2. Psalms 19:7-11 “The law of the Lord is perfect, …more to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold:…”

10. The value of the Bible is not increased by its owner Rather the Bible brings value to its owner.

11. It is your most priceless possession ! “More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold” Psalms 19:10

14. 1.Tools Needed 2.Rightly Dividing 3.The Words 4.The Context

15. How to Study the Bible and Enjoy It! Lesson 1  Good Bible  Bible Concordance  Bible Dictionary and Encyclopedia  Bible Atlas  Bible Commentaries Pt. 1

16. Part 2 2 Timothy 2:15

17. PatriarchyJudaismChristianity InternationalNational Family RedSeaRedSea Flood ADAM MOSESCHRIST CHURCH Mt. Sinai Abraham 1500 years2500 years In effect... Mosaical

18. The Covenants Eden Church

19. Pt.3

20. “a written or printed character or combination of characters representing a spoken word” Symbols Bible not written in English Translators used words to convey sense of the original writing. Apple Chair

21. The Centrality of the Word of God to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism: To immerse, submerge, to make whelmed

22. Part 4

23. Nehemiah 8:8 “So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.”  Gave the sense  Understand

24. “ The parts of a sentence, paragraph, discussion, that occur just before and after a passage.” From two Words = “TO WEAVE TOGETHER”

25. Meaning of Words Some always mean the same But others change “Check” Mark Noun, Verb, Adjective

26. Close Context Sentence Paragraph

27. Distant Context Other chapters Other books of Bible

28. Bible Book Chapter Paragraph Verse Word

29. Who is Speaking ? Gen. 3:4 “You will not surely die.” Matt. 4:9 “All these things I will give you…” Job 2:9 “Curse God and die !” Ps. 14:1 “There is no God”

30. To whom is the passage addressed ? Gen. 6:14 “Make thee an ark.” Gen. 22:2 “Take now your son….and offer him” John 16:13 “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth:”

31. When was the passage written? Where are the Events taking Place ? What is the subject ?

32. Young man reading letter  “Saul has slain his thousands.”  “Now Saul was consenting to his death” Did Saul kill thousands of Christians ?

33. Matt. 18:20  Section discussing church discipline.  Often applied to Christians coming to worship as long as 2 or 3 are present God is in our midst  In the context it points out that when discipline is done God’s way He endorses it

34. 2 Peter 3:16  False teachers use scripture  They are twisted and taken out of context  Most false doctrines can be refuted by the context “…they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures…” Twist, pervert

35. The partial View Take the Complete View “whole counsel of God” Acts 20:27 ASV Plan of SalvationActs of Worship

36. Part 4 How To Study The Bible

39. Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ 515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249arthurpigman@bellsouth.netwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org Sunday Evening September 23, 2012