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That’s Just Your Interpretation

That’s Just Your Interpretation. Inductive Bible Study Method Part 1: Observation Gold Country Baptist Church Adult Sunday School Johnston Johnston.bob@comcast.net. Agenda. Bible Study Today We Don’t Study Why We Don’t Study Why We Should Study What Me Study?. Why We Can Study

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That’s Just Your Interpretation

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  1. That’s Just Your Interpretation Inductive Bible Study Method Part 1: Observation Gold Country Baptist Church Adult Sunday School Johnston Johnston.bob@comcast.net

  2. Agenda • Bible Study Today • We Don’t Study • Why We Don’t Study • Why We Should Study • What Me Study? • Why We Can Study • Why We Should Study • Preparation • Biblical Basis for Studying

  3. Agenda Cont • The Inductive Bible Study Method • What is the Inductive Method? • Overview • What to Avoid • Context • Genre • Literary • Observing the Text • What to Look For • 5 W’s and H • Observation Levels • The Paragraph • Taking Notes • Observation Exercises: Book level • Observation Exercises: Paragraph level • Charting • Outlining

  4. We Don’t Study Why We Don’t Study Why We Should Study What Me Study? Why WE don’t Study the Good Book Any More

  5. Bible Study Today • 92% of Households own at least 1 copy • Average of 3 copies per household that has a Bible • Use of Bible • 73% Read occasionally (1980s) • 59% Read occasionally (10-2000) • 37% Once a Week – avg 52 min. • 21% in Bible Study Group (1990) • 14% in Bible Study Group (2000) • Barna Group

  6. Why We Don’t Study the Bible • Don’t Know How • That’s Why We Hired Pastor • Its Greek to Me • Its Boring • Its Too Much Work • Got Spirit, Don’t Need Study • Settling for Cut Flowers

  7. What, Me Study? “… whether one likes it or not, every reader is at the same time an interpreter. That is, most of us assume as we read that we also understand what we read… Fee, Gordon D., and Stewart, Douglas, How to Read the Bible for All its Worth, Zondervan, 3rd ed., 2003, pg. 18.

  8. Why We Should Study Preparing to Study Biblical Basis for Studying Why WE CAN STUDY

  9. Why We Should Study • Inspired (2 Peter 1:20-21) • Profitable for Equipping (2 Tim 3:16-17) • Solid Food for the Mature (Heb 5:11-14) • Assurance of Salvation ( 1 Jn 5:13)

  10. Foundations of Bible Study • Infallible, Inerrant • Unity of Bible • Progressive Revelation • Bible its Own Best Interpreter • Bible Language is Mostly Human Language • Guidance of Holy Spirit

  11. Clarity of Scripture “What they meant was that the Bible is basically clear and lucid. It is simple enough for any literate person to understand its basic message. That is not to say that all parts of the Bible are equally clear or that there are no difficult passages or sections to be found in it… Sproul, R.C, Knowing Scripture, pg. 15.

  12. Preparing to Study • For Eyes to See (Ps. 119:18 ) • For Understanding and Meditation (Ps. 119:27 ) • For Understanding Fear of the Lord (Prov 2:1-5) • Be Obedient (Ps. 119:98-100) • Be Observant (Acts 17:11)

  13. What is the Inductive Study Method What to Avoid Context Genre Grammatical Structure Literary Structure The Inductive Bible Study Method

  14. What is the Inductive Method? • Examine Particulars of the Scriptures • Base Conclusions on Examination • Bible as Primary Source • Use of Bible Study Tools After Own Interpretation

  15. Inductive Bible Study Method Overview • Observe – • What Does it Say? • Interpretation – • What Does it Mean? • Application – • What do I Do?

  16. What to Avoid: Bible Study Tools • Used too Soon • Like Pre-chewed Food • Misses Joy of Discovery

  17. What to Avoid: Methodless Study • Haphazard Study • Cafeteria style • What are we going to find today? • Bibliomancy • Divination by Random Selection of Texts

  18. Context • Flow Controls Interpretation • Contexts: • Textual • Cultural • Historical • Avoids Proof-texting

  19. Genre “One of the most important aspects of the human side of the Bible is that, in order to communicate his word to all human conditions, God chose to use almost every available kind of communication: narrative history, genealogies, chronicles, laws of all kinds, poetry of all kinds, proverbs, prophetic oracles, riddles, drama, biographical sketches, parables, letters, sermons, and apocalypses.” Fee, Gordon D., and Stewart, Douglas, How to Read the Bible for All its Worth, Zondervan, 3rd ed., 2003.

