How to Mark & Color Your Bible
Be Ready Always to Give an Answer This outline suggestion for learning our Bibles consists of three parts: - Coloring our Bibles,
- Chain referencing our Bibles, and
- Memorizing our Bibles by Chapters
Mr. Armstrong suggested a similar procedure in our freshman Bible class in 1952 for thorough Bible acquaintance and usage. I have found this to be invaluable in my ministry over the past 11 years. Coloring our Bibles includes both marking subject's colors and titling paragraphs by topic writing. I mean by this, coloring every passage on healing - brown, and every passage on prayer - green, for example. Titling paragraphs would be like writing WINE across the page in blue pencil for verses on this subject. The reason for not having a color for every subject is that you would need too many different colors to do so, and short words are just as easily written out with letters like TITHE, DANCE, ETC. MY TOPIC COLORS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. PRAYER - GREEN
2. SABBATH - RED
3. SATAN, DEMONS - YELLOW
4. PREDESTINATION - ORANGE
5. HEALING - BROWN | 6. ISRAEL - PURPLE
7. HOLY DAYS - BLUE
8. DIVORCE - VIOLET
9. SCIENCE, CREATION - BLACK
10. UNCLEAN BEATS - LIGHT BLUE | The verses dealing with these subjects should be outlined in these colors, and not colored solidly. TITLES written across the page in the letters of the words are: | 1. WINE | As Gen. 19:32-38; Matthew 9:14-17; Proverb 31:6; 23:20-21, 29-35; Hosea 4:11; Amos 9:14; Micah 2:11; Zech. 9:17, 10:7; Eph. 5:18; I Tim. 3:3, 5:23 | | | | | 2. H . S. | Holy Spirit, as Acts. 1:8; John. 6:63; John. 14:26; John. 16:13-14; Acts 2:38, 5:32; Rom. 8:2; Psalm 51:11-12; I Samuel 10:6, 10. | | | | | 3. O. T. | Old Testament - quoted or used in the New Testament.
Luke. 20:17, 37, 42; Luke. 4:17-21, 23, 25, 26. | | | | | 4. I. S. | Immortal Soul, as I Timothy 6:16; II Timothy 1:10; I Corinthian 15:53; Roman 2:7; II Timothy 2:18; I John. 1:2, 2:25; Jude 21; Eccl. 3:19, 8:8 | | | | | 5. SUN | Sun Worship, Baal, Ashtoreth, as Acts. 7:42; Micah 6:16; Amos 5:26; Hosea. 2:8, 13, 16-17; 9:10; 11:2; 13:1 | | | | | 6. $ | Verses on finances and money. As Mark 12:41-44; Matthew. 6:19-21, 25; III John 2; Acts 20:35; Proverb 28:13; II Corinthian 9; Eph. 4:14-19; I Timothy 5:4, 8; 6:7-10. | | | | | 7. 1000 | Millennium, as II Peter. 3:8; Psalm 149:6-9; Amos 9:11-15; Isaiah 30:16-18; Zech. 14; Isaiah 2:11; Micah 4; Rev. 20; Hosea. 14:4-9. | | | | | 8. GOVN | Church Government, as Acts 7:35; I Thes. 4:1-2; Galatian 2:12; II Corinthian 10:1-2, 8:18; 13:5-10; Eph. 4:11-14; I Corinthian 4; I Corinthian 5:1-5; I Corinthian 12:18-31; 16:1; II Thessalonians 3:6-16. | | | | | 9. SEX | As I Corinthian 6:9; Proverb 5:15-20; I Thessalonians 4:3-7; Genesis 19:32-38; II Samuel 11; II Samuel 13. | | | | | 10. TITHES | As I Corinthian 9:1-10; II Timothy 2:6; Hebrew 7:1-10; Genesis 14:20; Deuteronomy 12 & 14; Matthew 23:23. | | | | | 11. WORK | God's Work as, I Corinthians 15:58; Hosea. 