THE ENGLISH BIBLE THE ORIGIN, TRANSLATION, AND STUDY OF GOD’S WORD IN OUR LANGUAGE.
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Session SevenMy Bible Is God’s Word
How We Got Our Bible
Originals
Reliable Manuscripts
God’s word accepted by God’s people
God’s word kept intact in
English:The King
James Version
Inspiration
PreservationThou shalt keep them, O
LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation
for ever. (Psa 12:7)
Copying
Canonization
Translation
GodThe
Author
ManThe
Instrument
Textus Receptus
All scripture is given by
inspiration of God (II Tim
3:16)
Putting the Pieces Together
• God’s word is inspired• God’s word is preserved• God’s word is not some ambiguous,
intangible pursuit of today’s “scholars”
• MY BIBLE IS GOD’S WORD!
Where Do I Come In?
• The Natural Man – I Corinthians 2:14– The unsaved and spiritually blinded man (II Cor 4:4)– His understanding is darkened (Ephesians 4:17-19)– He is able to understand the gospel (John 20:31,
Rom 10:17)
• The Carnal Man – I Corinthians 3:1-2– The believer who is being controlled by his old
nature– He is only able to receive the milk of the word
(Hebrews 5:12, I Peter 2:2)– “This Book can keep you from sin, and sin can keep
you from this Book”
Where Do I Come In?
• The Spiritual Man – I Corinthians 2:12– Being controlled by the Spirit of God
(Ephesians 5:18)– Given discernment and growing in Christ
(Heb 5:14)– Taught the word by the Spirit of God (John
14:26)– It should be every Christian’s objective to be
spiritual– Not so much where you are, but the direction
in which you are going
Gospel message Spiritual growth
Bible
Natural Man
(darkened understand
ing)
Carnal Man (controlled
by the flesh) Spiritual
Man (controlled
by the Spirit)
Where Do I Come In?
Mil
k
What Now?
• The spiritual man has a respect for the Bible
• As God’s word, my Bible is…– Profitable (II Timothy 3:16)– To be heard (I Samuel 3:9-10, James 1:19)– To be studied (II Timothy 2:15)– To be obeyed (James 1:22, Revelation 1:3)– The testimony of my Savior (Luke 24:27,
John 5:39, Revelation 19:10)
Effective Bible Study
1. Prepare– Find a place and time conducive to Bible
study– Eliminate distractions
2. Pray– “Open thou mine eyes” (Psalm 119:18)– Reminds us that we are dealing with
God’s word– A prayer that precedes Bible study
encourages humility and acknowledges responsibility
Prayer
Pride
Effective Bible Study
3. Read (I Timothy 4:13)Psalm 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. – To read through the Bible in a year requires
only 4 chapters a day– The Bible can be read aloud in about 70 hours
(the New Testament in 18 hours)– Lee Roberson once observed the tendency for
a preacher to find sermons in the scriptures neglecting the blessing of simply reading them
Effective Bible Study
4. Meditate (Joshua 1:8, Philippians 4:8)5. Study (II Timothy 2:15)– Our desire is God’s pleasure– The word of truth is to be “rightly divided”– Compare scripture with scripture
6. Do (Psalm 119:35, 67, James 1:21-25)– To be a “doer of the word” is to be a “doer
of the work” – Sins of omission prevent Bible study