How to START A SURVEY STUDY OF YOUR BIBLE

The Bible is made up of TWO MAIN divisions. THE OLD TESTAMENT & THE NEW TESTAMENT. The Old Testament is made up of 39 books and The New Testament is made up of 27 books. For a total of 66 books in the complete Bible. GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH HIS WORD. The Old and New Testaments are two halves of a whole. The New enfolded in The Old & The Old unfolded in The New.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Things You’ll Need:

• An Authorized King James Bible. (accept no substitute.)
• Time set aside to Study.

1. Realize that even though the Bible is 66 Books ( IT IS ONE BOOK )
   The Old Testament book of Leviticus must be studied with the New Testament book of Hebrews. The Old Testament book of Daniel must be studied with the New Testament book of Revelation. The passover of Isaiah chapter 53 can't be understood unless you study the Gospels in the New Testament. ( Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John )
2. As you Study the Bible you will realize that THE CENTRAL THEME OF THE BIBLE IS CHRIST. THERE IS NOT ONE MAJOR EVENT IN THE LIFE OF CHRIST THAT IS NOT FORESHADOWED AND SET FORTH IN TYPE AND SYMBOL IN THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. CHRIST IS THE FULL EMBODIMENT OF EVERYTHING THAT THE OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES PROMISED WOULD COME.
3. You will find in the Bible the story of God's earthly people THE JEWS. We also find the story of God's heavenly people. ( The great mystery of THE CHURCH _ The bride of Christ.) made up of believers both Jew and Gentile.
4. One of the most important things that we must remember is that the Bible is a spiritual book. The Bible is a book that can only be truly understood by the people that have been born of the Spirit of God. This is explained in the Gospel of John chapter three. ( Jesus talks to a religious man about it.)
5. In concluding this START to doing a survey study of your Bible. As Jesus said in John chapter three. "YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN." The FIRST STEP in understanding The Bible is THE NEW BIRTH. Jesus said, " That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit. MARVEL NOT THAT I SAY UNTO THEE . . . YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN.
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Tips & Warnings

• PRAY AND ASK THE LORD TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND.
• REMEMBER THAT GOD TALKS TO US THROUGH HIS WORD AND WE TALK TO HIM THROUGH PRAYER.
• THE LORD GIVES TO THEM WHO WILL ASK. ( ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE.)
• HAVE A PROPER HEART ATTITUDE WHEN COMING TO GOD'S WORD.
• DO NOT GET SIDETRACKED INTO ( MODERN SO CALLED EASY TO UNDERSTAND VERSIONS OF THE BIBLE.) THEY HAVE BEEN ADDED TO AND SUBTRACTED FROM IN MANY MANY PLACES... HOWEVER THAT IS ANOTHER SUBJECT.