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“As he rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, SO IS MY WORD THAT GOES OUT FROM MY MOUTH.”  It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”  (Isaiah 55:10-11)

INTRODUCTION

  The Bible is God’s written revelation of His will to men.

                                                                The central theme is salvation through Jesus Christ

“…listen closely to my words.  Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to a man’s whole body.”  (Proverbs 4:20-22 NIV)

q       George Washington: “It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible

q       John Quincy Adams:  “So great is my veneration of the Bible, that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens of their country and respectable members of society.”

q       Charles Dickens:  The New Testament is the very best book that ever was or ever will be known in the world.”

q       Andrew Jackson:  “That book, sir, is the rock on which our republic rests.”

q       Abraham Lincoln:  “I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man.  All the good from the Saviour of the world is communicated to us through this book.”

q       Douglas MacArthur:  “Believe me sir, never a night goes by, be I ever so tired, but I read the Word of God before I go to bed.”

There is a unity of thought which indicates that One Mind inspired the writing of the whole series of 66 books; that it bears on its face the stamp of its Author; that it is in every sense the  “WORD OF GOD”

INTEGRITY OF THE BIBLE

(“Integrity” – wholeness, soundness, complete; reliability, truthful, honest)

(II Timothy 3:16 NKJ)  “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” (“given by inspiration of God” – GR  theopneustos – literally, God breathed.)

(II Peter 1:2 NKJ1) “For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man:  but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.”

 The Bible has an answer for every problem or perplexity known to man. 
 It is the greatest “How To” book every written, explaining in detail:

• Know God

• Have a relationship with Him

• Be saved

• Be healed

• Stay out of trouble

• Be delivered from sin and bad habits

• Find a good wife/husband

• Have a good marriage

• Raise Children

• Maintain a business

• Have wisdom in every situation

• Invest and make money

• Get out of debt

• Be blessed

• Be a winner/overcome

                                     It was written for all time and all people

BIBLE FACTS

• “Bible” comes from the Greek plural ta biblia, meaning “the books”
• “Testament” means “covenant” or agreement
• In the Old Testament (Covenant) we find the covenant of Law.
• In the New Testament (Covenant) we find the covenant of Grace. (Gal. 3:17-25)
• Traditionally the first five books of our Bible are assigned to Moses, except for the last chapter of Deuteronomy (describing Moses’ death).  For the material recorded in GENESIS, Moses would have had to depend on oral traditions, handed down through the generations and on the direct inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
• The Bible – 66 books written over approximately 1,500 years, written by 40 authors
• 39 Books of the Old Testament took about 1,000 years (B.C. 1400 – 400)
• 27 Books of New Testament were written in about 50 years. (A.D. 45-95)
• The Old Testament was written in Hebrew except for a few short passages in Aramaic

The New Testament was written primarily in Greek

The entire Bible can be read in approximately 80 hours.

Þ    Christ quoted from 22 O.T. books

Þ    Christ quoted from Deuteronomy more than any other book

Þ    Number of verses – 31,102

Þ    Number of words – 775,693

Þ    Longest chapter – Psalm 119

Þ    Shortest chapter – Psalm 117

Þ    Longest book in O. T. – Psalms

Þ    Longest book in N. T. – Luke

“The law was put in charge to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.  Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.”   (Galatians 3:24)

TRANSLATIONS

• SEPTUGINT (handwritten) – 250 B.C. – 3 B.C.  Earliest translation of Hebrew Bible into Greek  (from Latin word, seventy, false tradition saying there were 70 translators) ( Note:  The New Testament writers referred to and read the O.T. Septuagint).
• LATIN VULGATE (handwritten) -  382 A.D. translated from original Hebrew and previous Latin translations by Jerome.
• WYCLIFE’S BIBLE – 1382 A.D. – First complete English Bible (handwritten) translated from Latin Vulgate. (Authorities passed ruling that anyone who read the Scriptures in English “should forfeit land, catel, life an goods from their heyres forever.” After his death, his bones were dismembered, burned and scattered in the river).
• FIRST PRINTED BIBLE (In German)  Gutenburg Bible – 1456 A.D. From Latin Vulgate
• FIST N.T. PRINTED IN ENGLISH Tyndale’s New Testament – 1525 A.D. From original Greek..   (In 1536, Tyndale was imprisoned for 17 months, sentenced as a heretic,  strangled, burned at the stake.  His famous last words were, “Lord, open the King of England’s eyes.”)

