The one true and living God, the creator of heaven and earth, wants to communicate with us His creatures. He knows our hearts and minds, our struggles, our doubts, and " is full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth. " How do we know this? Because He has revealed it in His Word The Bible, the Holy Scriptures. As it is God's Word, it is absolutely true and trustworthy throughout. God speaks to us through His Word and in it He calls to us." Listen carefully to Me .... incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear and your soul shall live. " Before you begin " Great Truths from God's Word ", come to Him in prayer and ask Him to speak to you personally through His Word, and to be your Teacher.
This website helps you and/or your Bible Study group to discover what Bible teaches about a number of very important topics. For each topic, a list of Scriptures has been carefully selected as a basic introduction. You will find the most benefit from reading each Bible verse within its context so that you get a better understanding of what the meaning of each reference is. The topics can be studied in any sequence. Before you start the studies, it is important to ask God to help you to understand His Word.
Helpful guidelines for Group Bible Study using these materials can be found here
You can enrich your Bible studies by using e-Sword – it is a free electronic Study Bible that can be found here (opens new window).
Group Bible Study Guidelines:
1. Welcome everybody and ask each person to share what has happened to them in the period leading up to the meeting
2. Open the Bible Study meeting with a time of worship and by asking the Lord to enable you to understand and obey His Word
3. Divide the verses of the study you have chosen to do among the group members.
4. Each member prayerfully reads the verses assigned to him/her
5. Each member shares: What struck me / what I like from these verses
6. Each member shares: What I did not understand / what troubled me
7. Each member prayerfully reads the verses assigned to them again
8. Each member shares: What I learnt about loving God from these verses
9. Each member shares: What I learnt about loving my neighbor from these verses
10. Each member prayerfully reads the verses assigned to them again
11. Each member shares: What I am specifically going to do during the coming week with what I have learnt during this meeting
12. Each member shares: Who will I tell about what I have learnt during this meeting?
13. At the next meeting the group members share: My experiences in trying to do what I said I would do and what happened when I shared it with the person I said I would share it with.