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Although this study may seem simple and redundant, it will help you learn how to learn about God from the Bible and life events in a manner you may never have experienced. Going through this several times using different examples will help train your mind to seek these important answers.
1. Read through I John 1. Even if you don’t learn anything new, write out what can be learned about a. God _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ b. your relationship with Him and _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
c. what He expects out of you. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 2. Choose one of your favorite passages in the Bible. Again, even if you don’t learn anything new, write out what can be learned about a. God _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ b. your relationship with Him and _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
c. what He expects out of you. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 3. As you read and study the Bible, keep looking for the answers to these three questions.
4. Consider how many earthly examples including the parables are used in the Bible to teach about Spiritual things. God is not limited to teaching us from the Bible. His revelation of who He is and what He expects out of us is all around us. In a following question, the method we should use in testing our perceptions will be dealt with. On a scale from 1-10, how would you rate how much you seek God in your personal experiences? ___
5. Think about a time when you were hurting. Describe your pain at that time. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
6. Describe what Jesus went through in His life and death. write out what can be learned about a. God _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ b. your relationship with Him and _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
c. what He expects out of you. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
7. Think through at least one other life event. write out what can be learned about a. God _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ b. your relationship with Him and _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _
c. what He expects out of you. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
8. Thinking about the prior question, what Bible verses confirm that what you believe you learned is true? If you can’t think of any, use a search engine and put in “verses” along with the topic you believed you learned. Read the verses around that verse or verses. What make you think that the verse you found is in context? If you need help knowing the meaning of the verse, you can enter it here. You can learn more about the importance of context here and here.
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