• FIRST COMPLETE ENGLISH BIBLE IN PRINT Coverdale’s Bible – 1535 A.D. (A continuation of Tyndale’s work)
• FIRST COMPLETE ENGLISH BIBLE SEPARATED INTO VERSES Geneva Bible – 1560 A.D. (Used by Paul Bunyan, William Shakespeare, and the Pilgrim Fathers.) Translated in its entirety from the original Hebrew and Greek.
• BISHOPS BIBLE – 1568 A.D. Revision of Geneva Bible.
• THE KING JAMES BIBLE– 16ll A.D translated by 47 scholars mostly from Bishops Bible (Latin version). Another revision in 1769 A.D. (made at Oxford) is the one we refer to today.

 OLD TESTAMENT AUTHENTICITY

Text is Reliable - Thirty-nine books of the Old Testament were completed around 400 B.C. (SEPTUAGINT)

 Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered in 1947, were written about 150 B.C.  They absolutely line up with previous manuscripts.

History is Reliable:  Archeological discoveries confirm kingdoms, kings, events and times mentioned in bible are totally true.

  Fulfilled Prophecy:  Every prophecy, up to present time, has been fulfilled with 100 per cent accuracy. (Approximately 1000 prophecies in entire Bible).

  Jesus Sanctioned the Authority of the Old Testament – (Matthew 5:17)  “Do not think that I have come to destroy the Law or the Prophets.  I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.”

                                BIBLIOGRAPHIC TEST-NEW TESTAMENT

The Bibliographical Test looks at the number of manuscript copies of the original and the length of time between the writing of the original and the writing of the existing copies when none of the originals still exists.

BRIEF OVERVIEW

The Old commences what the New completes.

The Old gathers around Sinai,

The New around Calvary.

The Old is associated with Moses,

The New with Christ (John 1:17)

            The Old Testament Books (39)                  New Testament Books (27)

           Law – 5                                                           Gospels - 4

           Historical – 12                                                  History – 1

           Poetical – 5                                                      Prophecy - 1

                                                                      

           Prophetical – 17                                               Epistles - 21

Major - 5                                                        Pauline - 14

Minor - 2                                                        General – 7

Apocryphal New Testament Books

Nearly 50 other books began to appear in the second century.  Many were nonsensical.

JESUS IS THE WORD

JESUS, GENESIS THROUGH REVELATION

In Genesis, He is the Seed of the Woman

In Exodus, He is the Passover Lamb

In Leviticus, He is our High Priest

In Numbers, He is the Pillar of Cloud by Day and the Pillar of Fire by Night

In Deuteronomy, He is the Prophet like unto Moses

In Joshua, He is the Captain of our salvation

In Judges, He is our Judge and Lawgiver

In Ruth, He is our Kinsman-Redeemer

In I and II Samuel, He is our Trusted Prophet

In Kings and Chronicles, He is Our Reigning King

In Ezra, He is Our Faithful Scribe

In Nehemiah, He is the Rebuilder of broken down walls in our life

In Esther, He is our Mordecai

In Job, He is our Ever-living Redeemer.  “Got I know My Redeemer Liveth.”

In Psalms, He is our Shepherd

In Proverbs and Ecclesiastics, He is our Wisdom

In the Song of Solomon, He is our Lover and Bridegroom

In Isaiah, He is our Prince of Peace

In Jeremiah, He is the Righteous Branch

In Lamentations, He is our Weeping Prophet

In Ezekiel, He is the Wonderful Four-faced Man

In Daniel, He is the Fourth Man in Life’s Firey Furnace

In Hosea, He is the Faithful Husband “Forever Married to the Backslider”

In Joel, He is the Baptizer in the Holy Ghost

In Amos, He is our Burden Bearer

In Obadiah, He is the Mighty to Save

In Jonah, He is our Great Foreign Missionary

In Micah, He is the Messenger Proclaiming the Message of Peace

In Nahum, He is the Avenger of God’s Elect

In Habakkuk, He is God’s Evangelist, crying, “Revive the work in the midst of

    the years!”

In Zephaniah, He is Our Savior

In Haggai, He is the Restorer of God’s Lost Heritage

In Zachariah, He is the Fountain Opened in the House of David for sin and uncleanness

In Malachi, He is the Son of Righteousness Rising with Healing in His Wings!

