1. KNOWING THE BIBLE 101 CHAPTER 2 – THE BIBLE: THE DEEPER YOU GO

2. DEUTERONOMY 6:6-9 6 THESE COMMANDMENTS THAT I GIVE YOU TODAY ARE TO BE ON YOUR HEARTS. 7 IMPRESS THEM ON YOUR CHILDREN. TALK ABOUT THEM WHEN YOU SIT AT HOME AND WHEN YOU WALK ALONG THE ROAD, WHEN YOU LIE DOWN AND WHEN YOU GET UP. 8 TIE THEM AS SYMBOLS ON YOUR HANDS AND BIND THEM ON YOUR FOREHEADS. 9 WRITE THEM ON THE DOORFRAMES OF YOUR HOUSES AND ON YOUR GATES.

3. DEUTERONOMY 6:6-9 6 THESE ________THAT I GIVE YOU _____ARE TO BE ON ____ _____. 7 IMPRESS _____ON YOUR _______. TALK _____THEM WHEN YOU ___ AT HOME AND ____ YOU ____ALONG THE ____, WHEN YOU ___ DOWN AND ____ YOU GET UP. 8 TIE ____ AS _____ ON YOUR _____ AND ____ THEM ON YOUR ________. 9 WRITE ____ ON THE _________ OF YOUR HOUSES AND ON ____ _____.

4. DEUTERONOMY 6:6-9 6 THESE ________THAT I ____YOU _____ARE TO BE ON ____ _____. 7 ______ _____ON YOUR _______. ____ _____THEM ____ YOU __ AT ____ AND ____ YOU ____ ______ THE ____, WHEN YOU ___ ____ AND ____ YOU ___ UP. 8 ___ ____ AS _____ ON _____ _____ AND ____ THEM ON ______ ________. 9 _____ ____ ON THE _________ OF YOUR _______ AND ON ____ _____.

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10. KTB101 - THE BIBLE: THE DEEPER YOU GO… THE BIBLE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A SYMBOL OR A PROP FOR SOME PEOPLE. IT WILL BECOME MEANINGFUL TO YOU UNDER ONE CONDITION ONLY: YOU HAVE TO READ IT! REMEMBER, THE BIBLE IS GOD’S MESSAGE TO YOU. YOU COULD READ THE BIBLE THROUGH IN A YEAR IN JUST 15 MINUTES A DAY!

11. BETH SEFER – “HOUSE OF THE BOOK” IT WAS THE FIRST STEP OF SCHOOL FOR 6-10 YEAR OLD JEWISH KIDS. BY THE TIME THEY WERE DONE THEY WOULD HAVE THE FIRST 5 BOOKS OF THE BIBLE MEMORIZED. THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS THE LOCAL SYNAGOGUE TEACHER WOULD SMEAR HONEY ON THEIR SLATES AND READ PSALM 119:103: MAY THE WORDS OF GOD BE SWEET TO YOUR TASTE, SWEETER THAN HONEY TO YOUR MOUTHS.

12. WHY STUDY THE BIBLE? STUDY ACTUALLY MEANS: “TO BE EAGER OR DILIGENT.” BENEFIT 1: YOU WILL PLEASE GOD BENEFIT 2: YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO LIVE AND GROW AS A CHRISTIAN 1 PETER 2:2 “… CRY OUT FOR THIS NOURISHMENT AS A BABY CRIES FOR MILK.”

13. WHY STUDY THE BIBLE? BENEFIT 3: YOU WILL DEVELOP SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT ACTS 17:11 – “AND THE PEOPLE OF BEREA… SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES DAY AFTER DAY TO CHECK UP ON PAUL AND SILAS. BENEFIT 4: YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS OF OTHERS

14. IN YOUR JOURNALS: YOU’VE READ THE BENEFITS OF READING THE BIBLE. WHAT INFLUENCES KEEP YOU FROM READING AND STUDYING THE BIBLE ON A REGULAR BASIS? WHAT CAN YOU DO TO OVERCOME THEM?