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The Jews to whom Jesus spoke [...] imagined that to possess Scripture was tantamount to possessing life. Hillel used to say, "He who has gotten to himself words of Torah has gotten to himself the life of the world to come." Their study was an end in itself. In this they were grievously deceived. [...]
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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.
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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.
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What do the verses around it say? "Context is king" is the rule -- the passage must make sense within the structure of the entire passage and book.
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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:
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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?
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don't sound a trumpet. (how might someone <quote>sound a trumpet</quote>today?)
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Let's say you wanted to do a study of the word "redemption." 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. "redeem, redeemed, ransom," even "buy" or "bought."
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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 "judge" in English? (We're using Strong's from here out.)
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Look up "judge".
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