Method:
Bible study method created by Raimer Rojas
Discovery Bible Study • The Gospel In All Of Scripture Bible Study • Made by God, Made for God, For His Purposes Bible Study • Inductive Bible Study • Holistic Bible Study (Sp) • Bible Character Study • Bible Book Study
To understand the Bible rightly, we must recognize that every part of it ultimately points to Jesus. This is exactly what Jesus affirmed about the Law and the Prophets. After His resurrection, He explained to His disciples “what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself,” beginning with Moses and all the Prophets (Luke 24:27). He also told them that everything written about Him in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms had to be fulfilled (Luke 24:44–47). Jesus Himself taught that the Scriptures testify about Him (John 5:39).
As the divine author of Scripture, God has woven one unified story centered on the gospel of His Son. The Bible is not merely a collection of moral lessons, religious stories, or spiritual principles. It is the unfolding story of God’s plan to redeem His people and restore creation through Christ. To miss the gospel in any part of the Bible is to miss God’s intentional design to reveal Christ.
Unlike Discovery Bible Study, which focuses solely on the chosen passage, The Gospel in All of Scripture invites you to draw from your knowledge of Christ and gospel-centered passages to deepen your understanding. Rather than approaching Scripture as if encountering it for the first time, this method encourages you to connect each passage to the fuller revelation of God in Christ.
Because of this, it requires some familiarity with the Old Testament, the New Testament, and especially the Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These books reveal the life, ministry, death, resurrection, and mission of Jesus.
Every Bible study method has its unique approach, focus, and purpose. This one is centered on understanding how each passage fits into the greater picture of the gospel. The goal is not to force Jesus into every verse, but to see how every passage belongs within the larger story that finds its fulfillment in Him.
How does it show sin, suffering, rebellion, or the need for redemption?
What problems or struggles does it expose?
What does it show about God’s character, actions, or heart?
How does it fit into the Bible’s larger redemption story?
Does it foreshadow Him, reflect His mission, or highlight our need for Him?
How does it connect to His life, death, or resurrection?
How does this passage call me to trust, worship, or obey Him?
What action does this truth prompt me to take?
The world’s need
God’s plan and heart
Christ’s work
Your response in light of the gospel
By using this tool, we train ourselves to read the Bible as Jesus did — seeing the gospel woven through every part of Scripture. This deepens our love for God’s Word, strengthens our faith, and transforms our walk with Christ.
25 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. - Luke 24:25-27 NIV
44 He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.” 45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46 He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.” - Luke 24:44-49 NIV
56 "Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.” 57 “You are not yet fifty years old,” they said to him, “and you have seen Abraham!” 58 “Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!” - John 8:56-58
39 "You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life... 45 But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set. 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?” - John 5: 39-40, 44-45 NIV
For a more elaborate experience with this approach, Tim Keller has a Youtube video collection called Discover the Gospel in Every Book of the Bible). His focus is looking at each book in the Old Testament and seeing God’s intentional design to reveal the coming Christ. Unfortunately, Tim Keller passed away before finishing this project but he did cover 14 books of the Old Testament.
Another video collection is from Watermark: The Gospel in Your Favorite Bible Stories