How'd You Get Here?
Inspired & Infallible
There are ______ books in the entire Bible
66
We all have ______ when reading the Bible
Impulses
O.I.A. is a practical method used for _____ the ______
reading; Bible
The Bible is inspired, what does this mean?
God used human authors to communicate His Word
There are ______ books in the Old Testament
39
The first impulse deals with placing the _____ of understanding completely on ourselves
duty
O stands for _______
The Bible is infallible, what does this mean?
The Bible is completely true and trustworthy
There are _____ books in the New Testament
27
The first alternative is to ask ______ to help us while we read
the Holy Spirit
I stands for _______
Interpretation
The Old Testament was originally written in _______ and the New Testament was originally written in ______.
Hebrew; Greek
The Bible has different _______ of books (ex: OT history)
genres
We should allow God to _______ us as we read, and after we read
encourage
A stands for _________
Application
Why do we have different Bible translations?
Some are word for word, and others are thought for thought based on translation method.
The New Testament is mostly ______ written by ______
Letters; Paul
When reading books like Revelation (that are difficult to understand), we should read to get an ________ of the book
overview
Give me an example of what you should be looking for in each step of O.I.A
Observation: Asking questions and writing down what stands out to you
Interpretation: Thinking about why something happened or why someone did something
Application: Asking how you will apply it to your own life