverbs, Song of Solomon)
• Prophecy (Isaiah, Joel, Revelation)
• Gospel (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John)
• Epistle (Romans, Philippians, Titus)
• Does this passage have a style of its own?
• Song (Luke 146-55), Prophecy (Luke 167-79),
  Parable (Luke 536).

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Interpretation - Context

• What happened before and after this passage or
  event?
• Read a full chapter before and after your chosen
  passage (Psalms and Proverbs might not apply).

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Interpretation - Context
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Interpretation - Context

• Read other passages that handle this same event
  or topic.
• Is their a known cultural context to consider?
• Is this written just for a certain time or person?

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Interpretation - Obvious Meaning

• Always read scripture as literal to start, unless
  the passage tells you that it is a prophecy,
  parable, or symbolic statement.
• Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and
  prophesied (Luke 167)
• And he was also telling them a parable (Luke
  536)
• he is like a man building a house
• (Luke 648)

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Interpretation - Bible

• Use the Bible to interpret itself
• Word studies
• Use a concordance to find all occurrences of a
  key word.
• Check for plurals, derivatives, and original
  language.
• Word studies take time.
• If you have a lot of occurrences sort them by
  category.

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Interpretation - Bible

• Use the Bible to interpret itself
• Cross references
• Look in the center column or margin of your
  Bible.
• Other places this event or topic is covered.

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Interpretation - Questions

• Answer questions that are not answered in the
  observation section.
• Research ideas that you dont understand.

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Interpretation - Tools

• Concordances
• Make sure your concordance matches your Bible
  version, and has a dictionary (Strongs).
• Topical Handbooks
• Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Torreys Topical
  Textbook.
• Bible Handbooks
• Halleys Bible handbook

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Interpretation - Tools

• Commentaries (Conservative, Literal)
• Matthew Henry
• David Guzik
• Ron Daniel
• Internet
• Blueletterbible.org
• Bible.org
• Studylight.org

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Interpretation - Tools

• Bible Study Software
• Esword
• http//www.e-sword.net/
• MacSword
• http//www.macsword.com/

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Class Example

• Matthew 31-6
• What is the style of writing?
• Narrative Gospel.
• Does this passage match the style of the rest of
  the book?
• Yes.

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Class Example

• Matthew 31-6
• Establish the context
• What happened before this passage?
• Jesus and his family moved to Nazareth.
• What happened after this passage?
• John rebukes the Pharisees and Sadducees.
• Jesus is Baptized, so he must have been there.
• Johns account will prove this, and Acts 121-22
  will imply that all the Apostles were there.

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Class Example

• Matthew 31-6
• Other passages that handle this event?
• Mark 11-8
• Links Malachi and Isaiahs prophecies.
• Baptism of repentance was for forgiveness of
  sins.
• Luke 31-6
• Time and leadership references.
• These words came from God to John.
• John 119-28
• At Bethany, on the east side of the Jordan river.
• Isaiah 403

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Class Example

• Matthew 31-6
• Known cultural context.
• Roman rule, limited Jewish leadership.
• Between 25-30 AD.
• Written for just a certain time or person?
• No.

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Class Example

• Matthew 31-6
• Is this to be taken literal?
• Yes, it is a literal fulfillment of prophecy.

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Class Example

• Matthew 31-6
• Word Study
• Baptism - (87 occurrences, all New Testament).
• Preaching - (112 occurrences).
• Repentance - (69 occurrences).
• Sin - (1155 occurrences).
• Forgiveness - (116 occurrences).
• Kingdom of heaven - (40 occurrences, most in
  Matthew and Daniel).

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Class Example

• Matthew 31-6
• Word Study
• Repentance definitions
• Metanoeo - to change ones mind or purpose.
• Treasury of Scripture knowledge

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Class Example

• Matthew 31-6
• Word Study
• Repentance Verses I picked
• Numbers 2319 - first mention.
• 1Kings 846-52 - process of repentance.
• Psalm 712-16 - bad times for the unrepentant.
• Luke 1510 - rejoicing in heaven.
• Matthew 417 - Jesus also preached repentance.
• Romans 24 - Gods kindness leads us to
  repentance.
• 2Corinthians 710 - Godly sorrow produces
  repentance, repentance leads to salvation.
• 2Timothy 225 - repentance leads to knowledge of
  truth.
• Hebrews 66 - those who fall away cannot
  re-repent.
• 2Peter 39 - the Lord wants all to repent.
• Revelation 25 - repent and do.

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Class Example

• Matthew 31-6
• Commentaries
• Matthew Henry
• Malachi 31 - quoted in Marks account.
• Acts 1730 - all should repent.
• Leviticus 1122 - locusts are a clean food.
• David Guzik
• 2Kings 18 - John was patterned after Elijah.
• Ron Daniel
• Matthew 38 - bear fruit in keeping with
  repentance.

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Homework

• Psalm 1 - Interpret, be able to tell me what this
  passage means.
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