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1st John Bible Nerd-Study - Week 1

Week 1—1st John Bible Nerd-Study

*See the announcement post for more details on this study.

We are all students together and the Lord is our Teacher. In this group-study, I hope we can all learn from each other as the Lord reveals more in His word to each one of us.

If you read extra that is great. Some may read 100x instead of 50x this year. As a general rule, we try to not use any commentaries until we've read a book 25x recently. So if you do get to that point, hold off until week 26 before sharing anything from those commentaries. Just store up your notes.

Assignment for this first week:

1. Be quiet before God each time before you read, even for 10 seconds. We pray before we eat a meal and this habit is also needed before we read the Bible. This may take longer if you need to get something right with the Lord. But be right with the Lord. If you are not His bondservant it is hard to hear what the Master is speaking.

2. Enjoy reading the book. For this first read-through we are "reading for fun", so there's not much to do but relax and read.

3. Use your normal go-to translation of the Bible for this week.

4. Have some way to write down notes. This could be on the computer, your phone, voice notes, on paper, etc. You will need some solid place to keep notes as we go along. Some notes we will share but some will be just for you or maybe just for you in the meantime until they're complete or ready to be shared.

5. This week just take notes on whatever stands out to you. If you find something confusing write the question down about it. If you find something neat/interesting note it. If you see something that you think may need to be studied later or looked into more thoroughly jot it down.

6. After you have finished reading all 5 chapters of 1st John see if there's something you can share with the group. This doesn't need to be all of your notes but some impressions or something that stood out or some questions. Also, let us know what translation you used for this first week.





 Note: These are notes from week 1 of a 50-week Bible study on 1st John.
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


Done with this week's assignment? Click here for the next assignment.




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