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1. What are the six purposes of Bible study?

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Think about this list and use it as a motivation builder that will help you overcome the barriers to your own study of God’s Word.

2. What are the six prerequisites of Bible study?

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In the spaces at the right, rank these prerequisites from 1 (the prerequisite you have best fulfilled in the past) to 6 (the prerequisite you have least fulfilled in the past).

3. What do you think are the two most important rules of interpretation? ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________

Why did you choose these rules?

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4. What are the four A’s in the process of Bible study?

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Can these be used in any Bible study method? When do you plan to start putting them into practice?

5. What are the SPECS of Bible study?

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Be sure to memorize this list and use them until they become habitual.

6. Memorize the eight vital relationships so that they will come to mind when you seek to apply the biblical principles that surface in your study.

7. The only way to discover the benefits of each of these methods is to put them into practice. Plan to do this by using a different method each month until you have gone through them all. Then select the ones you found most beneficial and formulate a future plan to implement them so that you will enjoy a variety of useful study methods.

8. Consider the possibility of forming or joining a group that studies the Bible together. Bible study is best when it is done individually and corporately, because each person can share the insights he or she learned so that others will benefit from them. This adds the dimension of mutual encouragement, exhortation, and accountability, and enables us to gain perspectives on Scripture we would otherwise have missed (see 1 Cor. 14:26; Heb. 10:24-25).

9. Look up these passages that stress the importance of scheduling regular time to study God’s revealed Word: Joshua 1:8; Psalm 1:2; 119:105; John 17:17; 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16-17; Hebrews 4:12; James 1:22. Try committing two of these verses to memory.

10. Look over this list of recommended Bible study tools and select the first six you would like to have in your library. Try to purchase them over the next six or twelve months. As you do, familiarize yourself with these tools so that you will know how each one can assist you in your study program.