Kindle Notes & Highlights
memorization.
affecting the heart—we
“riding herd on the heart” (i.e., continually guiding and di...
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When the Scriptures lead the inner life (the heart)8 they will control what one thinks (Scripture on the forehead), does (Scripture on the hand), what goes on in his home (Scripture on the doorpost), and even what...
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Dwelling
permanent residence within.
the truth so permeates and influences him that he lives his life out of that treasur...
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God intended the Bible to play a practical part in everyday affairs.
not all decisions must be made on the run.
if you have a genuine desire to please God, you will want to discern as much of His will as you can.
continually get all that you can.
if you handle it His way, according to the Scripture that you do know, asking the Spirit to strengthen you (cf. I Cor. 10:13).
Don’t think that you cannot begin to use the Scriptures in daily life until you have mastered some arbitrary minimum number
Failures ought to spur you on to repentance and further study, not lead you into discouragement.
You must go back to the Scriptures and study them until you know for sure what you must know to avoid the failure in the future.
Most of your study, therefore, should be preventive, not remedial.
Make a quick survey of all of the passages listed. Read them all.
As you read them in a modern translation put a check mark next to every passage that you can locate with no difficulty.
Put a second check next to those which you are sure you know the meaning of (don’t fool yourself;...
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Put a third check next to those which you either have implemented in previous problem-situations or decisions, or believe...
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Then, over a period of time, regularly study those passages with no check, o...
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As you learn more and more about these passages, continue to check them off until you have a triple check mark ne...
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Review regularly.
Add other New Testament and Old Testament passages to your list.
Repeat the study process until you have triple checks beside all of these a...
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Interpreting the words
Interpreting the passage
Interpreting the...
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how to interpret the words of Scripture.
you must understand the words that are used in the passage under consideration.
individually and in relationship t...
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“interpret.”
“to make the meaning of something clear.”
“to lead out.”
“leading out” is to “show one the way”
Vine’s An Expository Dictionary of the New Testament Words for English Readers
the relationship of words and sentences to one another.
vocabulary.
If there are various possible meanings to a word, how does one know which is the best meaning in a particular passage?
Context,
God tests to strengthen; Satan tempts to weaken.
Similar usage,
(Monser’s Cross Reference Bible and Strong’s Concordance
Commentaries
Translations
• New American Standard Bible
English Standard Version
New King Jame...
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The NET...
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Christian Standar...
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