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| 5 Obstacles to Understanding the Bible |
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1. Temporal; we are seperated from historical events by 1000's of years.
2. Cultural; live in a vastly different culture from original recipients of Scripture.
3. Literacy; Bible was written in many different Literary styles
4. Prejudice; we come to the text with many of our own ideas
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| What is Necessary to understand Gods word? |
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Must have an intense desire to know Gods truth
Must humble ourselves before the Lord
Must approach Gods word with Faith
Must trust the Holy Spirit to be our leader
Must fear the Lord
Must pray for the Spirit of wisdom and Revelation |
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| 3 Different ways to approach the Bible |
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| Allegorical, Devotional, and Literal Methods. |
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| Effective Bible reading includes. . . |
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1. Beginning with Prayer
2. Involves Repetition
3. Fast Reading and Slow reading Methods
4. Interaction with the text
5. Systematic Reading
6. Understanding the type of literature you are reading
7. Careful observations of details |
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| What to look for when reading the Bible |
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1. most obvious thing
2. Literary context
3. The context
4. People
5. Words the define relationships btwn things
6. Principles
7. Geographical relationships |
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| Guidelines to discover the truth |
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1. Context Principal
2. First Mention Principle
3. Scripture Comparison
4. Progressive Revelation
5. Full Mention Principal
6. Harmony of Scripture
7. Symbolize Principal
8. Background Principal |
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1. ALlegorizing
2. Personality
3. Over-Contextualizing
4. Genre Confusion
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| Makes up a substantial portion of the Bible and provides the foundation for the entire Old Testament. it records laws that seem strange to us. |
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1. Identify what particular law meant to the audience
2. Determine between the Initial audience and believers today
3. Develop universal principals from the text
4. Correlate the principle with new testament
5. Apply the modified universal principal to life today. |
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| Elements to look for in Old Testament narratives |
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Background- introduces the story
Conflict - struggle the main character encounters
resolution - conclusion of story when main issues are settled |
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Lament- express struggles, sufferings, disappointments
Thanksgiving- Express joy over circumstances and God's blessings
Praise- honor God for his greatness and goodness
Salvation history- review Gods great deeds done for Israel
Celebration- affirm a divine covenant |
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| General principals for guiding our behavior and choices; not guaranteed promises from God. |
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| letter written in response to a certain circumastance |
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| an account of the life and ministry of Jesus arranged as a theological sermon and not a biography. |
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| How to understand a parable |
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Definition
look for the audience
look for the main point
look for relevant details |
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