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+<chapter id="h2-basics"><title>Bible Study Basics</title>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-basics-purpose">
+<title>Our Purpose as we Approach the Bible</title>
+<para>
+<blockquote><attribution>Jn.5:39-40</attribution> <para>You search the Scriptures, because you think that
+in them you have eternal life; and it is these that bear witness of Me; and you
+are unwilling to come to Me, that you may have life.</para>
+</blockquote> 
+</para>
+
+<para>The chief purpose of the book is to bring us to the Person.  Martin Luther
+said <quote>we go to the cradle only for the sake of the baby</quote>; just so
+in Bible study, we do it not for its own sake but for fellowship with God.
+</para>
+
+<blockquote><attribution>John R.W. Stott, <emphasis>Christ the
+Controversialist</emphasis>, InterVarsity Press 1978, pp.97, 104.</attribution>
+<para>The Jews to whom Jesus spoke [...] imagined that to possess Scripture was
+tantamount to possessing life. Hillel used to say, &quot;He who has gotten to
+himself words of Torah has gotten to himself the life of the world to
+come.&quot;  Their study was an end in itself.  In this they were grievously
+deceived. [...]</para>
+<para>There is neither merit nor profit in the reading of
+Scripture for its own sake, but only if it effectively introduces us to Jesus
+Christ. Whenever the Bible is read, what is needed is an eager expectation that
+through it we may meet Christ.</para>
+</blockquote>
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-basics-approaches"><title>Approaches to God's Word</title>
+<para>Hearing and reading provide a telescopic view of the scripture while study
+and memorization provide a microscopic view of scripture.  Meditating on the
+scriptures brings hearing, reading, studying and memorization together and
+cements the word in our minds.</para>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-hear"><title>Hear</title>
+<para>Lk.11:28 <quote>blessed are those who hear the word of God, and
+observe it.</quote></para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-read"><title>Read</title>
+<para>Rev.1:3 <quote>Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this
+prophecy [...]</quote></para>
+<para>1 Tim.4:13 <quote>give attention to the public reading of Scripture [...]</quote>
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-study"><title>Study</title>
+<para>Acts 17:11 <quote>Now these were more noble-minded than those in
+Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the
+Scriptures daily, to see whether these things were so.</quote>
+</para>
+<para>2 Tim.2:15 <quote>Be diligent [KJV `Study'] to present yourself
+approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling
+accurately the word of truth.</quote></para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-memorize"><title>Memorize</title>
+<para>Ps.119:11 <quote>Thy word I have hid in my heart, that I may not
+sin against Thee.</quote></para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-meditate"><title>Meditate</title>
+<para>Ps.1:2-3 <quote>But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And
+in His law he meditates day and night. And he will be like a tree firmly planted
+by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season, And its leaf does not
+wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers.</quote>
+</para>
+
+<para>The Navigators illustrate this by saying that as the thumb can touch all
+the fingers, we can meditate on the Word as we do any of the first four.
