<chapter id="h2-basics">
  <title>Biblijos studijavimo pagrindai</title>
  <sect1 id="h2-basics-purpose">
    <title>Mūsų tikslas, kuomet pradedame skaityti Bibliją</title>
    <para>
      <blockquote>
        <attribution>Jn.5:39-40</attribution>
        <para>Jūs tyrinėjate Raštus, nes manote juose rasią amžinąjį gyvenimą. Tie Raštai
ir liudija už mane, bet jūs nenorite ateiti pas mane, kad turėtumėte
gyvenimą.</para>
      </blockquote>
    </para>
    <para>The chief purpose of the book is to bring us to the Person.  Martin Luther
said <quote>we go to the cradle only for the sake of the baby</quote>; just
so in Bible study, we do it not for its own sake but for fellowship with
God.</para>
    <blockquote>
      <attribution>John R.W. Stott, <emphasis>Christ the Controversialist</emphasis>,
InterVarsity Press 1978, pp.97, 104.</attribution>
      <para>The Jews to whom Jesus spoke [...] imagined that to possess Scripture was
tantamount to possessing life. Hillel used to say, "He who has gotten to
himself words of Torah has gotten to himself the life of the world to come."
Their study was an end in itself. In this they were grievously
deceived. [...]</para>
      <para>There is neither merit nor profit in the reading of Scripture for its own
sake, but only if it effectively introduces us to Jesus Christ. Whenever the
Bible is read, what is needed is an eager expectation that through it we may
meet Christ.</para>
    </blockquote>
  </sect1>
  <sect1 id="h2-basics-approaches">
    <title>Approaches to God's Word</title>
    <para>Hearing and reading provide a telescopic view of the scripture while study
and memorization provide a microscopic view of scripture. Meditating on the
scriptures brings hearing, reading, studying and memorization together and
cements the word in our minds.</para>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-hear">
      <title>Klausytis</title>
      <para>Lk.11:28 <quote>palaiminti tie, kurie klausosi Dievo žodžio ir jo
laikosi.</quote></para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-read">
      <title>Read</title>
      <para>Apr.1:3 <quote>Palaiminti pranašystės žodžių skaitytojas ir klausytojai
[...]</quote></para>
      <para>1 Tim.4:13 <quote>give attention to the public reading of Scripture
[...]</quote></para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-study">
      <title>Study</title>
      <para>Apd. 17:11 <quote>Tenykščiai pasirodė esą kilnesni už tesalonikiečius. Jie
noriai priėmė žodį ir kasdien tyrinėjo Raštus, ar taip esą iš
tikrųjų.</quote></para>
      <para>2 Tim.2:15 <quote>Verčiau stenkis Dievui pasirodyti tinkamu darbininku,
neturinčiu ko gėdytis, be iškraipymų skelbiančiu tiesos žodį.</quote></para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-memorize">
      <title>Įsiminti</title>
      <para>Ps.119:11 <quote>Branginu širdyje Tavo žodį, kad Tau nenusidėčiau.</quote></para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-meditate">
      <title>Meditate</title>
      <para>Ps.1:2-3 <quote>Bet Viešpaties įstatymu džiaugiasi ir šnabžda Jo mokymą
dieną ir naktį. Jis yra lyg medis, pasodintas prie tekančio vandens,
duodantis vaisių laikui atėjus, tas kurio lapai nevysta. Ką tik daro, jam
sekasi.</quote></para>
      <para>The Navigators illustrate this by saying that as the thumb can touch all the
fingers, we can meditate on the Word as we do any of the first
four. Meditation is a key to revelation. A new Christian needs to hear and
read the Bible more than they need to study and memorize it. This is so that
they become familiar with the overall message of the Bible.</para>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>
  <sect1 id="h2-basics-types">
    <title>Biblijos studijavimo tipai</title>
    <sect2 id="basics-types-topical">
      <title>Teminis studijavimas</title>
      <para>Pick out a certain topic and follow it through, using cross-references or a
concordance.</para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-types-character">
      <title>Asmens studijavimas</title>
      <para>Biblijos personažo gyvenimo studijavimas, pvz., Pradžios knygos 37-50
skyriuose aprašyto Juozapo gyvenimo.</para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="basics-types-expository">
      <title>Expository Study</title>
      <para>Studying a certain passage: paragraph, chapter, or book.</para>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>
  <sect1 id="h2-basics-interpretation">
    <title>Teisingo išaiškinimo pagrindai</title>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-interpretation-content">
      <title>Turinys</title>
      <para>What does it say? What does it say in the original language? Be careful with
definitions. Don't read into it what it doesn't say.</para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-interpretation-context">
      <title>Kontekstas</title>
      <para>What do the verses around it say? "Context is king" is the rule -- the
passage must make sense within the structure of the entire passage and book.</para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-interpretation-cross">
      <title>Kryžminės nuorodos</title>
      <para>What do other verses about this subject say through the rest of the Bible?
