10 Quick Questions to Ask when Reading the Bible

We've just begun a new mini-series on Sundays called: How the Bible was Built. This week was an Introduction I tabbed: "What the Bible can do to People." 

In it I gave a very cursory and simple idea for helping us do a little interpretive and application work when reading the Bible. Ask yourself these 10 questions when reading a particular passage (A few folks asked if I'd supply these later as I breezed through them fairly briskly):

• Is there a command [in this passage] to be obeyed?
• Is there a promise to be believed?
• Is there a truth about God to be trusted?
• Is there a character trait of God's to be praised?
• Is there a prayer to be prayed?
• Is there a conviction of sin to be confessed?
• Is there an example of sin/temptation to avoid?
• Is there an example of godly living to be emulated?
• Is there an idol that needs to be removed?
• Is there a need present that can only be met in Christ? 

I hope this might be helpful as you seek to see God's Word become His Words to you and for everyday living.