+Meditation is a key to revelation. A new Christian needs to hear and read the
+Bible more than they need to study and memorize it. This is so that they become
+familiar with the overall message of the Bible.</para>
+</sect2>
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-basics-types"><title>Types of Bible Studies</title>
+<sect2 id="basics-types-topical"><title>Topical Study</title>
+<para>Pick out a certain topic and follow it through, using cross-references or a
+concordance.</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-types-character"><title>Character Study</title>
+<para>Studying the life of a Bible character, e.g. Joseph's life in
+Gen.37-50.</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="basics-types-expository"><title>Expository Study</title>
+<para>Studying a certain passage:  paragraph, chapter, or book.</para>
+</sect2>
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-basics-interpretation"><title>Basics of Correct Interpretation</title>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-interpretation-content"><title>Content</title>
+<para>What does it say?  What does it say in the original language?  Be careful
+with definitions. Don't read into it what it doesn't say.</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-interpretation-context"><title>Context</title>
+<para>What do the verses around it say?  &quot;Context is king&quot; is the rule -- the passage must make
+sense within the structure of the entire passage and book.</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-interpretation-cross"><title>Cross-reference</title>
+<para>What do other verses about this subject say through the rest of the Bible?  God
+doesn't contradict Himself, so our interpretation needs to stand the test of other scriptures.</para>
+</sect2>
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-basics-expository"><title>An Expository Study of Matthew 6:1-18</title>
+<para>Let's study together Mt.6:1-18.  Read it to yourself, first looking for the key verse, the verse that sums
+up the whole passage.  Think you have it?  Test it by picking different places in the passage and asking yourself
+if they relate to the thought of the key verse.  Once you find it, write it as Roman numeral One of your outline:</para>
+
+<orderedlist numeration="upperroman">
+	<listitem><para>Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed</para></listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+
+<para>What does <quote>practicing your righteousness</quote> mean?  Does the passage give any examples?  What area
+of our lives is being addressed? <emphasis>Our motives!</emphasis> What sub-headings develop this thought?</para>
+
+<orderedlist numeration="upperalpha">
+	<listitem><para>When you give</para></listitem>
+ 	<listitem><para>When you fast</para></listitem>
+ 	<listitem><para>When you pray</para></listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+
+<para>Now fill in the outline with specific instructions of how to avoid wrong ways of practicing our
+righteousness:</para>
+
+<orderedlist numeration="upperalpha">
+  <listitem><para>When you give
+  	<orderedlist numeration="loweralpha">
+		<listitem><para>don't sound a trumpet.  (how might someone <quote>sound a trumpet</quote> today?)</para></listitem>
+     		<listitem><para>do it secretly.</para></listitem>
+		<listitem><para>etc.</para></listitem>
+	</orderedlist></para>
+  </listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-basics-worksheet"><title>Worksheet: How to Use a Concordance</title>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-select"><title>To Find a Particular Verse</title>
+<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+	<listitem><para>Pick out a key word or most-unusual word of the verse.</para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>Turn to this word alphabetically.</para></listitem>
+ 	<listitem><para>Go down the column of listings until you find your verse.</para></listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+	
+<para>Find these verses:
+<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+	<listitem><para><quote>Faithful are the wounds of a friend</quote></para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para><quote>We are ambassadors of Christ.</quote></para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>The story of the rich man and Lazarus.</para></listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-study"><title>To Do a Topical Study </title>
+<para>Let's say you wanted to do a study of the word &quot;redemption.&quot;  First you would look up that word in the
+concordance and look up references listed for it.  Then you could look up related words and references listed for them, e.g.
+&quot;redeem, redeemed, ransom,&quot; even &quot;buy&quot; or &quot;bought.&quot; </para>
+</sect2>
+
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-clarify"><title>To Clarify Word Meanings in the Greek and Hebrew</title>
+<para>What if you noticed a contradiction in the KJV between Mt.7:1 <quote>Judge not lest you be judged</quote> and 1 Cor.2:15
+<quote>He that is spiritual judgeth all things.</quote>  Maybe there are two different Greek words here, both being translated &quot;judge&quot; in
+English?  (We're using Strong's from here out.) </para>
+<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+	<listitem><para>Look up &quot;judge&quot;.</para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>Go down the column of entries to Mt.7:1.  To the right is a number, 2919.  This refers to the Greek word used.
+	Write it down.</para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>Now look up &quot;judgeth&quot;.</para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>Go down the column to 1 Cor.2:15  . . . . . 350.</para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>Turn in the back to the Greek dictionary.  (Remember, you're in the NT so the language is Greek, while the
+	OT is Hebrew.)  Compare the meaning of 2919 with the meaning of 350 and you have your answer! </para></listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-names"><title>To Find Meanings of Names</title>
+<para>By the same process we can find the meaning of a name in the Greek or Hebrew.</para>
+<para>Look up these names and write down their meaning:</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Nabal</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Abigail</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Joshua</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Barnabus</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+</sect2> 
+
+</sect1>
+
+</chapter>