METHODS OF

BIBLE STUDY
 Course Description
• This course introduces the students to the basics of personal Bible
study. With a strong emphasis on application, this course equips
students with different step by-step Bible study methods that will
enable them to discover spiritual truths necessary for victorious
Christian living.
 Course Objectives
At the end of the course, the students should be able to:
• Explain the importance of personal Bible study and
application.
• Discuss the different steps involved in various methods of Bible
study.
• Personally study the Scriptures using the different methods and
make personal application.
 Course Requirements
• Examinations 40%
• Quizzes 25%
• Assignments 15%
• Recitation 10%
• Attendance 10%
Total: 100%
 Course Tools
• Bible
• Bible Concordances
• Bible Commentaries
 How to Study the Bible
John 8:31-32
“If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall
know the truth, and the truth shall make you free”

-Believers in Christ must be a Disciples of Christ.

Reasons why we should know the
Scriptures
2 Timothy 3:14-17
1. Salvation (v.15)
2. Spiritual Growth (v.17)
a. Doctrine : teaches us the RIGHT PATH on which we are to walk
b. Reproof : Shows us where we got off the RIGHT PATH
c. Correction : tells us how to get back on the RIGHT PATH
d. Instruction in Righteousness: teaches us how to stay on the RIGHT PATH
 Reasons Why Christians do not
Study the Word of God
1. People do not know how
2. They are not motivated
3. They are lazy
Principles of Dynamic Bible Study

1. The secret to dynamic Bible Study is KNOW how to ask the right kinds of
question.
2. Dynamic Bible Study involves Writing Down what you have observed and
discovered.
3. The ultimate goal of Dynamic Bibles Study is Application, not just
Interpretation.
4. Dynamic Bible Study means that God’s Word must be studied Systematically.
5. In Dynamic Bible Study, you will never Exhaust the riches in any one passage of
Scriptures.
 Preparation for Dynamic Bible
Study
1. Schedule your Bible Study time
2. Keep a Notebook
3. Get the right Tools (e.g. Bible concordance, Bible encyclopedia, Bible
handbook, Topical Bible, Commentaries)
 Ways in Reading the Bible
John 8:31-32
a. Begin to learn the Bible consistently.
b. Continue to become a disciple.
 What to Learn from the Bible
2 Timothy 3:14-17
a. To know more about Good.
b. To be wis unto Salvation.
c. To use the Bible in Evangelism.
d. To be equipped unto good works.
-Bad works- are works done in the power of the flesh for self-glory.
-Good works- are done in the power of the flesh for God’s glory.
 Four Ways to Grow
2 Timothy 3:16
a. Doctrine of teaching
b. Reproof
c. Correction
d. Instruction in righteousness
 Two Basics Reasons for False
Doctrines
Matthew 22:23-29
a. They don’t study or know the scriptures.
b. They don’t know the power of God.
 Three Stages of Attitude in the
Bible
a. The “CASTOR OIL” stage- when you study the Bible because you know
it is good for you, but it is not too enjoyable.
b. The “CEREAL” stage- when your Bible is dry and uninteresting but you
know it is interesting.
c. The “PEACHES & CREAM” stage- when you are feasting on the Word of
God.
 Five Ways in which the Bible is
Misused
a. When you are ignorant about what the Bible says in a given subject.
b. When you take a verse out of context.
-Time of context
-Context of place
-Cultural context
-Geographical context
c. When you read into a passage and have it say what it doesn’t say.
d. When you give due emphasis to less important things.
e. Whenever we use the Bible to try to get to do what you want.
 ASSIGNMENTS
1. What is S-P-A-C-E-P-E-T-S?
2. What is G-S-P-E-C-S?