God doesn't contradict Himself, so our interpretation needs to stand the
test of other scriptures.</para>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>
  <sect1 id="h2-basics-expository">
    <title>An Expository Study of Matthew 6:1-18</title>
    <para>Let's study together Mt.6:1-18. Read it to yourself, first looking for the
key verse, the verse that sums up the whole passage. Think you have it? Test
it by picking different places in the passage and asking yourself if they
relate to the thought of the key verse. Once you find it, write it as Roman
numeral One of your outline:</para>
    <orderedlist numeration="upperroman">
      <listitem>
        <para>Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed</para>
      </listitem>
    </orderedlist>
    <para>What does <quote>practicing your righteousness</quote>mean? Does the passage
give any examples? What area of our lives is being addressed? <emphasis>Our
motives!</emphasis> What sub-headings develop this thought?</para>
    <orderedlist numeration="upperalpha">
      <listitem>
        <para>When you give</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>When you fast</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>When you pray</para>
      </listitem>
    </orderedlist>
    <para>Now fill in the outline with specific instructions of how to avoid wrong
ways of practicing our righteousness:</para>
    <orderedlist numeration="upperalpha">
      <listitem>
        <para>When you give <orderedlist numeration="loweralpha">
          <listitem>
            <para>don't sound a trumpet. (how might someone <quote>sound a
trumpet</quote>today?)</para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>do it secretly.</para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>etc.</para>
          </listitem>
        </orderedlist></para>
      </listitem>
    </orderedlist>
  </sect1>
  <sect1 id="h2-basics-worksheet">
    <title>Worksheet: How to Use a Concordance</title>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-select">
      <title>To Find a Particular Verse</title>
      <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
        <listitem>
          <para>Pick out a key word or most-unusual word of the verse.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Turn to this word alphabetically.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Go down the column of listings until you find your verse.</para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
      <para>Raskite šias eilutes: <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <quote>Faithful are the wounds of a friend</quote>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <quote>We are ambassadors of Christ.</quote>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Istorija apie turtuolį ir Lozorių.</para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist></para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-study">
      <title>To Do a Topical Study</title>
      <para>Let's say you wanted to do a study of the word "redemption." First you would
look up that word in the concordance and look up references listed for
it. Then you could look up related words and references listed for them,
e.g.  "redeem, redeemed, ransom," even "buy" or "bought."</para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-clarify">
      <title>To Clarify Word Meanings in the Greek and Hebrew</title>
      <para>What if you noticed a contradiction in the KJV between Mt.7:1 <quote>Judge
not lest you be judged</quote>and 1 Cor.2:15 <quote>He that is spiritual
judgeth all things.</quote>Maybe there are two different Greek words here,
both being translated "judge" in English? (We're using Strong's from here
out.)</para>
      <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
        <listitem>
          <para>Look up "judge".</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Go down the column of entries to Mt.7:1. To the right is a number,
2919. This refers to the Greek word used. Write it down.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Now look up "judgeth".</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Go down the column to 1 Cor.2:15 . . . . . 350.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Turn in the back to the Greek dictionary. (Remember, you're in the NT so the
language is Greek, while the OT is Hebrew.) Compare the meaning of 2919 with
the meaning of 350 and you have your answer!</para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-names">
      <title>To Find Meanings of Names</title>
      <para>By the same process we can find the meaning of a name in the Greek or
Hebrew.</para>
      <para>Look up these names and write down their meaning:</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Nabal</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Abigail</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Joshua</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Barnabus</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>
</chapter>
