1st John Bible Nerd Study

1st John Bible Nerd Study - Announcement

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Here is the group link if you'd like to join:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/607693836716379

If you are not on facebook send me a note and I'll put you on the email list for this. We have a few doing the study with us that will work via email. info@geoffreysnotebook.com

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(In case you're not on Facebook)

This is not your typical #fellowship-style #biblestudy idea nor a bible study where someone else has studied, and you learn from them. We are working through a thorough #study of #1John this year.
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Here's what we hope to do in 1 year:
• Read 1st John 50 times, once each week (less than a chapter a day).
• Memorize 1st John (105 verses) This will almost happen on accident.
• Outline 1st John - straight, basic, and detailed outlines.
• Overview helps and gradually, various commentaries.
• Various word studies - some Greek lessons
• Paraphrasing and verse by verse discoveries.
• Study questions and study helps provided weekly.
• Sharing notes, questions, and fellowship as we go.
• And in general, learn how to study a book of the Bible thoroughly.
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This is always too overwhelming for anyone to try and do with busy lives, but by spreading it out over one year, anyone who would like to can.
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Bible reading plans are essential and excellent. This study is not to replace that but to help us move a step further. Regularly reading through the whole Bible is necessary for spiritual growth. But when you study a book of the Bible, you end up making discoveries that are not possible with a mere read-through.

Are all of your insights from messages or books? When was the last time a spiritual lightbulb clicked in the word of God, and you discovered something of Christ or understood a confusing verse for the first time? When you study the Bible in this thorough way, you pick up treasures of Christ for both you and the whole body of Christ.

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Crave the word

So glad for this verse today: as newborn babes desire earnestly [crave] the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation - 1 Peter 2:2 Try reading 10 chapters by the choice of craving and then read some more by the reactive desire of it. How often are my 5 or 10 second moments spent checking some other happiness than Christ? In 5 seconds I can check notifications or I can chew on my manna for the day. In 10 seconds I can check for new emails or rehearse that verse I've been trying to memorize. I can spend just 5 minutes listening to the news or I can spend it finishing a daily Bible reading portion. Mother's milk is the best thing for the newborn baby. The milk of the word is the best source of joy all through the day. "crave ... the word ... if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord is good."

Salvation by tossing a man overboard

Jonah 1:14-16 Then they cried out to the Lord, 'Please, Lord, do not let us die for taking this man’s life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, Lord, have done as you pleased.' Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm. At this the men greatly feared the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows to him. This is deliverance by casting the stubborn prophet overboard. It’s that part of your heart, deep asleep in the depths of the boat, that is running from the Lord. He is not innocent. He is not to be kept on the ship. Release him to the Lord’s monster-fish to be brought near to Sheol. If he dies, it was the Lord who let him die. If he is brought to land, your old stubbornness against the Lord’s will may become your new resoluteness to accomplish the Lord’s mission. Oh Lord, I cast away this stubborn ‘man’ inside of me and release him to Your storms. Judge and do as You please. As for me, I will no

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