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How to do Bible Study using Bible Study books

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A simple method to learn Bible is by using Bible study books. This page explains how to use thematic Bible study books to help you understand Bible. What is Bible Study? Before we learn how to do Bible Study, we need to understand first about what Bible study is. It is a way to know words of the Lord deeply by observing and understanding Bible personally and then, take practical applications in our lives. Why study the Bible? 1. John 8: 31-32 Jesus said one of the characteristics of his disciples is hold Jesus’ teaching. Of course, the only valid source to know about Jesus’ teaching is the Holy Bible itself. How to hold on Jesus’ teaching in Bible? We can do several things: listen the words of the Lord (from sermons), read Bible, study the Bible, memorize verses in Bible. So, study the Bible is one of many ways to hold on Jesus’ teaching, which is the characteristic of his disciples. 2. I Pet 2:2 New Christians are like newborn babies, they spiritua...
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Bible Study on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 1

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Nehemiah 1: Bible Study on Prayer. Introduction Nehemiah's key to success to start his mission was the power of pray. From his pray we could see that he believed more in God than international political situation that supported his mission. In that time, Egypt was an enemy for Persia Empire. Judea province that closed with Egypt was important for Persia. So, it would give benefits for Persia to maintain good relationship with Jews. Of course, Nehemiah knew this political situation, but he still prayed before he asked for Artaxerxes' permission. We will study the powerful pray that Nehemiah did, so we could follow his example. Questions Guide: 1. Do you see Nehemiah’s concern to his nation and Jerusalem (verse 2)? Explain! What were things that stimulated his concern(verse 9 and 10)? 2. What kind of concerns that were shown by Nehemiah when he heard bad news about his nation and Jerusalem (4)? What was the relationship between his concern with his action to pr...
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Why study the Bible? Lesson from Psalm 1

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Psalms 1 1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night. 3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers. 4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. ( NIV ) When Christians decide to study the Bible, there is one thing they ask from many questions they have: Why? Why should I spend my time to learn the Bible? Isn't it enough for me to hear sermons in my Church or on radio or on the Internet? Or isn't it enough to learn Christian doctrines from books? I ...
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Review: Taking the Guesswork out of applying the Bible

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I believe that most of Christians have the deep desire both to understand the Bible and apply it in their daily lives. However, when we talk about Bible, we have many things to ask. Questions like how to understand the Bible and how to apply the Bible are among of those questions. Certain passages in the Bible can be understood easily for many of us. Thus, it's not so difficult to take specifics actions to apply them in our daily lives. For example, a direct and clear order on The Ten Commandments: You shall not murder. This order is clear enough to be followed. I doubt if anyone has confusion to follow this order. But, many passages give us some trouble. Not only do we have difficulty in understanding the meaning of the passages, but also when we understand them we don't really know what we should do. I bought this book: Taking the Guesswork out of applying the Bible by Jack Kuhatschek years ago. And just re-read it this week. If you read the writing on the back cover, ...
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Format of Inductive Bible Study

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After previously, we learned about how to study bible inductively. Now, in this part we will learn the format of Inductive Bible Study. In the end of this article, you can download the printable cheat sheet. The printable cheat sheet will make this format looks easier and simpler. A. Observation: 1. Open facts: Start with facts that we can find in the story, use seven questions to find facts. Try to keep investigating the text: a.Who? Who were the characters in the story? What do we know about each character? How were the relationships among the characters? b. Where? Find the location, whether the place had important meaning in the story, etc. c. When? When was the story happening? Was there something important about the time when the incident occurred? d. What? What was the main conflict/problem in the story? e. How? How was the story done? f. Why? Were there certain reasons why the story occurred? g. So? What was the result? 2. Hidden facts F...
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Salvation in Christ

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In this quick Bible study, we will learn what Scripture says about Salvation, way to be saved and how to pray to get Salvation. With this easy Bible study, we hope  people can understand what Bible says about salvation in Christ. 1. At glance, read Genesis 3:1-7, what were the main reasons behind humans' fallen to sins? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 2. What are the facts that Bible shows about people who are still in sin? Romans 3: 9 ___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ John 8: 44 _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 3. According to these verses, conclude lives that people have while they are still in sin?...
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How to do Inductive Bible Study

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There are many methods to understand the Bible. One of them is inductive method . This part will answer the question: how to study the Bible inductively . This method is meant to find out the original messages, what did the writers actually want to say to their original readers? Before we start, we want to note that Inductive Bible Study is not meant to be a quick and easy method . In fact, we believe this method is for them who already familiar with the Bible or advanced Christians who are used to study the Bible. Introduction Bible is God’s words that were written by humans. That’s why Bible has both divine and human natures. The human nature of Bible is shown by the different writing style usages, life culture, and history where the writers lived and wrote the Words. Thus, when we want to study the Bible, our purpose is to understand the Words just as when they were written by the writers. To achieve this purpose, when we are studying the Bible we should depend on Holy Spi...
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