“A Portion” Educational Ministry
Biblical Resource Training
How to Use Biblical Study Resources
INTRODUCTION
The foundation Spiritual principle of the life of a Christian is to obtain life and escape death. 2 Peter 1:3-4
states, “According to his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness,
through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding
great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers if the divine nature, having escaped the
corruption that is in the world through lusts.” The key word that separates life from death 2 Peter 1:3-4 is
knowledge. Knowledge is obtained by seeking the truth through various means and resources to come to the
fullness of understanding thus developing knowledge. These series of lessons will focus on utilizing
foundational biblical resources to come to a level of understanding thus developing knowledge. As we strive
together in these series of lessons, please keep in the for front of your mind 2 Timothy 2:15, “Study to show
yourself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
Studying is essential in understanding and increasing in knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
LESSON PLAN
These series of lesson will develop our study skills through biblical resources that will enhance our spiritual
understanding of Bible.
CONGEGATIONAL THEME
“Higher Ground”
EDUCATIONAL THEME
“2014 - Purpose Driven”
MISSION
A Portion Educational Ministry is designed to develop the spiritual aspirations of our saints grounded in an
educational foundation to serve God and to produce generations of spiritual students and servants prepared
to teach the Gospel of Christ.
VISION
The A Portions Educational Ministry vision is to develop servants to demonstrate their spiritual gifts to
cultivate spiritual relationships in the vineyard leading those that hear and believe to God.
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Key Resources:
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Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible King James Version
c 1984, 1991 y AMG International, Inc, Revised Edition 1991 – Spiros Zodhiates
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21st Century Edition - The Strongest Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible – James Strong,
LL.D,., S.T.D
Online Resources:
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www.biblegateway.com
Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible King James Version
Explanation of General Format
Introductions: in each book of the Old and New Testaments cover Bible history, archaeology, and customs
that are important in understanding the significance if the book in relationship to the whole Bible.
Footnotes: explain the exegetical, theological, historical, and geographical significant of certain passages. A
Key symbol in the text informs the reader that there is a note at the bottom of the page that discusses that
verse, and perhaps several of the verses that follow.
Bible Study Helps: appear after the Book of Revelations that include
The Grammatical Codes and their explanation. Multiple superior letters preceding an English word in
the text of the New Testament refer to the grammatical structure of the Greek word.
Guides to Transliteration: of Hebrew and Greek with helps for modern pronunciation
Lexical Aids to the Old and New Testaments: which provides additional study material for selected words
from the Hebrew Old Testament and the Greek New Testament. They are indexed according to the
numbering system found in James Strong’s Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary of the Old Testament and the
Greek Dictionary of the New Testament located at the back if the Bible.
A Concordance: of the Bible which includes definitions and pronunciation guides for many of the proper
names.
A Scripture Index: which is designed to aid the reader in locating all the Scripture references found in the
Footnotes and Introductions.
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Concordance Exercise
Key Word: REPENT
1. What resource would you use to find how many times “Repent” is found in the Bible?
2. Count the number of books in the Bible where “Repent” is found.
3. How do you determine what is the Old and New testament when looking at Repent in the
Concordance?
4. What book of the Bible states the following verse: “Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly.”
5. Are there different variations of the word Repent? If so list them out.
6. Where can you find the Strong’s number that relate to the definition for Repent?
7. How many deferent Strong Numbers are listed for the definition for Repent?
Hebrew / Greek Dictionary
Describe how you use the Hebrew/Greek Dictionary:
Step 1: __________________________________________________________________________
Step 2: __________________________________________________________________________
Step 3: __________________________________________________________________________
Step 4: __________________________________________________________________________
Step 5: __________________________________________________________________________
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Define the key words in the following scripture:
Hebrew 11:1 – ‘Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Faith:______________________________________________________________________________
Substance:__________________________________________________________________________
Things hoped for:____________________________________________________________________
Evidence:__________________________________________________________________________
Re-write Hebrews 11:1 replacing the key defined words with its definition.
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Bonus Exercise
Please define key words, identify supporting scriptures and provide an application for the following
scripture:
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1 Peter 1:2
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