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Reading the Bible for all its worth

Reading the Bible for all its worth. . . . you have forsaken the love that you had at first . . . Revelation 2:4,5. Joshua: Choose . . . Israel: We will serve God . . . But - short time later: Everyone did as they saw fit (see Joshua 24:15,18,21 Judges 17:6, 21:25). application.

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Reading the Bible for all its worth

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  1. Reading the Bible for all its worth

  2. . . . you have forsaken the love that you had at first . . . Revelation 2:4,5

  3. Joshua: Choose . . . • Israel: We will serve God . . . • But - short time later: Everyone did as they saw fit (see Joshua 24:15,18,21 Judges 17:6, 21:25)

  4. application • Have we abandoned our first love of God? • If so then, return / repent!

  5. Amos 5:1-17 observe

  6. Observe or notice • Lament

  7. Observe or notice • Lament • God is speaking

  8. Observe or notice • Lament • God is speaking • Place names

  9. Observe or notice • Lament • God is speaking • Place names • Poetry included

  10. Observe or notice • Lament • God is speaking • Place names • Poetry included • Structure

  11. interpret

  12. interpret Principle 3(b) Consider the content: historical aspects

  13. content: historical and cultural features

  14. interpret Principle 1 Look for the author’s meaning

  15. author’s intention CEA agents

  16. author’s intention CEA agents “Return to God”

  17. interpret Principle 2 Read the passage in context

  18. context

  19. interpret Principle 3(a) Consider the content: genre

  20. Interpret • Oracle

  21. Interpret • Oracle • Poetry included

  22. Interpret • Oracle • Poetry included • Place names

  23. Interpret • Oracle • Poetry included • Place names • Structure

  24. interpret Principle 4 Interpreting personal experience

  25. interpret Principle 5 Consider all of Scripture

  26. apply - repent - return to God - return to your 1st love

  27. How to read the Bible for all its worth Careful observation  Thorough interpretation  Purposeful application

  28. Do this in remembrance of me . . .

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