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Tips About Studying The One Gospel Bible

Important facts to remember when studying The One Gospel Bible include:

  1. This is not a storybook, it is Scripture. The product of merging the four New Testament gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John into one complete narration about the Life and Ministry of the same Person, Jesus Christ the Firstborn Son of the Living God.

  2. It is a one-stop-shop to know and follow Christ the Lord. If especially new converts and young believers may miss an event about Christ, from studying the gospels singly, that possibility is eliminated with the merging of the gospels without changing a single word of Scripture.

  3. It is a first-of-its-kind, because of the special features added by Holy Spirit the Writer and Owner. These special features include:

  4. Columned mini commentaries or Special Notes, reveal previously unknown details about the Personality of Christ.

  5. Findings, why Christ the Lord is holy.

  6. Illustrated findings about the depth of His love.

  7. Encyclopedic catalogue of His holy ways and deep love, suitable for scholarly study, discussions, research and thesis in spiritual intellectualism and divinity.

  8. Standard to enhanced Concordance that double as Bible dictionary and further study references.

All contribute to strengthen existing knowledge about who Christ the Lord really is, and help to easily understand and run the Christian race to the top on the Path to glory.


Other important notes for studying The One Gospel Bible include:

  1. Subtitle Search Menu: Like scrolling down a computer menu, this Scripture contains a ‘Subtitles Search Menu’ to scroll down to easily find chapters and verses of specific interests in the Life and Ministry of Jesus Christ.

  2. Text Format: The merged gospel text is formatted to help easily identify words of the Heavenly Father in capital red letters, and the words of Christ the Lord in red letters. All others are in black letters.

  3. Illustrations: Computer-designed graphics contained throughout the merged gospel text and findings, illustrate either the meaning or picture form of randomly selected verses.

  4. Footnotes: Each page contains footnoted Study References of attributes and revelations contained in the central column, for verification in the complete Holy Bible. Apart from His Fulfilled prophecies, which are directly cited in the column, these study references encourage wider study and point out subject matter of interest.




Tips for Selecting Appropriate Volume for Study


To help study Scripture at their own pace and capacity, The One Gospel Bible comes in four volumes. All four volumes have the same Merged Gospel Text, but different features. Scripture volumes to select from include:

  1. Early Version volume 1: This volume contains the same Merged Gospel Text, with few features including graphic illustrations, How-to-Use, and Subtitle Search Menu.

  2. Standard Version volume 2: This volume contains the same Merged Gospel Text, with all the features contained in volume 1 above. Other features contained include findings (with corresponding encyclopedia) why Christ the Lord is holy, His Path to Glory, and a Standard Concordance with Bible Dictionary and Study References.

  3. Standard Version volume 3 (Enhanced): This volume contains the same Merged Gospel Text, with all the features contained in volume 2 above. Additional feature the Holy Spirit commanded to include is, ‘How God loves Mankind Deeply’ (with corresponding Encyclopedia and robust and exciting illustrations).

  4. Simplified Version volume 4: This volume contains the same Merged Gospel Text, with all the features contained in volume 3 condensed and prioritized. For example, the Concordance is condensed to present only fewer and randomly selected keywords considered directly relevant for especially new converts and young believers. Findings, why Christ is holy, contained in volume 3, are revealed by His Names, His Character, His Deity, His Testimonies, and His Fulfilled prophecies. In the simplified volume 4, only findings, why Christ is holy by His Character is contained because, Christ’s holiness by His righteous character is God’s priority for mankind to resemble.


It is important to note that all four volumes similarly contain the following:

  1. A ‘Preface’ that describe why the four gospels were merged, the Call, the Work, and the Promise for producing The One Gospel Bible.

  2. A supplement to the Merged Gospels Text, which is the Acts of the Early Apostles, Acts chapter 1 verses 1-14, from the ascension of Christ the Lord until return to Jerusalem.

  3. The Endorsement of the Holy Spirit with the words, “I own it, and will do wonders with it in the land. Through it, I will demonstrate My power in the land. The Copyright is Mine… Launch it for mass production and distribution. Tell them to make Me an offering: I will repay all who loan to Me.”


Tips For Studying The One Gospel Bible


It is important to remember that The One Gospel Bible does not replace the Holy Bible, with its old and new testaments. It instead complements the Holy Bible, by focusing to strengthen existing knowledge of Christ the Lord who mankind is created and destined to resemble: According to God the Everlasting Father’s priority in this age to have pleasure seeing Himself through Christ in every human. While one can increasingly study to know and follow Christ using The One Gospel Bible, it is useful and important to have the complete Holy Bible too. Here are some useful suggestions for daily devotional studies to know and follow Christ using The One Gospel Bible:

  1. Chapter Subtitle-based studies: This focuses on specific interest in the Life and Ministry of Christ listed in the ‘Subtitle Search Menu.’ There are 260 listings requiring 260 days at one subtitle per day, in any one year. Leaving the balance of 105 days or 106 days in a leap year, for revisions, and/or further studies as a specific subtitle might take more than one day to complete.