5:9; 7:12; Habb. 1:5; Ps. 69:9; Psalms 48:8. | | | | | 12. FAST | Fasting, as Joel 1:14; 2:12, 15; II Samuel 12; Ps. 69:10; Acts 23:12; Isaiah 58:1-12; Matthew 4:2, 9:14-16. | | | | | 13. UNIONS | Labor Unions, as Amos 4:1; Eph. 6:5; Col. 3:22; James 5:4; Proverb 27:18. | | | | | 14. Kids | Discipline children, as Ecc. 8:11; Proverb 30:17; Proverb 22:6; Proverb 149:3; Genesis 18:19; Proverb 19:13-18; 20:30, 13:24. | | | | | 15. DANCE | Dancing, as I Samuel 18:6, 21:11; II Samuel 6:14-16; Psalm 150:4, 149:3; Matthew 11:17; Ecclesiast 3:4; Exodus 15:20. | | | | | 16. MUSIC | Psalm 146:2; 147:1; Ephesians 5:19; Colossian 3:16; Psalm 66:1-2; 68:3-4, 25; 66:4. | | | | | 17. C.O. | Conscientious Objector, as John 18:36; Psalm 68:30; Proverb 21:31; II Samuel 23:10-12; II Sam. 18:28, 31; Zech. 4:6; 9:10; II Timothy 2:3-4. | | | | | 18. PREACHER | As Zechariah 11:15-17; II Corinthian 11:13-15; Jeremiah 23; Ezekiel. 34; Titus 1:10-16. | | | | | 19. FOOD | As Hebrew 13:9; Proverb 27:2; Leviticus 2:4-7; Genesis 18:6-8; Leviticus 3:17. | | | | | 20. WIVES | I Peter 3:1-6; Proverb 31; Proverb 12:4; Ephesian 5:22-24; I Samuel 1; Ruth 1:16-17. | | | | | 21. BAPT. | Baptism, as Acts 2:38; Hebrews 6:2; John 3:5; Matthew 3:11; Matthew 28:19. | | | | | 22. HAND | Laying on of hands, as Acts 6:6; Hebrews 6:2; II Timothy 1:6; I Timothy 5:22; I Timothy 4:14. | | | | | 23. BIRTHDAY | As Mark 6; Matthew 14; Gen. 40:20. | | | | | 24. XMAS | As Jeremiah 10:1-5; Matthew 1:18-25; Matthew 2; Luke 1:2. | | | | | 25. JEWELRY | Ezekiel 16; Isaiah 3. | | | | | 26. 100 | Period after Millennium; White Throne Judgment - Matthew 11:20-24; Psalms 49:14; Isaiah 65:20. | | | | | 27. TARES | Parable of Wheat and tares, as Matthew 13:24-32, 36-43; Other parables likewise — PENNY, SOWER, TALENTS, POUNDS. | | | | The second system of chain referencing would be done by listing the subject in a blank page in the back of your Bible, as DANCE. Then beside this put the 1st scripture, EX. 15:20. Then when you turn to Ex. 15:20 put the next scripture in the margin, as Ex. 32:19. Continue this right on through all of the verses on that one subject. MARK YOUR BIBLES BY COLOR: | RED | - | SABBATH | | BLUE | - | HOLYDAYS | | GREEN | - | PRAYER | | YELLOW | - | SATAN, DEMONS | | ORANGE | - | PREDESTINATION, CALLED,ELECT. | | PURPLE | - | ISRAEL | | BLACK | - | CREATION | | BROWN | - | HEALING | WORDS ACROSS VERSES: | NO TRINITY | - | NOT 3 | | CHRISTMAS | - | XMAS | | REPENTANCE | - | R | | HOLY SPIRIT | - | H. S. | | HELL | - | HELL | | FAST | - | FAST | | HEAVEN | - | HEAVEN | | CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR | - | C.O. | | FINANCIAL VERSES | - | $ | | IMMORTAL SOUL | - | I. S. | | WINE | - | WINE | | DANCE | - | DANCE | | UNCLEAN ANIMALS | - | U. A. | | TITHE | - | TITHE | | ADVENT | - | ADV. | | RESURRECTION | - | RES. | | GOVERNMENT | - | GOVN. | | MILLENNIUM | - | 1000 | | SEX | - | SEX | | GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGEMENT | - | 100 | | BAPTISM | - | BAPT. | | FAITH | - | FAITH | | LAYING ON OF HANDS | - | HANDS | | BIRTHDAY | - | BIRTHDAY | | CHURCH | - | CHURCH | | SEALS, TRUMPETS, PLAGUES | - | I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII. | | 144,000 | - | 144,000 | | DEFINITION VERSE | - | DEF. | BY COLOR: | KINGDOM | - | BLUE HEXAGON | | FEAR | - | RED HEXAGON | | OBEY, LAW, COMMANDMENTS | - | YELLOW CIRCLE | | MOSES | - | PURPLE TRIANGLE OR MOSES | TOPIC: PARABLES: MIRACLES: LOAVES WATER - WALKING ON WATER SIGN PETER FISH KIDS - BLESSING CHILDREN 100 SHEEP 70 X 7 2 DEBTS PALMS 2 SONS BEAT SERVANTS SUPPER PARABLES TRIBUTE 7 BROTHERS WATER VIRGINS TALENTS SHEEP - GOATS OUR WORK SOWER STORM MOTHER SAMARITAN MARY - MARTHA PRODIGAL TOPIC PENCIL IN PARAGRAPH OWN CHAIN REFERENCE MARKING PROPHECY: TOPIC CIRCLING: ISRAEL EGYPT ASSYRIA BABYLON IN THAT DAY - DAY OF THE LORD
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