Precept Ministries International The Inductive Bible Study People

PRECEPT Bible Studies Un-Locking God’s Word

Establishing People in God’s Word That they may REVERENCE Him! EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE ANY TIME ANY PLACE ANY LANGUAGE ANY AGE

PRECEPT’S VISION: People… ¨ Living as exemplary followers of Jesus Christ ¨Studying the Bible inductively ¨Viewing the world biblically ¨Serving the church faithfully In the power of the Holy Spirit

WELCOME to… The ADVENTURE of Discovering TRUTH for Yourself In the TREASURE of God’s Word!

GOD Speaks… ALL Scripture is inspired by God II Timothy 3: 16 But WHOSE Interpretation Is Correct?

GOD Speaks… This is The INDUCTIVE Method of Study

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ALL Bible Study Begins with PRAYER ¨ Lord, open my eyes that I may see WONDERFUL things in your Word. ¨ May my love abound in REAL knowledge and all discernment.

Observe The BIG Picture What did The Author intend to communicate? ¨ First: Read the Whole Book What is the PURPOSE of the Book? ¨ Next: Read Chapter 1 What are the REPEATED words, thoughts? Use the OBSERVATION WORKSHEETS Located at the back of your workbook

OVERVIEW the Whole Book – As you read, notice WHO? WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? WHY? HOW? Give each CHAPTER a TITLE, using key words Or simply what happens in each chapter

OVERVIEW… The Chapter Mark words with a distinctive color or shape – LOCATION – TIME – KEY Words (Repeated/ Significant words) – LISTS (Simple or 1, 2, 3 or Topical) – CONTRASTS – COMPARISONS (Like, As) – TERMS of CONCLUSION (Finally, Therefore) – PARAGRAPH Titles

INTERPRETATION What does God mean in this passage? ¨WORD STUDIES HEBREW or GREEK ¨CROSS-REFERENCES – Check what God says about THIS topic in other Scriptures ¨COMMENTARIES – TO BE USED ONLY AFTER YOUR OWN WORK IS DONE – Check what Bible scholars say about this topic

APPLICATION What has God taught ME this week through His Word? ALL Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for… • Teaching: doctrine • Correction: Correction actually changing behavior by God’s grace • Reproof: agree with God about our wrong thinking or unrighteous behavior • Training in Righteousness: warnings, learning from the examples of Bible men & women That the man of God may be equipped for every good work. II Timothy 3: 16

LIVING IT OUT ¨ Personal Transformation Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12: 2 ¨ Teach Others And the things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, these entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. II Timothy 2: 2

Each Precept Lesson BUILDS upon the Previous Week For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28: 10 So Be SURE to Come to EACH class!

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