KEYS of Bible Study [Session 4]

Notes:

KEY #3: KEEP VERSES IN THEIR _________________.

KEY VERSE:

_________________________
“And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.”

KEY THOUGHT:

Every cult in the world that uses the Bible, along with every false teaching in the world, is rooted in biblical _____________ that has been taken out of ____________. In other words, it is biblical truth that has been ________________, or _________________.

KEY QUOTE:

A ___________ without a _____________ is a ________________.
(Pretext = giving a reason or motive which cloaks the real reason; pretense)

KEY PRINCIPLES:

• Principle #1: _______________________
  Identifying the audience is crucial to keeping verses in their context. The Bible is written to three groups of people: ________, ___________, and the ___________. (1 Corinthians 10:32)
• Principle #2: ___________________
  Biblical context is determined by keeping the specific verse being examined and interpreted within the ______________ that has been revealed within the CONTENT of the whole Book of the Bible in which it is located.

KEY EXAMPLES:

• ACTS 2:38
  “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”

  • BIBLE –

     Why is this Book in the Bible?

    • Remember its name…“The ____________ of the ________________.”
    • It is not a ____________________ STATEMENT of _______________ THEOLOGY!
    • It is an _______________________ ACCOUNT of the “______________ of the ________________.”
  • BOOK – What is the real TEACHING or PURPOSE of this Book?
    • To help make KEY ____________________ in the unfolding of God’s plan.
    • Seven Key TRANSITIONS in the Book of Acts:
      1. From the Four GOSPELS to _______________.
      2. From an OLD TESTAMENT Structure to a _______ _______________ Structure.
      3. From God working primarily with the JEWS to primarily working with the _____________.
      4. From God’s base of operations being in JERUSALEM to His base in _______________.
      5. From God working through the NATION OF ISRAEL to working through the ____________.
      6. From the ministry of PETER (chapters 1–12) to the ministry of ______________ (chapters 13–28).
      7. From a KINGDOM of HEAVEN message to a KINGDOM of _________ message.
  • CHAPTER – What is the CONTEXT of the CHAPTER?
    • It is the ___________ of ________________.
    • ______________ is preaching.
    • Notice his audience:
      • Acts 2:5
      • Acts 2:14
      • Acts 2:22
      • Acts 2:36
  • PASSAGE – What is the QUESTION being asked in verse 37?
    • It is not the same question being asked in ________________!
    • The question is, “What do _______ (the ______________ of _______________) do, now that we have __________________ our ________________?”
  • VERSE – What does the verse (Acts 2:38) actually teach in it CONTEXT?
• GALATIANS 5:4
  “Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.”
  • BIBLE – Why is this BOOK in the Bible?
    • To teach the fact that _______________ are FREE from the ____________. (Judaism)
      • Acts 15:1
      • Galatians 2:21
  • BOOK – What is the real TEACHING or PURPOSE of this BOOK?
    • It is NOT a Book to teach us HOW to be ___________________.
    • It IS a Book to teach SAVED people HOW to be ____________________.
  • CHAPTER – What is the CONTEXT of the CHAPTER?
    • It is to teach us to “______________!” (5:16, 25)
    • Paul understood that there is a PRIORITY that must be set into action before you can “WALK,” and that is, you must first learn to “________________!”
    • The PROBLEM the Galatians had was that they could do NEITHER (walk or stand), because they had “__________________.”
  • PASSAGE – What is Paul’s SOLUTION to their “FALLEN” state?
    • The SOLUTION was not for them to “Get ______________,”
      But to “GET _________!” (“______________!”)
  • VERSE – What does the VERSE (Galatians 5:4) actually teach in its CONTEXT?
    • NOT…that through the ______________________ of your life, you FALL out of God’s __________…
    • BUT…that through your attempts to do _________________ by the _________, you have FALLEN from the very thing you trusted to make you RIGHTEOUS…________________!
• HEBREWS 6:4–6
  “For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.”
  • BIBLE – Why is this BOOK in the Bible?
    • To OPEN the EYES of the _________________ (Jews) to their ________________!
  • BOOK – What is the real TEACHING or PURPOSE of this BOOK?
    • That __________________ is SUPERIOR to ________________.
  • CHAPTER – What is the CONTEXT of the CHAPTER?
    • He is NOT writing to HEBREWS or JEWS who had already come to __________ in ___________!
    • He is writing to JEWS who had _________ come to faith!
    • This CHAPTER is an __________________ for them to ____________ to Christ!
  • PASSAGE – What is the writer’s FEAR or CONCERN?
    • That for these HEBREWS to have had their EYES OPENED to the REALITY of ____________…and INTELLECTUALLY be convinced that ___________________ is true—and NOT make a DECISION concerning Him, is to ____________ a DECISION.
    • The writer wants to let them know they are running the risk of coming to a point of _______ _____________ in terms of their opportunity to RECEIVE CHRIST.
      • Hebrews 5:11
      • Hebrews 5:12
      • Hebrews 5:13
      • Hebrews 5:14
      • Hebrews 6:1–3
  • VERSES – What do these VERSES (Hebrews 6:4–6) actually teach in their CONTEXT?
    • Hebrews 6:4–6
    • With all that God has done to bring you to Christ, if you “____________ ___________” from that “line of faith” now, you’ll never ___________ over it!
    • …“for those who were once ENLIGHTENED”
    • …“and have TASTED of the HEAVENLY GIFT”
    • …“and were made PARTAKERS of the Holy Ghost”
    • …“And have TASTED the good word of God”
    • …“and the POWERS of the WORLD TO COME”
    • “If they shall FALL AWAY, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.”
• OTHER EXAMPLES
  • Matthew 24:13
  • Matthew 18:20