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1 | Properly Interpreting the Bible | Bible general Archive 3 | DocTrinsograce | 156916 | ||
The verbal plenary inspiration of the Holy Scriptures is a perspective that is at the roots of the Reformation. What this means is that God directed the writing of every single word in the original autographs, using and guiding the whole aspect of the life, mind, and times of the writer. We see this idea throughout the teachings of Christ and the apostles (see Matthew 4:4; Luke 4:4; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 3:2; Jude 17; Revelation 22:18-19; etc.). Paul bases an entire theological argument (Galatians 3:16) on whether a word in Genesis was plural or not! Therefore, I am going to post under this thread a series of guidelines for proper interpretation of Biblical text. The sources for this material is somewhat eclectic, primarily coming out of classes, lectures, theology books, and sermons that I've had the privilege to have heard or read. (If anyone is interested, the formal theological description of this discipline is "Historico-grammatical approach to exegetical work in hermeneutics." You can also find a great deal of discussion on this approach in what is called the "Antiochian School of Thought." Don't let the technical language throw you off, it is just a matter of vocabulary.) I would commend everyone to the Chicago Statement of Biblical Hermeneutics: http://www.origins.org/articles/00site_chicago.html Let me give you a good working definition of hermeneutics: The science (systematic approach) of properly interpreting the Bible as it was meant to be understood by those who wrote it." Every believer has the obligation to be a student (disciple) of Christ and an instructor of the teachings of Christ (Matthew 28:18-20). It is my prayer, therefore, that we place the proper emphasis on the interpretation of Scripture that God intends us to have. |
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2 | Properly Interpreting the Bible | Bible general Archive 3 | DocTrinsograce | 158836 | ||
COMMON MISTAKES IN BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION 1. Misquotation 2. Poor translation 3. Eisegesis (forcing an interpretation into a text that isn't there) 4. Failure to compare scripture with scripture 5. Taking a passage out of context 6. Cultural reinterpretation ("That was true for Paul, but not for us today.") 7. Failure to check sources 8. Letting tradition dictate interpretation 9. Failure to appreciate what the church has taught on the passage COMMON (CULT) MISTAKES IN BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION 1. Hooking: Using a text in the Bible to lead to a cultic teaching not found in the text 2. Putting texts together that were not meant to go together 3. Over-squeezing a text to get something out of it that isn't there 4. Over-speculation (especially in prophecy) 5. Changing the definition of words 6. Using a twisted translation 7. Taking extra-biblical revelation as authoratative |
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3 | Properly Interpreting the Bible | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 158841 | ||
Doc, at one time or another I believe I've seen all these interpretative mistakes committed on the Forum, some of them many times over. Mercifully hidden away somewhere in the Forum archives is a gruesomely long thread debating, of all things, the meaning of the little word "all" in which we were asked to believe that when the Bible uses all, it doesn't mean all at all. That pill was hard for me to swallow, because where I come from when a man says you all he means every last one of you. The whole shootin' match. ..... I guess the eisegesis business -- forcing an interpretation into a text that simply isn't there -- and taking a passage out of context are the two most frequently seen on the Forum. Many of the "old regulars" on the Forum have posted again and again about the importance of context. Yet the problem persists. Either the warnings against lifting passages out of context don't get read, or if they do, they go in one ear and out the other two. :-) --Hank | ||||||
4 | fifth verse of psalms 23 what is it | Bible general Archive 3 | vbrascom35 | 158852 | ||
I need a break down of the fifth verse in psalms 23 | ||||||
5 | fifth verse of psalms 23 what is it | Bible general Archive 3 | BradK | 158856 | ||
Hi vbrascom, Here is commentary from C.H. Spurgeon in his work, The Treasury of David: "PSALM 23:5 - EXPOSITION Ver. 5. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies. The good man has his enemies. He would not be like his Lord if he had not. If we were without enemies we might fear that we were not the friends of God, for the friendship of the world is enmity to God. Yet see the quietude of the godly man in spite of, and in the sight of, his enemies. How refreshing is his calm bravery! Thou preparest a table before me. When a soldier is in the presence of his enemies, if he eats at all he snatches a hasty meal, and away he hastens to the fight. But observe: "Thou preparest a table, "just as a servant does when she unfolds the damask cloth and displays the ornaments of the feast on an ordinary peaceful occasion. Nothing is hurried, there is no confusion, no disturbance, the enemy is at the door, and yet God prepares a table, and the Christian sits down and eats as if everything were in perfect peace. Oh! the peace which Jehovah gives to his people, even in the midst of the most trying circumstances! "Let earth be all in arms abroad, They dwell in perfect peace." Thou anointest my head with oil. May we live in the daily enjoyment of this blessing, receiving a fresh anointing for every day's duties. Every Christian is a priest, but he cannot execute the priestly office without unction, and hence we must go day by day to God the Holy Ghost, that we may have our heads anointed with oil. A priest without oil misses the chief qualification for his office, and the Christian priest lacks his chief fitness for service when he is devoid of new grace from on high. My cup runneth over. He had not only enough, a cup full, but more than enough, a cup which overflowed. A poor man may say this as well as thosein higher circumstances. "What, all this, and Jesus Christ too?" said a poor cottager as she broke a piece of bread and filled a glass with cold water. Whereas a man may be ever so wealthy, but if he be discontented his cup cannot run over; it is cracked and leaks. Content is the philosopher's stone which turns all it touches into gold; happy is he who has found it. Content is more than a kingdom, it is another word for happiness." I hope this helps, BradK |
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