Sunday morning, I am going to be walking through ways to personally study your Bible. Some of the plans I suggest, I will be flying through and referencing my blog for further help, or if you missed something that you want to get for your personal use. Below are some of the plans I mention regarding studying a smaller passage from your Bible:
The Journalism Questions. Justin Taylor has two good posts in helping further with these here and here.
“Who?”
“What?”
“When?”
“Where?”
“Why?”
“How?”
“What?”
“When?”
“Where?”
“Why?”
“How?”
Also, from Don Whitney's Simplify Your Spiritual Life, he offers three approaches to help study and apply the Bible.
First, he suggests....
"So as you reflect on the text, do you perceive something God would have you…
- "Stop?
- Start?
- Believe?
- Confess?
- Pray about?
- Thank Him for?
- Communicate to someone?"
- "Stop?
- Start?
- Believe?
- Confess?
- Pray about?
- Thank Him for?
- Communicate to someone?"
Second, he mentions the Philippians 4:8 method of asking questions of the Bible.
Ask the Philippians 4:8 questions…
What is true about this, or what truth does it exemplify?
What is honorable about this?
What is right about this?
What is pure about this, or how does it exemplify purity?
What is lovely about this?
What is admirable, commendable, or reputation-strengthening about this?
What is excellent about this?
What is praiseworthy about this?
What is true about this, or what truth does it exemplify?
What is honorable about this?
What is right about this?
What is pure about this, or how does it exemplify purity?
What is lovely about this?
What is admirable, commendable, or reputation-strengthening about this?
What is excellent about this?
What is praiseworthy about this?
Thirdly, he mentions asking the Joseph Hall questions of the text...
The Joseph Hall questions (The Art of Divine Meditation in 1607)
1. *What is it you are meditating on (define/describe what it is)?
2. What are its divisions or parts?
3. What causes it?
4. What does it cause, that is, what are its fruits and effects?
5. What is its place, location, or use?
6. What are its qualities and attachments?
7. What is contrary to, contradictory of, or different from it?
8. What compares to it?
9. What are its titles or names?
10. What are the testimonies or examples of Scripture about it?
*The most important question to answer is the first one.
1. *What is it you are meditating on (define/describe what it is)?
2. What are its divisions or parts?
3. What causes it?
4. What does it cause, that is, what are its fruits and effects?
5. What is its place, location, or use?
6. What are its qualities and attachments?
7. What is contrary to, contradictory of, or different from it?
8. What compares to it?
9. What are its titles or names?
10. What are the testimonies or examples of Scripture about it?
*The most important question to answer is the first one.
For even further help and reading on this, there is a great interview with John Piper in Bible Study Magazine here.
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