  20. Grammatical Structure • Ideas are Terms that are Related to other Terms • Related Terms Form the Framework of a Passage • Framework can be Difficult to Determine • People will Differ on the Structures

  21. Literary Structure

  22. What to Look For 5 W’s and H Observation Levels The Paragraph Taking Notes Observation Exercises: Book level Observation Exercises: Paragraph level Charting Outlining Observing the Text

  23. Observation • Take Your Time • Book Overview > Section > Paragraph • Discover and List Facts, Questions • Read Repeatedly • Chart • Don’t Interpret

  24. What to Look For • Repeated Ideas, Terms • Pronouns, Synonyms • Emphasized Items • People, Places, Events • Related Things • Strange Things • Things That are Not There

  25. 5 W’s and H

  26. Observation Levels

  27. The Paragraph • Basic Unit of Study • Complete Thought with Supporting Details • Some Paragraphs Artificial • Titles • 2-3 words • Memorable • Unique • Descriptive

  28. Taking Notes • Name Sections, Paragraphs • List Observations with Reference • Mark Key Terms with Color or Symbols • Use Common Sense • Rephrase • Key Phrases  Main Subjects  Theme of Paragraph, Segment, or Book

  29. Markup Sheet Example

  30. Observation Exercise 1 • Read 1 John at Least 3 Times to get Big Picture • List at Least 15-20 Observations (using the 5 W’s and H) • Begin Chart of 1 John

  31. Observation Exercise 2 • Read 1 John Chapter 1 at Least 3 Times to get Big Picture • List at Least 15-20 Observations (using the 5 W’s and H) • Due Next Meeting

  32. Charting • Summarize Observations • Visualizes Relationships of Parts to Whole • Reveals Authors Purpose • Keep Simple • Revise as Needed

  33. Chart Example From Hendricks, Howard G., and Hendricks, William D., Living By the Book, Chicago: Moody Press, 1991, pg. 183.

  34. Where Observation Form

  35. Outlining • No One Right Way • Helps us Organize Thoughts and Teaching • Look for Main Theme • Then Sub-Themes • First Main Thought or Principle • Supporting Idea, Example, Illustrations • Second Main Thought or Principle

  36. Putting it Back Together • Look for Connectives (But, And, Therefore) • Paragraph- Multiple Sentences • Segment – Group of Paragraphs • Subsection – Group of Segments • Section – Group of Subsections • Division - Groups of Sections • Book – Group of Divisions

  37. Bibliography • Adler, Mortimer, and Van Doren, Charles, How to Read a Book, Revised and Updated edition, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1972. • Arthur, Kay, How to Study Your Bible, The Lasting Rewards of the Inductive Method, Eugene: Harvest House Publishers, 1994. • Fee, Gordon D., and Stewart, Douglas, How to Read the Bible for All its Worth, Zondervan, 3rd ed., 2003 • Finzel, Hans, Observe, Interpret, Apply: How to Study the Bible Inductively, Wheaton: Victor Books, 1994. • Hendricks, Howard G., and Hendricks, William D., Living By the Book, Chicago: Moody Press, 1991. • MacArthur, J., F., How to Get the Most From God’s Word, Dallas: Word pub. 1997. • Traina, Robert A., Methodical Bible Study, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1980. • Sproul, R.C., Knowing Scripture, Downers Grove: IVP, 1977. • Stein, Robert H., Playing By the Rules, A Basic Guide to Interpreting the Bible, Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994. • Sterrett, T Norton, How to Understand Your Bible, Downers Grove: IVP,1974. • Vlach, Michael J., Americans and the Bible: Bible Ownership, Reading, Study and Knowledge in the United States, Americans and the Bible.htm , TheologicalStudies.org • Warren, Rick, Rick Warren’s Bible Study Methods, Twelve Ways You Can Unlock God’s Word, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2006.

  38. An Observer’s Prayer We need not so much that God should give us more benefits, as the ability to see what He has given. C.H. Spurgeon

  39. THIS BOOK contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe and practice it to be holy. It contains light to direct you, food to support you and comfort to cheer you. It is the traveller's map, the pilgrim's staff, the pilot's compass, the soldier's sword and the Christian's charter. Here paradise is restored, heaven opened and the gates of hell disclosed. Christ is its grand object, our good is its design and the glory of God its end. It should fill the memory, rule the heart, and guide the feet. Read it slowly, frequently, and prayerfully. It is a mine of wealth, a paradise of glory, and a river of pleasure. It is given you in life, will be opened in the judgement, and will be remembered forever. It involves the highest responsibility, will reward the greatest labour, and will condemn all who trifle with its sacred contents. • — Anonymous

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