KEYS of Bible Study [Session 5]

Notes:

KEY #4: UTILIZE GOD’S PRINCIPLE OF COMPARING ________________ WITH ________________.

KEY VERSE:

_____________________________
⁹But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. ¹⁰But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. ¹¹For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. ¹²Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. ¹³Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. ¹⁴But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

KEY THOUGHT:

• In the 1000 year period known historically as the Dark Ages (c.500–1500 A.D.), the Bible was ____________ taken out of the hands of the “common man” through ________________.
• In the last 100 years or so, we have entered a new type of “Dark Ages.” Now the Bible has been _____________ taken out of the hands of the “common man” through _________________ (Mark 12:37)

KEY PRINCIPLES:

• The Bible is both a ________________ and ____________________ Book. It is, therefore, closed to the intellect and heart of a _____________ man (i.e. someone who is spiritually ___________).
• God’s wisdom (1 Corinthians 2…The Bible) cannot be discerned or understood using man’s wisdom. It must be ______________ by God’s own ___________.
• Anyone who is “spiritual” can understand, not only the __________ truths of God’s Word, but even “the __________ things of God,” without a seminary education.
• The Spirit of God unveils the Word of God to the mind and heart of the child of God as we trust Him to ___________ His truth to us, utilizing the principle through which God has chosen to reveal it: “Comparing spiritual things with spiritual.” (i.e. Comparing _____________ with ____________.)

KEY QUOTE:

“The best ___________________ on the Bible is the _____________.”

KEY WARNINGS:

• Because God has chosen to reveal His Truth by comparing Scripture with Scripture…
  • Never base a ________________ on a _____________ verse or passage.
    (In other words, a verse or passage that has no ___________ ___________________.)
  • Never base a ________________ on a _________________.
  • Never violate a _____________ passage when trying to interpret one that is ________________.
  • Don’t concern yourself with what you ___________ understand, or ___________ seem to understand. God will ______________ it to you in His __________, if it’s something He intends for you to know.

KEY EXAMPLES:

• The “VIRTUOUS WOMAN” (Proverbs 31:10–31)
  • Proverbs 31:10
  • Proverbs 31:11
  • Proverbs 31:12
  • Proverbs 31:16
  • Proverbs 31:20
  • Proverbs 31:21
  • Proverbs 31:23
  • Proverbs 31:25
  • Proverbs 31:28
  • Proverbs 31:31
• “BEHEMOTH” (Job 40:15–24)
  • Job 40:15–16
  • Revelation 13:1–2
  • Genesis 10:9–10
  • Job 40:15
  • Job 40:16–18
  • Job 40:19
  • Job 40:20–22
  • Job 40:23
• “LEVIATHAN” (Job 41:1–34)
  • Job 41:1
  • Psalm 74:14
  • Isaiah 27:1
  • Revelation 12:3
  • Revelation 12:7–9
  • Job 41:12
  • Job 41:13a, 14
  • Job 41:15
  • Job 41:34
  • Job 41:33
  • Job 41:10