Hidden Features in my Bible Cross Reference Books

Bible study is very exciting and spiritually profitable. Bible reading is wonderful, but Bible study is much more fruitful.

I have written three cross reference resources:  (1) The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; (2) Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible;  (3) The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury.

I wrote the following note to my twin nephews about ten years ago upon their high school graduation. The note pertains to my second resource, Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible, but equally applies to each of my other two collections of cross references. Using any of these resources to study any of the topics listed below should prove very informative.

12/27/08. Some otherwise “hidden” features of the Cross Reference Guide

 

This is a Bible study resource you can never exhaust! The more you use it to study the Bible, the better it gets. I spent over 26 years doing the research for this book, followed by five years to type it up, and two more years to put it in this format after 15 more years of research.

 

To use the book, look up a favorite verse, or select a verse you want to understand better, and look up its references. Favorite verses of mine include 2 Timothy 1:7; Colossians 1:10; 2 Corinthians 6:2; Hebrews 6:9, 10; Psalm 34:4; 40:17; 1 Peter 3:15; Romans 15:7.

 

Don’t miss the following special notes and references on:

 

Guidance, 1 K 12:7, 10. 13:9, 18, pages 339, 341;

 

Prophecy Index, Isaiah 11:11, pages 725, 726;

 

Bible study methods (cause/effect relationships), Psalm 9:10, pages 535, 536;

 

Special note on the use of “all” in the Bible, Genesis 41:56, page 59;

 

The use of “soul,” Genesis 2:7, page 4;

 

The use of “spirit,” Genesis 6:3, page 11;

 

Significant references to “If,” Genesis 4:7, page 8;

 

Four kinds of “if” in the New Testament, Matthew 4:9, pages 1017, 1018;

 

Attributes of God prove the Trinity, Matthew 28:19, pages 1075, 1076.

 

“Jehovah” of Old Testament passages applied to Jesus in the NT, 1 Peter 2:3, pages 1457, 1458.

 

Jehovah titles of the Old Testament, Exodus 15:26, page 87.

 

Prayer, major key reference to, Luke 11:9, pages 1129, 1130.

 

Reasons behind unanswered prayer, Psalm 66:18, page 583.

 

Instances of answered prayer, Psalm 99:6, page 611.

 

God punishes evil now, Genesis 6:13, key word destroy, page 12.

 

Imprecatory prayer, Jeremiah 10:25, page 807.

 

Receive one another, Romans 15:7, page 1298.

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6 Responses to Hidden Features in my Bible Cross Reference Books

  1. ken sagely says:

    great blessing here jerry!!! thank you ken

  2. Jerry says:

    Thank you, Ken, for your always encouraging responses!

    The information in my article, “Hidden Features in my Bible Cross Reference Books,” should provide good leads to things to study in the Bible that will encourage the faith of anyone who will study the cross reference passages.

  3. Scott Cheatham says:

    I do remember you telling me about this in an email. I am sharing this with my students as I’ve taught them how to use this tool.

  4. Jerry says:

    Thank you, Pastor Cheatham, for letting others know about this method of Bible study. I’m sure it will bring years of blessing and encouragement to their study of the Bible for the rest of their lives.

  5. Ross Purdy says:

    Hi Jerry,

    Would you allow The Word Bible software to run your cross reference work? It used to be able to run eSword modules but things are tighter in the way modules integrate now, of course.

  6. Jerry says:

    If it were up to me, I would extend permission immediately! But my “contract” gives eSword the exclusive right to produce my Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury. It may be possible to get Mr. Phil Stoner at estudysource.com to agree to have it made available to other publishers, but it has not happened yet.

    I spent about the last three weeks correcting and preparing the manuscript for a new release of my New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. It is planned to issue the book in printed form once again. It may be that a digital edition will also be released. I was able to enter all the corrections I have collected since 1992 or so until now. I also corrected and completed the figures of speech entries and index.

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