Inductive Bible Study Guide
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Inductive Method
METHODS OF STUDYING THE BIBLE
Inductive Method: Letting the text say what God is saying.
Deductive: Starting with an idea and using the Bible to explain what you
is thinking.
Trampoline: using a passage to share your opinion.
The pleasure and value of Inductive Study
There are many excellent study tools, but the most important thing is to remember.
that to discover what the Bible says, it is necessary to read it in isolation, in such a way
what:
one can discover what it says
what does it mean,
And how it should be applied to life.
INDUCTIVE METHOD
1- Main requirement to learn to study the Bible:
a) it is the DISPOSITION not to rush,
b) and really examine what the Scriptures are saying.
2- This method uses the BIBLE as the main source of information about
herself.
Books, comments are excellent after we have done it ourselves.
the same thorough examination of the Scriptures. We learn and keep more.
when we interact in the process of discovery.
The Inductive Study of the Bible encompasses the same process:
We start with individual reading of the Bible.
We observe your statements in the environment in which they were produced.
3- Then we dissect it to understand it from itself.
•4- After we have discovered everything we can for ourselves,
Let's compare our observations with other consecrated men.
knowledgeable about the Word.
INDUCTIVE METHOD OF STUDY
BENEFITS
1- You will be prepared to study the Word of God for yourself.
2- It will no longer depend exclusively on the interpretation of others.
You will increase your knowledge about God and His ways.
4- He will be greatly strengthened in faith.
5- He will recognize the authority of the inerrant Word of God in day-to-day life.
You will increasingly understand what it means to be in Christ.
INDUCTIVE METHOD
OBSERVATION INTERPRETATION APPLICATION
Discover Discover Discover
What does the passage say. What does the text mean How the text applies.
It's the foundation that is needed It's based interpretation What does it mean?
to be launched for us to apply correct. It is the process of of this passage if
The Word of God in a way discover what the passage applies to me or to the
Precise and correct. I mean. What do you feel? herd.
It takes time. Think, don't you think it's the Word
of God.
The goal of Inductive Bible Study
It is both in the individual or collective field: a transformed life and a
deep and lasting relationship with Jesus Christ.
The application is not a third step in the inductive process. But, it happens.
when we come across the Truth and decide to act in obedience to it.
THE BASE OF THE APPLICATION
All Scripture is divinely inspired and beneficial for teaching, for reproof,
to correct, to instruct in righteousness, so that the man of God may be perfect, and
perfectly instructed for every good work” 2Tim.3:16-17
A precise interpretation and correct application
rest on the accuracy of the Observations.
When you know what God says, what it means, and how to put your truths into
In practice, you will be prepared for any circumstance of life.
NOTE
1- Start with Prayer (without the action of the Holy Spirit it will amount to nothing)
method. John 16:13-15.
2- Identify the Context, as it dictates the rules in interpretation.
Context means: what accompanies the text.
/ the environment in which something inhabits.
/ the setting in which something exists or occurs.
/
They are words, expressions, or phrases that help understand what the author is
saying. Pay attention to the words and expressions that repeat. Ex. tadpole in
stream. The context is the stream.
3- Observe what is obvious (when you start observing the text, start looking for the
which is clear, that is, easy to see). For example: people, places, events. If you
focus on what is clear, you will discover significant or repeated ideas, they will give you
they will show the context.
Ex. Assembling a puzzle:
1- start with the corners (as they are easy to identify)
2- you start placing the pieces with straight edges
3- when you have fitted the pieces of straight sides you will have a
frame and inside it you can fit the other pieces, you established
the context.
4- Facts, details, or evident ideas establish the framework.
4- Treat the text objectively.
Let the text speak for itself.
Your first objective should be to observe the text with the purpose of
discover the context.
Examine a Deed in an objective and not subjective manner.
The Word of God will interact with you, it is a living Word.
When we take time to reflect on what God is saying and how
this applies to us, it is then that the Holy Spirit brings the Word to life in
our heart.
Take time to listen.
5- Read with Purpose (you should interrogate the text as the detective does with the
witness).
1- Who wrote it? Who are the main characters?
Who are the people mentioned?
Who is the author talking to?
Who is the author talking about?
2- What are the events? What are the main ideas?
main ones? What are the main teachings?
What are the characteristics of these people?
What things does she talk about the most?
What was your goal in saying that?
3 - When was it written?
What happened?
Did he say that?
Did you do this?
4- Where: Was this done?
Will it happen?
5- Why: was there a need to write this?
Was this mentioned?
so much or so little space was dedicated to this or that
event or teaching?
6- How: how was this done? How did it happen? How is this truth
exemplified?
When we ask the 6 key questions regarding the text, we will see that it
mesmo responderá as perguntas, iremos avançar no grau de retenção e
learning.
Questions are like the bricks for building an accurate observation.
to which, remember, will lay the solid foundation of correct interpretation.
If you rush into interpretation without laying the vital foundation of
observation, your understanding will be influenced by your assumptions–what
you think, what do you think, what others said.
If this is done, it will distort the Scriptures.
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Focusing on the details of the text
•Seek the contrasts, the comparisons, the terms of conclusion and the expressions
of time.
A) Contrast is an assessment of different or opposing things in context.
examined. Often the contrast is marked by the word "but".
2 Tim. 1:7 "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of
love is moderation.
"But", "however", "nevertheless" show a contrast.
B) Words of Comparison. Comparison always refers to similar things.
or similar. Discover what truth is being revealed through
comparison.
B) Words of Comparison. Comparison always refers to similar things.
or similar. Discover what truth is being revealed through
comparison. Ex. 2Tm. 2:3
Suffer, then, with me, the afflictions,
as a good soldier of Christ.
C) Time expressions. Words like: 'then', 'after this', 'until', and 'when'
They show time or sequence of events. They answer the question 'When?'
D) Terms of conclusion and consequence. Words like 'therefore', 'because',
"because", "for that reason" and "for this reason" reveal the presence of a conclusion, of
[Link].
Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, who
I am your prisoner: rather participate in the afflictions of the Gospel, according to the power of
God 2 Timothy 1:8