Wednesday Evening Bible Study
RIGHTLY DIVIDING
How to Read, Understand, and Apply God's Word
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Why Every Reader Is Already an Interpreter
"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."
2 Timothy 2:15 (ESV)
This Week's Commitment
Choose one familiar verse you have quoted or heard quoted. Look it up in its full context — read at least the paragraph around it, and if possible the whole chapter. Ask: Who is speaking? To whom? What is the point? Write down one thing you notice that you had not seen before.
Ezra 7:10 — "Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach."
Memory Work
Lesson 1 — Cards 1–8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is hermeneutics? | The science and art of biblical interpretation — how we read and understand God's Word |
| What does 2 Timothy 2:15 command? | "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth." |
| Who gave us the Scriptures? | God — through men carried along by the Holy Spirit (2 Pet. 1:21) |
| What does 2 Peter 1:20 warn against? | Scripture coming from someone's own interpretation — private opinion over God's intent |
| What did the Bereans do in Acts 17:11? | Examined the Scriptures daily to see if what they were taught was true |
| What three things did Ezra commit to in Ezra 7:10? | Study the Law, do it, and teach it |
| What did Nehemiah 8:8 say the teachers did? | Read the Law clearly, gave the sense, so the people understood the reading |
| What is the first rule of faithful Bible reading? | Context — every verse belongs to a paragraph, chapter, book, and story |