“Our perception of how the Almighty will lead or bless must not be the foundation on which we rate our spiritual security. Christ gave His all, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, so that division no longer had to be a factor in our relationship with God.”

- Michelle Kelso Kafer, Leah Unveiled excerpts”

 When reading a Scripture passage consider the following:

The • ology: the study of God

  • Know God  →  Seek       
      God’s nature: who/what He reveals about Himself?

  • Know humanity → Contrast
           Human: personal thoughts, emotions, and motives.

Sample Questions:
○ What aspect of God is displayed or revealed?
○ What action of God or absence of God is portrayed.

Do • ology: art of living

  • Understand the way  →  Apply
          God’s standard: what has He commanded as right/good

  • Discern the truth  →  Compare
          World’s philosophy and methods: what does human nature and culture say is right/good

Sample Questions:
○ What commands or principles are being given?
○ Do the attitudes, thinking, and actions reflect godly or ungodly ways?
○ What is the application for the “here and now” and for the eternal perspective?

Be • ology: growth by faith

  • Wisdom forms habits  →  Possess
           God’s “putting on”: cultivate change through the fruits of the Spirit.

  • Renewing the self  →  Correlate
          World’s philosophy and methods must be the “putting off” of the flesh.

Sample Questions:
○ What lessons are observed?
○ How does this transform the heart’s response or renew the mind’s process of thought?
○ How does this strengthen the ability to discern what is of God and what is of the world?