In Matthew, He is the Messiah

In Mark, He is the Wonder-Worker

In Luke, He is the Son of Man

In John, He is the Son of God

In Acts, He is the Holy Spirit

In Romans, He is our Justifier

In I & II Corinthians, He is the Gifts of the Holy Spirit

In Galatians, He is the Redeemer from the Curse of the Law

In Ephesians, He is the Christ of Unsearchable Riches

In Philippians, He is the God Who Supplies All of Our needs

In Colossians, He is the Fullness of the Godhead Bodily

In I & II Thessalonians, He is our Soon-Coming King

In I & II Timothy, He is our Mediator Between God and Man

In Titus, He is Our Faithful Pastor

In Philemon, He is the Friend Who Sticketh Closer Than a Brother

In Hebrews, He is the Blood of the Everlasting Covenant

In James, He is Our Great Physician, for “The Prayer of Faith Shall Save the Sick!”

In I & II Peter, He is Our Chief Shepherd, who shall soon appear with a Crown of    

   Unfading Glory

In I, II & III John, He is Love.

In Jude, He is the Lord Coming with Ten-Thousand of His Saints

And in Revelation, He is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords

 IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING AND SPEAKING THE WORD

   KNOWING THE WORD (Knowing the Word is Knowing Jesus)

Answer to every problem and question

Keeps us from sinning  “I have hid your Word in my heart

Gives us directio

                              SPEAKING THE WORD

Brings salvation  (Romans 10:9-10)  …”if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be savaed.  For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confessions is made unto salvation.”

Creates  (Genesis 1-2) “God said…”

Destroys ( Proverbs 18:2) “Life and death are in the Power of the Tongue..”

Overcomes satan (Rev. 12:11) And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony and they did not love their lives to the death.”

GOD ALWAYS HONORS HIS WORD

 (Isaiah 55:1l) “So shall My Word that goes forth from My Mouth; it shall not return to me void. But it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”

  (Psalm 119:89) “Forever, O Lord, Your Word is settled in Heaven

  ONE SOLITARY LIFE

Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman.  He grew up in another obscure village.  He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty, and then for three years He was an itinerant preacher.  He never wrote a blood.  He never held an office.  He never owned a home. He never had a family.  He never went to college.  He never put His foot inside a big city.  He never traveled two hundred miles from the place where He was born.  He never did one of the things that usually accompany greatness. He had no credentials but Himself.

While still a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against Him.  His friends ran away.  One of them denied Him.  He was turned over to His enemies. He went through the mockery of a trial.  He was nailed to a cross between two thieves.  His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth while He was dying – and that was His coat.  When

  Twenty wide centuries have come and gone, and today He is the centerpiece of the human race and the leader of the column of progress.

  It is far within the mark to say that all the armies that ever marched, and all the navies that ever were built, and all the parliaments that ever sat, and all the kings that ever reigned, put together have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerfully as has that ONE SOLITARY LIFE.

GUIDE FOR STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD

(II Tim. 2:15 AMP)  “Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing – rightly handling and skillfully teaching – the Word of Truth.”

(I Cor. 9:27) “…I discipline my body and bring it into subjection…”

(Col. 3:23)  “…and whatever you do , do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward….”

1. DECISION

1.  DECIDE to read the Bible every day

                        a.   Salvation is a DECISION

b.       Holy Spirit Baptism is a DECISION

c.   Bible reading and prayer is a DECISION

2. DISCIPLINE

1. Set a time

  a.  Jesus rose early in the morning

b.  Jesus went apart to a desert place

3. HAVE A PLAN

  (Hab. 2:2) “Write the vision and make it plain”

  (Pro. 29:18) “Where there is no vision, the people perish.”

  1. The importance of balance O.T. vs. N.T.

2.  The Law of Scriptural Interpretation

a.       Hagin – Survey the whole Bible on a subject.  Then weigh out the      

meaning.  Be careful not to take a Scripture out of context.

b.      Bakker – Then, see how it lines up with what Jesus said about the 

      matter.

