The 4 "R's" of Bible Study

10 Things Scripture does for man

1.  Reveals what God is like

2.   Reports what God has done in the past.

3.  Gives us confidence in what God can and will do.

4.   Gives us the awareness of how God works.

5.  Declares His will.

6.  Gives us the common beliefs/convictions that bind us together.

7.   Provides the vocabulary and grammar of our faith.

8.   Relays the glad tidings of God’s provision to restore our relationship with him

9.  Instructs us how to live in fellowship with God.

10.   Provides our mandate and message as believers.

Inspiration

·    1. The Holy Spirit’s super-intending over the writers so that while writing according to their own styles and personalities, the result was God’s written Word –authoritative, trustworthy, and free of error in the original autographs.

·        2. That mysterious process by which the Holy Spirit worked with human authors, without destroying the writers’ individual styles and personalities, giving guidance in such a way as to produce the divinely infallible and authoritative writings which include only the 66 books commonly recognized to be in canon of scripture.

Four types of Theory of Inspiration

1. Neo-Orthodox

2. Dictation Theory

3. Limited Inspiration

4. Verbal-Plenary

Two Types of Revelation

General and Special

Hermenutics

Exegesis

To explain what Scripture says; Means to "draw out". to guide out of"; The key is in "ex."

Eisogesis

Same root as exegesis, but a different pre-fix; "Eis" means "into"; This is when you read into the text what is not there; Danial 3:24-25

2 Tim 3:16-17

God-Breathed

Dual Authorship

Tips on Meaningful bible reading

·       Read the bible like any other book.

·       Read it with personal interest

·       Interpret narratives and doctorial passages

·       Carefully determine the meaning of words

·       Give careful attention to genre

·       Make use of prayer.