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Exegesis involves systematically studying the Bible and scriptures in terms of their geographical, cultural and historical context.

In this sermon, all these are taken into cognizance as we study to understand the then and there.

A major reason we must be diligent with studying the Word of God is because the biggest battle of the devil is our knowledge of the Word of God and the Word of God in our hearts. The devil is fighting and our solution and weapon is with proper study. 

Right interpretation is crucial in our relationship with God. Let the word of God dictate our actions.

A workman is one who follows the right approach to rightly study the Word of God. Though the Bible is a divine book, it is a literary material and there can be the barrier of culture or history. 

By proper interpretation, you'll understand what the writer intended. When that happens, hold on to the message not the culture. 

The Bible is already inspired, don't interpret it with new inspiration. The Bible will never mean today what it never meant when it was written. 

The role of the Holy Spirit to the apostles was to help them put together and testify what Jesus had taught them. Our responsibility is to read and understand what the Apostles had taught. 

The Bible is already inspired, don't interpret it with new inspiration. The Bible will never mean today what it never meant when it was written. 

The role of the Holy Spirit to the apostles was to help them put together and testify what Jesus had taught them. Our responsibility is to read and understand what the Apostles had taught. 

The gospels are synoptic in nature, this means they are to be read together to give the full picture of a whole story. The differences aren't contradictions but prove corroboration and its authenticity, they give a narration.

The Epistles however give an explanation and a teaching. 

The Bible is a divine book yet it is a literary material. It was written in human language, so it contains various writing styles and different forms. 

To understand the Bible, you must first understand that it isn't meant to be read separately. The Old testament is the new testament concealed and the new testament is the old testament revealed, this should be our approach.

There's a right way to divide the Word of God, this means there's also a wrong way so we have to be studious when it comes to the study of God's word and this will take time and effort. 

There are ways to approach studying the Bible, both the Old and New Testament and this involves reading each book with respect to their genres.

Every believer is highly combustible and capable of catching fire, all you need to do is to set yourself. 

There are 3 important things to know about fire:

1. Fire is an emblem

2. This fire doesn't destroy, it sanctifies 

3. There's a system to fire. 

Fire produces results and ministry should be done with fire. 

God will have you always on fire and it is your responsibility to not quench it. 

The next most important thing after salvation is revelation knowledge and a lot of study has to go into the knowledge of who you are in Christ. You can't leave your spiritual growth to chance.