How to study a subject in the Bible.

By MrMaranatha

I am a BAPTIST... "Sola Scriptura" Believer. I believe that with good study habits almost anyone is capable of having a great walk with God... and that those same people will end up agreeing with one another in most matters Biblical. Here is how to use some simple resources to gain a better understanding of the Bible and understand the scriptures in light of Gods word... Rather than mans oppinions. I hope this article will be a help to you. Please let me know if you need any of its parts made easier to understand.

Things You’ll Need:
King James Bible (Not a NKJV it is falsly named)
Strongs Exhaustive Concordence of the Bible
available at most Bible bookstores or you could try ebay and amazon.com (New and used)
Yellow Highlight marker
Pen
Notebook for your study

I strongly recommend the Bible Timeline Study Chart!!! Here is where you can get it... http://bibletimelinesite.com/MrMBibleTimeline.php

First Identify your subject of study.
Lets say you want to know what the Bible says about "Adultery".
Go to your strongs and find the word "Adultery" in the first section and after the word you will see many verses of the Bible that use the word "Adultery" Only in each of the verses the word has been reduced to an italicized "a"
Pr 6:32 But whoso committeth "a" with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. (I used Quotation markes due to this system not accepting the necisary font change to italics.)
Go down the list and find a few verses that intrigue you and look them up in your bible.
Now write them down and make some notes as to how you feel about the subject so far...

Now go to the Strongs again and look for the number that follows the Verses you are studying...
This number (usually 4 digits) is the "Strongs Number" for that word.
As you look over your verses you may notice that there are several numbers instead of the same number repeated.
When you find the word has several numbers write the numbers down in a notebook leaving enough room between the numbers that you will be able to write the definition and any insights you glean during the study.

Now you are going to enter into the more in depth side of your study.
This is the basic source word study that will shed much more light on what was being said by the author.
Go back to the Strongs and turn to the Back of the book. In the back of the strongs there are two sections that you need to be aware of.
The First section in the back is for Old Testament Words and the second section in back is for New Testament words.
In other words at the very Back is the New Testament Greek and before it comes Old testament Hebrew... its in the same order as the Bible (Old Testament before New Testament).
Clarification: The order of the entire book is like this; Dictionary First, then a little section called Appendix (and just like an apendix in your body... nobody seems to know why its there or what its for...:-)
After the Appendix comes the Hebrew Old Testament word analysis and then lastly is the Greek New Testament word analysis.

Take the number of the word Adultery from your list and look it up in the back of the strongs taking care to look it up in the propper section in back. You will note at this point if you are following along in your strongs that "Adultery" is 5003 in the Old Testament and has several numbers in the New Testament.
For starters lets go to 5003 in the Old Testament section.
and you should find something like this:
05003. Pan na'aph, naw-af'
a primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize:--adulterer(-ess), commit(-ing) adultery, woman that breaketh wedlock.
Step5Now Write down your findings in your study notebook under the number 5003 and continue on to the New Testament numbers... Look them up and write them down.
3431. moiceuw moicheuo, moy-khyoo'-o
from 3432; to commit adultery:--commit adultery.
In this case you see that the word is refrenced to another word that is the male form... Adulterer.
In some words you will see that the word is a compound of two or more other words which are combined to form the word.
In this scenario you would need to dig deeper and look up both of the "Root Words" to find the earlier or base meaning.

With a little bit of practice this study becomes not only easy.. but fun. Conduct your Bible studies after Prayer and do so seriously looking for the Lord Himself to meet with you and show you something you didn't allready know or understand... Through the Holy Spirit which dwells inside all believers God will open doors of understanding and teach you from the bounty of his Word...
The Fountain of all wisdom is at your fingertips...
2Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Try using this study techniche on the word Baptism.
The name "Peter" and the word "rock" also becomes a word study in Matthew 16:13-18
Pay close attention to the "it" in verse 17.
The question "What is the "IT" in verse 17 refering to?" will show you the importance of keeping your subject study in Context with the scripture.
May God Bless your studies
In Christ Service
Mr Maranatha

You can make a 12' long bible study chart like this one! In Color from your computer printer)
In any good study of the bible... be it a simple reading of a book or an in depth study of the prophets themselves... You can benefit greatly from a good chart that shows information that is relative to your study.
I recently found this chart and its author has made it available online in a digital format! You can see the details and purchase it at this site: http://bibletimelinesite.com/MrMBibleTimeline.php

Tips & Warnings
If you have a Bible computer program it may do many of the search functions for you but to me it is not a replacement for an actual Hard Backed copy of a Strongs thats nearby when you need it.

See my other article on "How to have Peace in your Soul"

Bible study can be adictive and will usually effect your whole life...

Because it usually makes the person Happy, pleasant to be around and generally takes away allot of the wories that bother the rest of the world. You may not want to put it off any longer.