friend, that is what this study guide is all about. It’s a manual designed to help you know and understand the Bible—to study it so you can see for yourself what it says about God, what it says about you, and what it says about becoming part of God’s forever family. Beginning with the Basics Inductive Bible study consists of three component parts, which we will look at separately, but which frequently overlap in practice. These three parts are observation, interpretation, and application. OBSERVATION