Dale Partridge - August 27, 2020


Are you qualified to start a Bible study？


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00:00:00.000 This question is becoming more and more popular since the COVID-19 pandemic and I think more
00:00:11.880 Christians are missing their Sunday church gatherings and they're looking for ways to
00:00:17.520 meet their need for fellowship and the small group Bible study is this the first idea that
00:00:23.320 comes to mind. And while Bible studies have proven to be fruitful for many folks, they've
00:00:29.800 actually turned out to be quite dangerous for others. Not because Bible studies are wrong.
00:00:36.140 They're a great thing. They're dangerous because many of them are made up of spiritually immature 1.00
00:00:43.480 and theologically untrained Christians who teach other spiritually immature and theologically 1.00
00:00:49.900 untrained Christians about doctrine and biblical interpretation. Basically, we're having thousands
00:00:56.920 of Bible studies started each year, and again, typically by young people who don't even know
00:01:02.540 how to study their own Bible. And this doesn't mean that the average Christian can't properly
00:01:08.620 read their Bible. They can. But we have to realize that while the gospel is simple,
00:01:15.140 the Bible isn't. In fact, I'd argue that the Bible is the most complex book on earth.
00:01:21.800 But more than complexity, the Bible is a serious book, and if it's taught incorrectly,
00:01:26.200 it can hurt people. And if there's one resounding warning in scripture to the people of God, it would
00:01:33.080 be watch out for false teachers. And we always think of false teachers as malicious wolves in
00:01:39.680 sheep's clothing, but the reality is, is anyone who sets out to teach the Bible and does it
00:01:45.380 incorrectly is technically a false teacher. And this is something that we should be very careful
00:01:50.940 with. Remember, the Bible cautions Christians against being quick to teach others. James 3.1 0.91
00:01:58.120 says, not many of you should become teachers, for you know that we who teach will incur a stricter
00:02:03.720 judgment. And so I would answer this question this way. If you're young in the faith and you
00:02:10.000 haven't been theologically trained and you don't understand disciplines like hermeneutics and
00:02:15.940 exegesis and biblical narrative, I would be very slow to lead a Bible study. The last thing that
00:02:22.940 you want to do is spend eight weeks teaching false doctrine to a group of people that you love.
00:02:29.100 Now, what I would do is I would find a local church with sound expository preaching. That
00:02:36.540 could be a house church, like the ones our ministry plants, or a traditional church. And I would
00:02:41.800 Simply ask an elder or a trained teacher if they'd be willing to help you start a Bible study.
00:02:47.320 And this would give you the opportunity to not only fulfill the desire to study with other Christians,
00:02:53.600 but to learn how a trained Bible teacher studies and teaches as well.