1. SECTION 2.3
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2. MAIN IDEA
We should work hard to study and teach God’s Word carefully, so we will be useful workers for God and so God will be pleased with our work.
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3. MEMORY VERSE
2 TIMOTHY 2:15
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
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4. Share what you wrote about or drew in Start Here.
INTRODUCTION
Share what you wrote about or drew in Start Here.
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5. Why would you do those things to prepare to teach?
INTRODUCTION
Why would you do those things to prepare to teach?
What would happen if you taught someone how to do something the wrong way because you hadn’t been prepared to teach him or her?
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6. MAIN LESSON
1. In order to correctly handle God’s Word, we must be IN the Word, reading it as much as we can.
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7. MAIN LESSON
2 Timothy 2:15
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
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8. MAIN LESSON
2. We should be faithful to study and memorize God’s Word because this kind of work pleases God.
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9. MAIN LESSON
2 Timothy 2:15
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
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10. MAIN LESSON
3. We must be careful to study and teach God’s Word EXACTLY as it says — without adding or subtracting anything from it.
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11. MAIN LESSON
1 Timothy 4:13, 15-16
Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhor-tation, to teaching. Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress.
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12. MAIN LESSON
1 Timothy 4:13, continued
Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.
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13. What does it mean to study the Bible carefully?
LIVE OUT YOUR FAITH
What does it mean to study the Bible carefully?
Why is it important to study the Bible carefully?
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14. FAITH IN ACTION
What should you do when you hear someone else teaching about God or anything else that is from the Bible?
After thinking about this, how will this affect the way you study your Bible and check what you hear against what God’s Word says?
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15. SUM IT UP
In order to correctly handle God’s Word, we must be IN the Word, reading it as much as we can.
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16. SUM IT UP
We should be faithful to study and memorize God’s Word because this kind of work pleases God.
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17. SUM IT UP
We must be careful to study and teach God’s Word EXACTLY as it says — without adding or subtracting anything from it.
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