1. BIBLE STUDY BASICS September – November 2016 NHCC
biblestudybasics

2. Last Time
Rules of Interpretation
Terms & Definitions
Bible Literature

3. Attitude of a Good Bible Interpreter
The Bible
Approach
Literature
Relevant
Powerful
Indispensable
God’s Revelation to us

4. Attitude of a Good Bible Interpreter
Ourselves
Prayerfully
Humbly
Inquisitively
Open Heartedly
Hungrily
Confidently

5. Where to Start PRAY!!! What are you looking for?
What questions do you already have about the text?
Why are you studying?
To learn or to answer?
What are you looking for?
Truth?
Your opinion to be backed up?

6. Context, Context, Context
Verse: Luke 4:6-7
Different Forms of Context
Immediate
Luke 4:5-8
Passage/Pericope
Luke 4:1-13
Chapter: Luke 4
Book: Luke
Testament/Covenant: New
Whole of Scripture
If your conclusion violates any of these contexts, reconsider!!!

7. What does the writer say about his attitude towards God & His Word?
Psalm 119
Group 1: 1-16
Group 2: 17-32
Group 3: 33-48
Group 4: 49-64
Group 5: 65-80
Group 6: 81-96
Group 7:
Group 8:
Group 9:
Group 10:
What does the writer say about his attitude towards God & His Word?

8. Psalm 119 God & His Word Example
Vs. 1 – God forgives those & blesses those in Him (God)
Vs. 60 – I do your commandments immediately (Word)
Vs. 103 – I’d rather eat your word than lunch (Word)
Vs. 149 – God hears in love & His justice is life (God)

9. What does the writer say about his attitude towards God & His Word?
Psalm 119
Group 1: 1-16
Group 2: 17-32
Group 3: 33-48
Group 4: 49-64
Group 5: 65-80
Group 6: 81-96
Group 7:
Group 8:
Group 9:
Group 10:
What does the writer say about his attitude towards God & His Word?

10. Psalm 119 What did you find? Themes? How can you relate?
How should this affect our life?

11. Learning from the Text Obadiah Read the text
What’s the simplest thing this verse tells me?
What’s the passage/chapter/book leading towards?
Direct statements?

12. Learning from the Text Obadiah
What does the text say about the culture, events, & Bible timeline?
Who is it too?
What does it say about them?
What history do you know of?
Why was the book written?

13. Next Time Obadiah Exercise (if we didn't get to it today)
Occasion, Purpose, Recipients
Philemon
Main Emphasis & Theme
AKA Data Collection (& why this is important!)