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1 | howshould start a bible study ? | Jonah | reese764 | 122570 | ||
does any how to study the book of jonah inductivly? | ||||||
2 | howshould start a bible study ? | Jonah | Zsuzsi | 122571 | ||
Hi reese67, This is my general 'procedure' for Bible study, which usually works: 1) Pray that God may open your eyes and help you understand what He is trying to communicate to you. 2) Read the passage you are studying carefully and consider everything exactly as it is written. Even research the original language if you are uncertain. Ask: what is being said in this passage? 3) Maybe research the history in which the passage was written. When was it written, where, who wrote it, and to whom, etc. This may give you an idea about the purposes of the author and God. 4) Look at the passage in its context - the other parts of the actual chapter, book, and the historical background. Ask: what was the purpose of God and the author with this AT THE TIME? 5) Then go further and ask: what is God's message to me and to others TODAY with this passage? What does it mean to ME and how can I apply it to my life? 6) Once you have arrived at a conclusion, check for supporting or opposing Bible passages, to make sure that you are not mistaken. But if you really listen to the teaching of the Holy Spirit I doubt that you ever will be. It is also interesting to research others' interpretations once you are in this stage, but personally I prefer not to do that before I have studied it myself. 7) And remember to thank God for teaching you... :-) For the book of Jonah specifically, hope this will help in your study: Its author is unknown, the book was possibly written in the 4th or 3rd century BC. This is the era in which Israel increasingly met peoples of different religions and started thinking about what it really meant to be chosen by God.(from my Hungarian Bible) It is actually a very thought-provoking book - but I will not share my own conclusions about it with you until you have arrived at your own. :-) Come back to us about it if you wish... God bless you, Zsuzsi |
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