Powerful Bible Study Tip

Powerful Bible Study Tip #3:The third tip is to wisely choose an accurate Bible to read along with high quality study aids.
If a person is truly seeking to understand God's word, it's advisable to read the King James version of the Bible. The New King James version of the scriptures has done so much more than simply remove pronouns such as "thee" and "thou" and replace them with "you". At the time of the translation of the authorized King James version of the Bible, the usage of personal pronouns that indicate singularity and plurality had already become obsolete.
The translators took special care to use them because of their significance in understanding exactly what was taking place and to whom God or another person was speaking. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article by Ann Rodgers, a 1st-century text from the Old Testament prophet Isaiah was discovered among the scrolls of the Dead Sea. It perfectly matched the Hebrew text from the year 1006, proving the preservation of the scriptures.
There is justifiably much suspicion regarding the employment of the modern versions and new translations of the Bible. Bible students may want to make use of a paraphrased Bible which does not claim to re-translate the scriptures, but rather to simply paraphrase them. This keeps the student alert to the fact that a paraphrase does not make the exact same statements as the original work, and therefore, must be regarded as possible help and not necessarily answers.
Also beware of commentaries. They can be of assistance in comprehending the Bible but they can unfortunately add to confusion by rendering incorrect interpretations of biblical passages. Recommended commentaries include The Wycliffe Bible Commentaries for the Old and New Testaments, by the Moody Bible Institute and anything written by E.W. Bullinger or Dr. Victor Paul Wierwille. Again, not every explanation of these commentaries is correct, but they can serve as important guides on most biblical questions. Serious students of Bible study often use an amplified Bible which fills in some of the "blanks" and thereby promote greater understanding.
Powerful Bible Study Tip #4:The fourth tip involves the Bible student's resistance against frustration when answers escape him. Understanding of the scriptures takes time, patience, dedication, a pure desire to learn to obey God and faith in his promise to fully satisfy everyone that hungers after righteousness (Mat. 5:6).
It's helpful to notate in a notebook or on index cards, questions as well as scriptures that are confusing and review them periodically. Purchase Strong's exhaustive concordance if finances permit and run reference on individual words in the passages that are unclear .Strive to find every scripture that relates to the question or scripture for which an explanation is sought. Often, anti-biblical doctrines are formed by failure or unwillingness to consider all scripture on a particular subject.
When learning from other Christian writers, it's important to make sure they're supporting all statements with biblical scripture. Opinions and man's logic must be rejected when seeking spiritual truth. It's not enough to see scripture cited in Christian writings. The serious Bible student must imitate the Bereans who verified what they were being told was scripture was truly written in the Bible (Acts 17:11).
The student should not linger on confusing scriptures, but rather should continue his studies. The Bible is literally a commentary on itself and perplexity over a particular passage or question often becomes clear in the reading of other passages that may seem completely unrelated to the one that is confusing.
Remember that the Bible is one long account of the gospel of Jesus Christ who is shadowed in the Old Testament and revealed in the New Testament. Although the prophets of the Old Testament and the apostles of the New Testament lived in different time periods, lands, and situations, they all preached the same message.
Genesis opens with man in paradise with full access to the tree of life, and Revelation ends with the return of redeemed man to paradise with full access to the tree of life restored, in accordance with God's perfect will. Not everyone is able to dedicate much time everyday to the study of the Bible due to daily obligations. Fifteen minutes of productive Bible study with the intention to be a doer of God's word is better than hours of study without comprehension or intention to obey God.
Powerful Bible Study Tip #5:The fifth and final tip requires the prayer of faith that boldly and confidently thanks God for giving wisdom.
The very purpose of knowing God's word should be to find and travel the road that leads to eternal life, back to paradise in the hereafter. That road can only be traveled by faith that begins with believing that God will put and keep one's feet on that journey.
The Bible says in James 1:5-8, "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But, let him ask in faith, nothing wavering, for he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways."