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Wednesday, June 1st, 2005General Introduction: Why Study the Word of God? When we honestly ask the question, “How should we study the word of God?”, we are, in effect, admitting two things: first, that we have a fundamental need which we are unable to provide for ourselves. If we had no need in ourselves, it would be an entirely […]
The Living Word (Lesson 2)
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005The Necessity of Regeneration The need for regeneration The Bible is a book that contains all which we need for spiritual growth and understanding; however, man in his natural state has no spiritual discernment; therefore, unless man has been given spiritual life, with a new ability to discern spiritual things, the bible will be of no […]
The Living Word (Lesson 3)
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005The Centrality of Christ The scriptures, written as they were by many human authors, over many thousands of years, are nevertheless fully united in one glorious theme: the Christ. There is no testament, genre, book, paragraph, sentence, or word in the Bible that does not have its final reference point in Christ. This is what sets […]
The Living Word (Lesson 4)
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005The Agency of Faith It is one of the most fundamental truths of Christianity that faith is essential for anyone to come to God and please him Eph.2:8,9; Heb.11:6. It is equally clear in scripture that faith is necessary for anyone to benefit by God’s word. Hebrews 4:2 explains to us that the Israelites had the […]
The Living Word (Lesson 5)
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005The Role of the Body When Christ suffered on the cross to secure our redemption, he was doing more than securing the benefits of salvation for individuals who would believe in him. Christ’s work does not end with changing individual persons. It has a goal beyond that. An eternal purpose of forging one new man Eph. […]
The Living Word (Lesson 6)
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005Historical, Grammatical, Contextual Hermeneutics We have spent several weeks examining some spiritual realities that have a vital impact on our ability to understand the word of God, and to profit from that understanding. We have seen that all of our efforts will be futile unless the Spirit opens up the eyes of our heart to see […]
The Living Word (Lesson 7)
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005Studying the Bible Historically This lesson begins a segment of the course which will be more hands on. My goal for the rest of the course will be twofold: first, to give practical instruction and clear steps on how to study the bible in the manner that will be the most profitable. Previous lessons have been […]
The Living Word (Lesson 8)
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005Studying the Bible Grammatically This lesson will give some instruction on how to study the bible grammatically. This will require much work and thought, but it is vital to the goal of understanding scriptures accurately. In this lesson, we will divide the process of studying grammatically into two major steps: first, determining the specific meaning of […]
The Living Word (Lesson 9)
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005Studying the Bible Contextually We have now examined two elements of employing a literal hermeneutic in studying the bible with an understanding of its human nature. In this lesson we will focus on the third element: studying contextually. This hermeneutical principle is necessary for at least two reasons: first, virtually every word or grammatical construct has […]
The Living Word (Lesson 10)
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005Putting It All Together We have now examined foundational principles of bible study relating to the divine nature of the word, as well as principles relating to its human nature. With respect to the latter, we have looked at the necessity of studying with a historical, grammatical, contextual hermeneutic, and examined some methods of putting […]
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