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Thought Provoking Bible Studies About Jesus Christ and the Bible(developed by Bill Stevenson)Introduction:

One of my main concerns is that most Christian churches don’t have very much Bible teaching. So Ihave tried to encourage many to study the Bible more and even begin home group Bible studies.Recently, I have had opportunities to share about my logical indent method of formatting Scripture withsome leaders in a world-wide denomination and they thought it was good and could help the indicatedBible study revival. In the last part of August 2007, I re-organized about 140 complete and partial Biblestudies for making some MS Word files of Bible studies which could be used as “springboards” for personal or group Bible studies. Hope that you will enjoy all that follows.

Note:The following is about a way I have been logically formatting Scripture since September 1977.Many of my Bible study courses have it because it causes reasoning which helps for better retention. After reading the directions, try your favorite Bible chapter. The man I learned this from even did his personal letters this way.

Proper Bible study is so important because it is the best way to discover "the mind of Christ" (Philippians 2) or how Jesus Christ thinks.That is the way to get to know Jesus Christ intimatelywhich the Apostle Paul said in Philippians 3 is so important.For your e-mail ministry, you can share any of my Bible studies (which are free for the asking)or even uses parts of them in counseling or for your website.But if you want to develop your own inductive Bible studies or Bible study tools, below are some advice from me.Studying and using Scripture suggestions:First in responding to any Bible verse or Scripture passage you hear in a sermon,skim the verse or passage and then check the verses before and after to make sure that was is being said really relates to the verse quoted.Sometimes after the sermon and I am at my computer,I will download any meaningful verses' passages and at least do the indent formatting to themto understand better the logic of them.If you are just typing Scripture without using Bible software to copy/paste from, be very careful and double and triple check what you have written.One letter missing or one letter added can change the meaning of a verse.For each verse, think:“Does it just tell me something I believe alreadyor does it indicate something I should change in my life to be more Christ-like?”If it is the latter, you should copy it onto a 3 x 5 cardin your own words in a commitment form.Back in 1977-78, I learned to do a special logical formatting.The above and the below are samples of it:This method of Bible studywill help the formatter learn new understanding of God’s Wordand can be usedfor inductive teaching for Bible study discussion groups andfor easier memorizing of Scripture.This way of writing Scripture can be done using any translation of the Bible but please show respect in and capitalize the first letter of deity pronouns,Earth (for God’s special planet),

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Christian, andother words that indicate uniqueness (like "Bible" and "Apostle").This will almost look sort of like the outline formatwith the verses or groups of verses that seem to be of equal importanceindented the same positions from the left of the page.A definite paragraph should have a blank line above its first line.For producing inductive study for a Bible chapter or passage:Download the Bible chapter or passage into a MS Word document.Type the reference title above the first verse.Press the Enter key and that is where the first verse number goes.If the verse number is one digit, put a space in front of it.Then press the space bar 4 times.Be in the frame of mind as Proverbs 3:5-6 in order to be sensitive to the Holy SpiritDetermine how much of the first verse should be on the first line.Most likely there will be a comma or semi-colon at the end.In most cases, you will want to get as much on each line as possible,but any equal important phrases usually should be separate linesindented the same positions from the left of the page.Continue as this page indicates.Phrases or verses which seem to be just a clarification of a word in a previous versemost likely should be indented at least 7 spaces to the right compared to the previous line,so that the next line can start as it is a continuation of the previous line.Then sometimesI will bold or/and underline important verses or phrase or/andI will insert thought provoking questions.For producing subject studies:After I sense a need (from the Holy Spirit, a sermon, a TV program, a conversation, etc.),I use a Bible software to download verses using a key word to search with.I usually have to such several times using different tense forms of a key wordand synonyms of that key word.The software I usually use is from the free e-Sword downloads (usually KJV red letter edition)or from the Lockman Foundation downloads of the Amplified and NASB Bibles.Two other good sources for subject study verse references arethe Naves Topical Bible and Thompson Chain Bible References.

What do the following four passages say is most important for true Christians to know? What are thebest ways to obtain such? What are the results?

Philippians 2:1-51 If there be therefore any consolation in

Christ

,if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit,if any bowels and mercies,2 fulfill you my joy, that ye be

like-minded

,

having the same love, being of one accord,

of one mind

.3

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory

; but

in lowliness of mind

let each esteem other better than themselves.4 Look not every man [or woman] on his [or her] own things, but every man [or woman] also on the things of others.5

Let this mind be in you

, which was

also in Christ Jesus

.

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Ephesians 4:11-1611 And He [

Jesus

Christ

] gave some,

Apostles; and some, Prophets;and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

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for the perfecting of the saints

,for the

work

of the ministry,for the

edifying

of the body of

Christ

:13

till we all come in the unity of the faith

,and of

the knowledge

of The Son Of God

,

unto

a perfect man,

unto

the measure of

the stature of the fullness of

Christ

:14

that we henceforth

be no more

children,tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness,whereby they lie in wait to deceive;15

but speaking the truth in love,may grow up into Him in all things

,

Who is The Head, even Christ:

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from Whom the whole body

fitly joined together andcompacted by that which every joint supplieth,according to the effectual workingin the measure of every part,maketh increase of the bodyunto the edifying of itself in love.

Philippians 3:7-16

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But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ

.

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Yea doubtless, and I count all things but lossfor

the excellency of the

knowledge of Christ

Jesus

my Lord

: for Whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung,that I may win

Christ

,

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and be found in Him,not having mine own righteousness, which is of the Law,but that which is through the faith of Christ,the righteousness which is of God by faith:10 that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection

,

and the fellowship of His sufferings,being made conformable unto His death

;

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If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

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Not as though I had already attained,either were already perfect:

but I follow after,if that I may apprehend that for which also I am

apprehended of Christ Jesus

.

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Brethren , I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do,

forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before,14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in

Christ

Jesus

.

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Let us therefore

, as many as be perfect,

be thus minded

:

and if in any thing you be otherwise minded,God shall reveal even this unto you.

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