Inductive bible study

prayer

Observation: What do I see?

• Identify biblical genre
• Apply mechanical layout
• Ask 5W1H questions
• Look for repetitions
• Use different translations
• Rewrite it in your own paraphrase
• Emphasise different words
• Read the passage in its context

Biblical genres

• Legal: What does it reveal about God's standards?
• Narrative: What does it tell you about life today?
• Poetry: What is being said about God or His people?

Biblical genres (con't)

• Wisdom: What are the causes and effects?
• Letters: What were the problems and solutions?
• Prophecy: What did God intend to communicate to His people?
• Parables: What was revealed about the Kingdom of God?

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Lay-out

5W + 1H

• Who?
• What?
• When?
• Where?
• Why?
• How?

Text-ual Com-pa-ri-sons

And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.


Mark 12:30 (NLT)

Interpretation: What does it mean?

• Ask as many questions as are reasonable
• Find answers from the text itself and its cross references
• Integration: identify main idea of the text
• "Why is this verse in chapter/ book/ Bible?"
• "What did the author intend to communicate through this verse?"
• Consult commentaries last (to verify your interpretation)

Application: How does it work?

• Your relation to God
• Your relation to yourself
• Your relation to others
• Your relation to the world
• Your relation to the enemy

Twisted Scriptures (Samples)

• 1 Timothy 6:10
• Matthew 7:1
• John 14:13-14
• James 5:15
• Jeremiah 29:11-13

Twisted Scriptures (Samples)

• Romans 8:28
• Philippians 4:13
• 2 Chronicles 7:14
• 1 Corinthians 10:13
• Exodus 21:23-25

PRESENT!