Love Canton Study Guide

Love Canton
A call from the Lord of The Body

to Serve and Love the People of Canton, Ohio.
Many have been investing their lives and love in Canton for years.
Now, God seems to be stirring the hearts of this generation
to prayerfully consider how they may join with the previous generation
and with one another in a new spirit of love, cooperation and service.
As God called a previous generation to do, so God is calling us now:

“Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you
into exile.
Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper” (Jeremiah
29:7).
Studies in Philippians
EXPERIENCING JESUS THE ULTIMATE SERVANT LIVING HIS LIFE IN OUR LIVES
(PHILIPPIANS 2)
Jesus, when in His human body, did not rely on His own Divine nature and power to live and
serve others. Instead, Jesus experienced God’s supernatural Life living in, with and through
Him. At the end of His life, Jesus explained to His friends during a dinner how He had lived
Study Guide from John David Geib, Dean, The Logos Institute, 530 Tuscarawas St. W., Canton, Ohio 1
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in conjunction with Jason Lantz, Assistant Pastor, Repeat Generation, RiverTree Christian Church
His human life (John 13-17). Similarly, Paul explained to his friends in Philippi that they also
could experience life in the same way as Jesus lived. Christians can exchange their lives for
Christ’s Life and then allow the Risen Christ to live in, with and through them. When we
make this exchange, we experience the Mind and Life of Christ (Philippians 2:1-11).
PHILIPPIANS DISCOVERIES YOU MAKE ABOUT
HOW JESUS ALLOWED GOD TO LIVE IN AND THROUGH HIM
2:6
2:71
HOW PAUL ALLOWED GOD TO LIVE IN AND THROUGH HIM

1:19
3:3
3:7-11
3:12-14
HOW WE CAN AND SHOULD ALLOW GOD TO LIVE IN AND THROUGH US

1:6
1:11
2:1-2
2:5-8
2:13
3:3
3:15-17
4:6-7
BOOK OR LETTER SURVEY BIBLE STUDY
1
From all eternity, Jesus existed in His uncreated, divine nature as Deity, equal with God the Father in
every way. This was before Jesus’ incarnation as a human. However, Jesus did not consider equality
with God as a state of existence to be clung onto and refuse to give up. For our salvation, Jesus
incarnated Himself as a true human and became God with us and one of us as a true human. Then, as
God in human form, The God-Human, Jesus emptied Himself, meaning, Jesus decided not to use His
own divine powers to live as a human. Instead, Jesus took the role of being a human servant of God
and lived as God originally designed humans to live, exchanging their lives for God’s life. And, finding
Himself as a human that is how he lived, exchanging the use of His own Divine Power for God’s
supernatural life and power in Him to live life.
♦ PURPOSE
TO OBTAIN A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK AS A WHOLE UNIT,
IN ORDER TO DISCOVER THE MAIN MESSAGE AND LITERARY STRUCTURE OF THE BIBLE BOOK ONE IS STUDYING
♦ TOOLS
BIBLE(S), PAPER, PENCIL, A BIBLE BOOK CHART.
♦ METHOD
BOOK SURVEY BIBLE STUDIES INVOLVE THREE EASY STAGES.
EACH STAGE INVOLVES READING THE BOOK THROUGH IN ONE SITTING AS IF ONE WOULD READ A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE.
AVERAGE READERS CAN READ MANY NEW TESTAMENT LETTERS IN 20 MINUTES.
WHEN READING LONGERBIBLE BOOKS, DO ONLY ONE STAGE AT A TIME OVER THE COURSE OF THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS.
♦ STAGE 1
READ THE BOOK THROUGH IN ONE SITTING WITH EASY TRANSLATION-PARAPHRASES LIKE THEGOOD NEWS OR LIVING BIBLE.
THEN, WRITE DOWN INITIAL IMPRESSIONS, FEELINGS, RESPONSES, QUESTIONS, ETC.
THAT CAME TO YOU WHILE READING THE BOOK. USE SHORT PHRASES TO DO THIS.
♦ STAGE 2
READ THE BOOK THROUGH AGAIN USING A STUDY VERSION LIKE THE NEW INTERNATIONAL OR NEW AMERICAN STANDARD.
THEN, WRITE DOWN IN 4 OR 5 WORDS A CHAPTER TITLE FOR EACH CHAPTER.1
♦ STAGE 3
READ THE ENTIRE BOOK A THIRD TIME, AGAIN USING AN ACCURATE STUDY BIBLE.
THEN, WRITE DOWN IN 4 OR 5 WORDS A PARAGRAPH FOR EACH PARAGRAPH.
MANY BIBLES HAVE ALREADY BROKEN THE BOOKS DOWN BY PARAGRAPHS.
IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THE PARAGRAPH DIVISIONS IN YOUR VERSION, CREATE YOUR OWN.
THE BIBLICAL AUTHORS DID NOT MAKE THE PARAGRAPH DIVISIONS.2
THEN, RECORD ON THE BIBLE BOOK CHART YOUR PERSONAL TITLE FOR EACH CHAPTER.
FINALLY, GIVE THE BOOK A SHORT TITLE IN YOUR OWN WORDS THAT YOU FEEL DESCRIBES ITS MAIN MESSAGE.
RECORD THIS TITLE IN THE MAIN MESSAGE BOX ON YOUR BIBLE BOOK CHART.
WHEN DONE, YOU WILL HAVE OBTAINED A SURVEY OF THE MAIN MESSAGE OF THE BOOK YOU ARE STUDYING!
2
The Bible was first divided into chapters by Stephen Langton (d. 1228 A.D./CE) or by Hugo de Sancto
Caro in the 13th century. Rabbi Modecai Nathan in 1445 A.D /CE put the Jewish Bible into verse form.
The first appearance of verses in the New Testament occurred in 1551 in the Greek text edited by
Robert Estienne. All of these men were great Bible scholars and their work in dividing the Bible into
chapters and verses has proved helpful. However, the careful student of the Bible should realize that
these divisions were not made by God but by humans. While the words of Scripture are inspired, the
divisions are not. Thus, if you feel that a chapter or paragraph division actually interrupts the original
literary structure of the author, make the division where you feel it most naturally occurs. Information
above is from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, v.5, 2963, and The Layman's Bible
Encyclopedia, 964
NAME OF BOOK MAIN MESSAGE
Chapter
Titles
Literary
Division
Or
Paragraph
Titles
Discoverie
s
about
God:
Theologica
l Study
Discoverie
s
about
Persons:
Biographic
al Studies
Discoverie
s about
Doctrinal –
Topical
Studies
Key
Words:
Word
Studies

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Love Canton

A call from the Lord of The Body

As God called a previous generation to do, so God is calling us now:

PHILIPPIANS DISCOVERIES YOU MAKE ABOUT

HOW JESUS ALLOWED GOD TO LIVE IN AND THROUGH HIM

HOW PAUL ALLOWED GOD TO LIVE IN AND THROUGH HIM

HOW WE CAN AND SHOULD ALLOW GOD TO LIVE IN AND THROUGH US

BOOK OR LETTER SURVEY BIBLE STUDY

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