KEYS of Bible Study [Session 3]

Audio (MP3) “Keys of Bible Study” Notebook (PDF)

Recap in 10 Tweets

1. Why is it that “CHRISTIANS” believe so many different things and all use the Bible to make their case? #WordStrong
2. To interpret any verse/passage properly we must use the 2nd KEY of Bible study: Make the RIGHT DIVISIONS. (2Tim.2:15) #WordStrong
3. If we’ve been commanded to RIGHTLY divide the Word of truth, it is obviously possible to WRONGLY divide it! #WordStrong
4. If God tells us to “show ourselves APPROVED” in our Bible study, it is obviously possible to be DISAPPROVED! #WordStrong
5. If God tells us “not to be ASHAMED” in our Bible study, it is obviously possible TO BE ASHAMED! #WordStrong
6. To RIGHTLY DIVIDE the Word of truth requires two dirty words in our 21st C. vocabulary…WORK & STUDY! #WordStrong
7. All of the Bible is written FOR you, but not all of the Bible is written TO you. #WordStrong
8. A key error made by many students of the Bible is believing that the Bible is a “CHRISTIAN” Book. #WordStrong
9. “CHRISTIANITY” is a 2000 year PARENTHESIS in a Book revealing the plan & working of God covering a 7000 year period of time. #WordStrong
10. To RIGHTLY DIVIDE the Word of truth we must understand the TRANSITIONS being made in the Book of Acts. #WordStrong

Notes: KEY #2: MAKE THE _____________ ________________. KEY VERSE:

• _________________________
  “Study to shew theyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

KEY PRINCIPLES: NEGATIVE OBSERVATIONS FROM 2 TIMOTHY 2:15

• It is possible to be ___________________ of God when it comes to His Word.
• It is possible to be ___________________ before God when it comes to His Word.
• It is possible to ______________________ divide the Word of God.

POSITIVE OBSERVATIONS FROM 2 TIMOTHY 2:15

• To be approved of God, and not ashamed requires _____________________.
• To be approved of God, and not ashamed requires _____________________.
• To be approved of God, and not ashamed requires making ______________ _________________.

KEY THOUGHT:

• A key error made by many students of the Bible is believing that the Bible is a “___________________” Book. Actually, “Christianity” is a 2000 year ____________________ in a Book revealing the plan and working of God covering a _________ year period of time.

KEY QUOTE:

• “All of the Bible is written _______ you, but not all of the Bible is written _______ you.”

KEY EXAMPLES:

• _________ Testament vs. _________ Testament
• ________________, ______________ and _________________.
• ________________
  Note the dilemma of going from the GOSPELS to ROMANS…
  • Matthew 10:1–7

TWO KEY THINGS TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE BOOK OF ACTS

1. It is NOT a _______________ TREATISE regarding ____________ THEOLOGY…
2. It is an _______________ ACCOUNT of the “__________” of the “_________________.”
3. It is a ___________________ BOOK!

SEVEN TRANSITIONS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS

1. From the Four ________________ to _______________.
2. From an ______ _________________ Structure to a _______ _______________ Structure.
3. From God working primarily with the ________ to primarily working with the ________________.
4. From God’s base of operations being in ________________ to His base in _______________.
5. From God working through the _______________________ to working through the _____________.
6. From the ministry of ___________ (chpt.1–12) to the ministry of _______________ (chpt.13–28).
7. From a KINGDOM of _______________ message to a KINGDOM of _________ message.

UNDERSTANDING THE KINGDOM OF GOD VS. THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN * THE BIBLICAL IDENTIFICATION OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD

• Romans 14:17 – Not __________ and _________…but righteousness, ____________ and _________.
• Luke 17:20–21 – Comes not with _________________…Not “Lo __________”/”Lo _____________”…It is _______________ you.
• 1 Corinthians 4:20 – Not in _____________, but in _________________.
• 1 Corinthians 15:50 – _____________ and _____________ cannot inherit it.
• John 3:3 – You enter it by a __________________ birth.

CONCLUSION: IT IS A ____________________ KINGDOM!

THE BIBLICAL IDENTIFICATION OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (ISRAEL)

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.”
Isaiah 9:6–7

CONCLUSION: IT IS A LITERAL, ____________________, GOVERNMENTAL, DAVIDIC (JEWISH) KINGDOM PROMISED THROUGHOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE GOSPELS TO THE NATION OF ______________, WHERE CHRIST WILL RULE AND REIGN OVER ALL THE EARTH FROM HIS THRONE IN JERUSALEM!

Note:

• The phrase “Kingdom of Heaven” appears in the New Testament _____ times in _____ verses.
• All of the references are found in __________ Book!
• That one Book is ______________…the Gospel written to the ___________.

Note:

• Though it is a Kingdom on the ___________, it is called the Kingdom of ___________, because from God’s vantage point, the ______________ of the universe (the HEAVENS!) is the EARTH. (It is where He has chosen to enact His _______________!)

HOW THESE KINGDOMS ACTUALLY UNFOLD IN THE BOOK OF ACTS

• Acts 1:1–3…
  • Luke 24:45 –
  • Luke 24:44 –
• Acts 1:4–7…
  • Luke 1:30–33 –
  • Luke 4:14–21 –
  • Isaiah 61:1–3 –
  • Acts 1:6–7 –
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:1 –
• Acts 2:5 –
  • 2:14 –
  • 2:22 –
  • 2:36 –
• Acts 3:19–21 –
• Acts 7:1–2 –
• Acts 7:54–56 –
• Acts 8:5 –
  • Matthew 10:5 –
• Acts 8:12 –
• Acts 9:1–6 –
• Acts 9:15 –
• Acts 10:1 –

“KEYS of Bible Study” Sessions

• KEYS of Bible Study [Session 1]
• KEYS of Bible Study [Session 2]
• KEYS of Bible Study [Session 3]
• KEYS of Bible Study [Session 4]
• KEYS of Bible Study [Session 5]
• KEYS of Bible Study [Session 6]
• KEYS of Bible Study [Session 7]
• KEYS of Bible Study [Session 8]
• KEYS of Bible Study [Session 9]
• KEYS of Bible Study [Session 10]
• KEYS of Bible Study [Session 11]
• KEYS of Bible Study [Session 12]
• KEYS of Bible Study [Session 13]

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