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Getting All We Can from Scripture: Seven Disciplines to Help Us Understand God's Ideas

Join the men's Bible study at Park View on April 14, 2015 to learn practical disciplines for interpreting Scripture accurately and avoiding personal bias. Session 2: Considering the context and understanding the range of possible meanings.

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Getting All We Can from Scripture: Seven Disciplines to Help Us Understand God's Ideas

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  1. Men’sBibleStudy at Park View April 14, 2015 Gettingallwecanfrom ScriptureSession 2Consider the context

  2. Getting all we can from Scripture

  3. Getting all we can from ScriptureSeven disciplines that help us read God's ideas out of the biblical text

  4. Getting all we can from ScriptureSeven disciplines that help us read God's ideas out of the biblical text (ratherthanreadourideasintothetext)

  5. Getting all we can from ScriptureSeven disciplines that help us read God's ideas out of the biblical text (ratherthanreadourideasintothetext)Discipline #1 - Prepare your heart

  6. May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other. (Gen. 31:49)

  7. May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other. If you mistreat my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.(Gen. 31:49-50)

  8. Getting all we can from ScriptureSeven disciplines that help us read God's ideas out of the biblical text (ratherthanreadourideasintothetext)Discipline #1 - Prepare your heart

  9. Getting all we can from ScriptureSeven disciplines that help us read God's ideas out of the biblical text (ratherthanreadourideasintothetext)Discipline #1 - Prepare your heartDiscipline #2 - Consider the context

  10. Getting all we can from ScriptureSeven disciplines that help us read God's ideas out of the biblical text (ratherthanreadourideasintothetext)Discipline #1 - Prepare your heartDiscipline #2 - Consider the context Does what is written before and after the text shed light on the text?

  11. Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through him who strengthens me (ESV)

  12. Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through him who strengthens me (ESV)I can do all this through him who gives me strength (NIV 2011)

  13. Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through him who strengthens me (ESV)I can do all this through him who gives me strength (NIV 2011)

  14. Almost all words carry ambiguity

  15. Almost all words carry ambiguitybecause they have a range of possible meaning

  16. Almost all words carry ambiguitybecause they have a range of possible meaning eg. grace (“she has a lot of grace”)

  17. Almost all words carry ambiguitybecause they have a range of possible meaning eg. grace (“she has a lot of grace”) 1. moves elegantly, easily

  18. Almost all words carry ambiguitybecause they have a range of possible meaning eg. grace (“she has a lot of grace”) 1. moves elegantly, easily 2. good manners, charm

  19. Almost all words carry ambiguitybecause they have a range of possible meaning eg. grace (“she has a lot of grace”) 1. moves elegantly, easily 2. good manners, charm 3. mercy, kindness

  20. Almost all words carry ambiguitybecause they have a range of possible meaning eg. grace (“she has a lot of grace”) 1. moves elegantly, easily 2. good manners, charm 3. mercy, kindness eg. pig

  21. Almost all words carry ambiguitybecause they have a range of possible meaning eg. grace (“she has a lot of grace”) 1. moves elegantly, easily 2. good manners, charm 3. mercy, kindness eg. pig (“my cousin has a pig”)

  22. Almost all words carry ambiguitybecause they have a range of possible meaning eg. grace (“she has a lot of grace”) 1. moves elegantly, easily 2. good manners, charm 3. mercy, kindness eg. pig (“my cousin has a pig”) male/female? old/young? pink/spotted?

  23. We determine the specific meaning a word carries by looking at its context

  24. We determine the specific meaning a word carries by looking at its contextWords seldom mean one precise thing and never anything else.

  25. We determine the specific meaning a word carries by looking at its contextWords seldom mean one precise thing and never anything else. Acts 5:29 - We must obey God rather than men

  26. Acts 16:33 - …the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized.

  27. Acts 16:33 - …the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized.v32 - Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house.

  28. Acts 16:33 - …the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized.v34 - The jailer…set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household

  29. 1 Cor 1:16 - ...I also baptized the household of Stephanas...

  30. 1 Cor 1:16 - ...I also baptized the household of Stephanas...1 Cor 16:15 - You know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints

  31. Common mistake

  32. Common mistake: putting every possible meaning of a word into each occurrence

  33. Common mistake: putting every possible meaning of a word into each occurrenceWith few exceptions, a word has but one of its meanings each time it occurs; the context will tell us which one

  34. eg. Greek word sarx (“flesh”)

  35. eg. Greek word sarx (“flesh”) 1) our physical body 1 Cor 15:39

  36. eg. Greek word sarx (“flesh”) 1) our physical body 1 Cor 15:39 2) a human being, personLuke 3:6

  37. eg. Greek word sarx (“flesh”) 1) our physical body 1 Cor 15:39 2) a human being, personLuke 3:6 3) human nature as controlled by sin Gal 5:19

  38. eg. Greek word sarx (“flesh”) 1) our physical body 1 Cor 15:39 2) a human being, personLuke 3:6 3) human nature as controlled by sin Gal 5:19John 1:14 - The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.

  39. Sometimes more than one meaning is intended

  40. Sometimes more than one meaning is intended eg. puns!

  41. Sometimes more than one meaning is intended eg. puns! poetry

  42. Sometimes more than one meaning is intended eg. puns! poetry Apostle John’s writings

  43. Sometimes more than one meaning is intended eg. puns! poetry Apostle John’s writingsJohn often intends a double meaning

  44. John 13:10 - “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.”

  45. John 13:10 - “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.”

  46. John 13:10 - “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” “Clean” refers to physical and spiritual cleanness

  47. John 13:10 - “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” “Clean” refers to physical and spiritual cleanness v11 - For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean

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