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How can I know what How can I know what How can I know what How can I know what the Bible really says? the Bible really says? the Bible really says? the Bible really says?

James 1

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• 1. Ask

for sight

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• 1. Ask

for sight

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Luke 24:45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.

• 1. Ask

for sight

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1 Corinthians 2:14 The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

• 1. Ask

for sight

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17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming

down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

• 1. Ask

for sight

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Isaiah 66:2 “This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.

• 1. Ask

for sight

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5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God,

who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

• 1. Ask

for sight

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James 4:2 You do not have, because you do not ask God.

• 1. Ask

for sight

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Matthew 7:7–8 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

• 2. Read

for relationship

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• 2. Read

for relationship

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Ephesians 1:18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints…

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25 But the man who looks intently into the perfect

law that gives freedom…

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25 …and continues to do this, not forgetting what he

has heard…

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2 Timothy 2:7 Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this.

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Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

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for relationship

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Hebrews 4:12–13 For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

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for relationship

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1 Corinthians 2:1–5 When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God… My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.

• 3. Trust and obey like someone

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• 3. Trust and obey like someone

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James 1:6–8 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.

• 3. Trust and obey like someone

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21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil

that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.

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22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive

• yourselves. Do what it says.

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25 But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives

freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.

• 3. Trust and obey like someone

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John 8:31–32 Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”