Basic principles to help youth who are studying the Bible understand it more effectively and apply it accurately to life and thoughts.

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Sermons For
Youth - Teaching
Youth How to
Study the Bible
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Basic principles to help
youth who are studying the
Bible understand it more
effectively and apply it
accurately to life and
thoughts.
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Five Principles of Bible
study
• Ask the right questions.
• Write down what you
observe and discover.
• Apply your discovery to
your life and thoughts.
• Study the Bible
systematically.
• Strive to exhaust the
passage you are studying.
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Bible Study Tools in
Order of Importance
• Translation of the Bible
• Concordance
• Dictionary
• Bible Dictionary
• Commentary
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Methodical Bible study
• Pray for the Holy Spirit’s
guidance and insight.
• Make observations by
asking questions.
• Seek answers from the
scripture and then tools
in order of importance.
• Apply the scripture to
your life.
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Questions to Ask When
Studying the Bible
• What is the historical
setting?
• What is the literary form?
• What are the key words?
• What important
grammatical structure do
I observe?
• What is the tense of the
verbs?
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• Is there something
contrasted?
• Is there a paradox?
• Is the passage dependant
on a preceding passage?
• Ask six questions: What?
Who? Where? When?
Why? and How?
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Application of a Bible
Passage
• Is there a promise to
claim?
• Is there a command to
obey?
• Is there a sin to confess?
• Is there a teaching to
absorb?
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Common Pitfalls of Youth
Studying the Bible
• Looking past the
obvious for the hidden.
• Failure to consider the
historical in rushing to
application.
• Narrow vision. (All
scripture is true all the
time.)
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• Lack of discernment as
to what is cultural and
what is eternal.
• Lack of respect for God’s
Word. (God’s Word
means what it means,
regardless of our beliefs
or opinions.)
• Superstitious approach
to God’s Word.
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