3.   Study Helps

a.       STRONG’S CONCORDANCE

b.      HALLEY’S HANDBOOK

c.       NELSON’S BIBLE DICTIONARY

d.      Computer software - internet

e.       Notebook or journal (a spiral notebook will do…not more than one page a day)

                      STUDYING THE BIBLE EFFECTIVELY

           FOUR THINGS YOU SHOULD INCLUDE IN A JOURNAL

Invite the Holy Spirit to come and be your teacher

Read the Bible every day

Make use of a Through the Bible in a Year Guide

1.      God’s message to You  - Ask Him for a special word or encouragement from the Word just for you

2.      A promise from God – As you read, look for promises that speak specifically to you and your needs.  Write down the promise that speaks to you the most.  There are four things to consider when claiming promises:

1)      Make sure they are universal promises

2)      Make sure they apply to you.  (Some are for Israel; some are for the people in the Millennium; and some are promised judgments on the wicked.)

3)      Keep them in context.

4)      See if there are any “conditions.” 

3.      A command to keep – select the most important command you read and write it down, such as  (Psalm 141:3) “Set a watch before my mouth and keep the door of my lips.”

4.      Application - Write down how you can apply one or more of your “finds” to your daily life.

     HOW TO STUDY BY SUBJECT

1.  Look up Hebrew and Greek meanings

2.  Write down Scriptures from O.T. and N.T.

3.  Check out cross references

4.  Study footnotes and commentaries

5.  Consult Bible dictionary

6.      What is the balance of meaning?

7.  How does it weigh against what Jesus said on the subject?

8.   Listen to tapes, read books and learn from respected teachers

of the Word

9.   Listen to the Holy Spirit

“I TRUST IN THY WORD” (Psalm 119:42)

“Forever Oh Lord, thy Word is settled in Heaven”    (Psalm 119:89 KJ)

“How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth.”  (Psalm 119:103

“Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” (Psalm 119:105 KJ)

“the unfolding of your Words give light; it gives understanding to the simple.”  (Psalm 119:30 NIV)

            …”for you have exalteth above all things your name and your Word” (Psalm 138:2b NIV)

  “…”His Word runs swiftly…” (Psalm 147:15b NIV)

  “I have hidden your Word in my heart

that I might not sin against you.”  (Psalm 119:11 NIV)

  “Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.”   (Romans 10:17 KJ)

“The Word of the Lord endureth forever.”  (I Peter 1:25

                                  MEMORIZATION AND MEDITATION

“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path o sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night.  He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings for its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.”  (Psalm 1:1-3)

“…be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love in spirit, in faith, in purity…give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine…do not neglect the gift that is in you…meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.”  (I Tim. 4:12-15)

Heb. Meditate - hagah (haw’-gaw’) to murmur, ponder, imagine, speak, study, talk mutter

    A.  Meditate on the Word

1.  Take a Scripture and say it over and over

2,  Think about what it means

3.  Ask the Holy Spirit for revelation

4.  Consider how it applies to your life

5.  Ponder it some more

         B.  Memorize the Word

Memorizing the Scripture provides an immediate availability of God’s “words” as a sword, ready in witnessing and effective in spiritual warfare.   (Heb. 4:12, Eph 6:17)

      1. Say a Scripture, slowly, three times

      2. Write it down three times, repeating it out loud as you write

      3. Say the Scripture three times

      4. Write it down once from memory

      C.  Take Charge of Your Mind

 (I Peter 1:13) “Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ…

1.      Enemy cannot read - But enemy can “suggest”

2.      Don’t let the salesman get his foot in the door

3.      Stop negative, doubtful, critical, or sinful thoughts the second you   recognize the

4.      It’s YOUR mind.

(II Cor. 10: 5)  “…casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ….”

       D.  Renewing of Your Mind with the Word

(Romans 12:2)  “…do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the      renewing of your mind…”

  (Hebrews 4:12) “…the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division o       soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”

       E.  The Mind of Christ

(I Cor. 2:16) “…who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.”

“My Word that goes forth from My mouth, It shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it."  (Isaiah 55:11) 

APPLICATION OF THE WORD FOR VICTORY IN YOUR LIFE

A.  Write down three areas where you need victory

B.       Write Down Appropriate Scriptures and Summarize

C.       Write down what area you need victory in the most 

D.    Meet the Lord in prayer early every day, so you can align your mind with the Word of God

E.    Ask the Lord to help you in every area and "He will make His strength perfect in your weakness."

F.    If you fail, repent quickly.  Don't give up!  Keep asking the Holy Spirit to help you to overcome.  You will make progress every day.

G.   Rid your life and mind of all hindrances and distractions possible.

H.  Flee from areas of weakness and temptation!

I.   Draw close to God and He will draw close to you. 

    "Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place."
(2 Cor. 2:14)