  2. Chapter-based studies: Spending time day-after-day repeatedly studying the 68 chapters in The One Gospel Bible, will help become familiar with Scripture chapters and verses.

  3. Theme-based studies: This is an adventure of studying to know and follow Christ by themes and sub-themes. Like each chapter and verses in the merged main text, findings of His holy ways and deep love are displayed in parts and verses. Study His attributes in verses, in parts, or in Encyclopedic compendium.

  4. In Verses: There are total 388 verses in the 7 parts of ‘His Holy Ways.’ Part 1, ‘God’s Priority’ has 15 verses: Part 2, ‘By His Names’ has 65 verses: Part 3, ‘By His Character’ has 93 verses: Part 4, ‘By His Deity’ has 72 verses: Part 5, ‘By His Testimonies’ has 14 verses: Part 6, ‘By Fulfilled prophecies’ has 92 verses: Part 7, ‘His Path to Glory’ has 37 verses. ‘His Deep Love’ has a total of 68 verses under 7 sub-divisions, including His mission, His Salvation, His Healing, His care, His war, His reward, and Conclusion. Each of these verses has numberings and references, leading to corresponding chapters and verse in the Merged Gospels Text or in the Holy Bible. Choose to study by each verse daily, singly or in multiples.

  5. In Parts: Each of the seven parts of Christ’s holy ways, identified above, are sub-divided into sub-themes. For example, Part 3 by ‘His Character’ is displayed in 5 sub-themes at different stages of Christ our Lord’s Life and Ministry: Including ‘Childhood to baptism,’ ‘Temptation,’ ‘Ministry,’ ‘Trials,’ and ‘Resurrection to Ascension.’ Choose to study His holy ways and deep love in Parts, whole or in sub-themes.

  6. In Encyclopedic Compendium: Suitable for scholars, teachers, and older believers, the different ‘parts’ in each major ‘theme’ are further described by a condensed compendium of His Attributes. For example, the part of ‘His Deity’ in the theme of ‘His holy ways,’ is further understood by tabulated attributes including the ‘Positions of Christ’ the ‘Person of Christ,’ the ‘Works of Christ,’ the ‘Impact of Christ,’ the ‘Power of Christ,’ the ‘Signs of Christ,’ and the ‘Support of Christ.’ Each tabulated attribute of the different parts of His holy ways and deep love, are each condensed into descriptive catalogues of His detail Names, stages of events, keywords, prophecy and fulfilments, witnesses and testimonies, and illustrations of His deep love. Each tabulated attribute has respective ‘Reference Numbers’ leading to the chapter and verse in the main Merged Gospels Text. Choose to study about Christ using these encyclopedic compendia of His Attributes either as Curriculum for Christian Learning and Thought, for scholarly research and thesis in Divinity, and/or for personal spiritual intellectual growth. How exciting to attempt to know Christ the Firstborn Son of the Living God as He really is!

  7. Concordance-based Studies: The One Gospel Bible comes with a Standard Concordance containing 538 major words, arranged in alphabetical order. Each of the major word comes defined both as an English word, and as a Bible word for which reason it is called Bible Dictionary. Apart from the accompanying exhaustive list of reoccurrences in the main Merged Gospels Text chapter and verses, each major word has a set of Study References found in the Holy Bible. Choose to study each major word daily, singly or multiples, to further strengthen revelational knowledge of the Person and Personality of Jesus Christ the Son of the Living God.

  8. Graphics-based studies: Graphic illustrations found throughout the main Merged Gospels Text can be studied daily, singly or in combination, using their respective corresponding verses. This is especially suitable for children, to further understand Bible characters, events, representations, and meanings as they relate to knowing Christ the Lord.

  9. Column-based studies: Reading each labelled categories and points found in the Central column on every page of the merged Gospels Text, one after the other, exposes other exciting frontiers of wisdom that is the application of the knowledge of Christ.

  10. Free and Optional Studies: The freedom of choosing other options not listed here for effectively studying The One Gospel Bible, like simply reading through the entire text, is open for discovery and use.

Whatever study type chosen, always begin with prayers: Asking the Spirit of the Lord to give a heart to know Christ, to become a man or woman of the word, to understand including things about Christ hidden until the last days, and to follow by daily practicing the example of Christ.


Indicators of Effective Study

  1. Spends quiet time daily, reading and studying Scripture.

  2. Meditates especially on the utterances of Christ to:

  3. Understand the true meaning and reason behind the Lord’s utterances.

  4. Relate Scripture to happenings in the surrounding world, like implications for parental guidance and for solutions to widening insecurity.

  5. Bear fruits of righteousness, by practicing being holy by righteous character like Christ the Lord.

  6. Become a person full of the word of Christ, able to recall and recite His utterances.

  7. Takes notes during study, of revelations and findings, for future references, discussions, teaching, and care.

  8. Practices asking the Holy Spirit in Christ’s Name, or His designated teachers, for help to understand Scripture.


More Tips to Acquire Helpful Resources, and Partnership


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