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61 | What does it mean to be poor in spirit? | Matthew | bowler | 207445 | ||
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62 | Good and Bad Fruit Out of Context? | Matt 12:33 | bowler | 207425 | ||
Doctrinsograce I all fairness to you, researching where I studied this stuff from in the books is something I would like to share with you. First of all I would like to do this because it will make it easier for you to look up and check that I did not quote it if you are able to see the exact pages and passages I used to back up my notes. And second of all, it would be rather more fair to you and others who might posses these books, if I were to provide you the page numbers and chapters I read to save you the foot work of having to sift through it all. Here are books I studied and the pages and chapters - Living by the Book by Howard and William Hendricks - chapter 4 "An Overview of the Process" pages 39-45 - the latest edition. Biblical Preaching by Haddon W. Robinson - chapter 1 "The Case For Biblical Preaching" pages 20, 21 - chapter 5 "The Arrow And The Target" pages 101-103. Interpreting the New Testament by H. Conzelmann and A. Lindmemann - chapter 1 "Part 1 Methodology" pages 1-45. How To Read The Bible For All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart - chapter 1 "Introduction The Need To Interpret" pages 25-31. I hope this helps you understand once you read all this that I did not quote anyone, I studied these books, plus my 20 years of notes, and wrote a note as a post in answer to a question from tumbleweed. 2 Timothy 2:5 Also if anyone competes as an athelete, he does not win the prize unless he competes according to the rules. blessings abound, bowler |
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63 | Good and Bad Fruit Out of Context? | Matt 12:33 | bowler | 207424 | ||
Doctrinsograce I did not quote a "source", truthfully I did not. I crafted this definition "The Study of the Bible derived from a historical, grammatical, and literary study of a passage in its context, through answering a set, or series of questions asked of the passage, in order to arrive at a literal interpretation from which to form an application.", myself after carefully looking at what it means to do an expository Bible Study. The first elements from "history to literaly" I got from my notes and from looking these things up in the books to verify my notes - I did not quote anyone, including the pastors, I used my own words and thoughts. From questions of content through questions of context - this was largely what I have learned over the past 20 years in my church and was in bits and pieces in those myriad of note books, and I used the books to make sure I had it straight - I did not quote any books, I used my own words. Questions to determine an application came largely from what I have learned in church from the notebooks and only part of that is backed up in the books - I did not quote, I used my own words. For the example post - I sat down for two solid hours and used the entire first post about what an expository Bible Study is and did the work, step, by step, using the outline in that I submitted and came up with the answer on my own. The only part that I got from somewhere else is my current pastor took us through the Book of John and I learned about the usage of the word "Edei", and the three sub-themes of John - and I did not quote him, or my other pastors either, I used my own words to express what I have learned to do over the years. Ansewering tumbleweed's note made me sit down for the first time and actually hammer out what I know in bits and pieces about how to do exegesis. I think I said in another post that I was aware of several definitions of what exegesis is. That would be definitions I did not use in here from four books and in bits and pieces with different forumulas from 3 pastors in 25 note books. What I did was sat down and opened up four different books with the parts in them and looked at four links, as well as 20 years worth of notebooks with notes from going to my church where my pastors (three in 20 years) all practiced a strict adherence to expository preaching and teaching by the use of exegesis. I sat down for a lot of hours yesterday and today, and studied first and foremost my notes in the 25 note books of hand written notes to look for bits and pieces of this stuff. Then I looked through Biblical Preaching by Haddon W. Robbinson, Living by the Book by Howard G. Hendricks, Interpreting the New Testatment by H. Conzelmann and A. Lindemann, and How To Read The Bible For All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee to make sure I had it right. Here are the links, but I did not quote them either, I studied them to make sure my notes in my note books were on target. http://www.discipleshipministry.com/book3.pdf http://www.triviumpursuit.com/articles/inductive_and_deductive_bible_studies.php http://www.intothyword.org/pages.asp?pageid equal sign 53490 http://www.chrisapp.org/partner/Article_Display_Page/0,,PTID34418 percent sign 7CCHID784254 percent sing 7CCIID2285958,00.html 2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved of God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handing the word of truth. blessings abound, bowler |
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64 | Good and Bad Fruit Out of Context? | Matt 12:33 | bowler | 207420 | ||
Continued Expository Bible Study Example Questions – a series of questions asked of the passage to determine the content of the passage; Content – the information that determines what the passage is about. Who is in the passage? – Jesus, the Samaritan woman, and the Samaritans. What is the passage about? – Jesus is ordained by God to go Samaria to meet the woman in order to offer salvation to the Samaritans. Where does the passage take place? – In Samaria, a country hostile to the Jews. When does the passage take place? – Somewhat near the beginning of Jesus ministry in the first century. Why does this passage appear in the book it is in? – To demonstrate that Jesus offers salvation to everyone and not just to the Jews, to fulfill the OT Scriptures that the Messiah would come, and to show that Jesus is the Messiah. Questions – a series of questions asked of the passage to determine the context of the passage; Context – the information that determines how a passage should be interpreted. What is the theme of the book the passage falls under? – The larger theme of John is Jesus is the Messiah as the Son of God, there are three sub- themes – Jesus is God in John 1:1-5 – John 1:1-4:54, Pivotal chapter 5 segues into Jesus is Rejected in John 1:5, 11 – John 5:1-9:41, Jesus Gives Life To All Who Accept Him in John 1:12, 13 – John 10:1-21:25. What is the theme of the passage itself as a segment within the book? – The theme is the first sub-theme that Jesus is God, and that Jesus saves all people and not just the Jews. What is the author’s intent in writing to his recipients, what is his objective, what does he want them to understand? – To tell the story of a sinful woman who worshipped the right God the wrong way, how she came to know that Jesus is God, and that the salvation of non Jews by Jesus is ordained by God. What is the author’s intention for his recipients, what does he want them to do, what is his application for them? – To understand that the love of God towards those who sin is not bound by culture and to be willing to offer salvation to non Jews, and that there is a right way to worship God. What, according to the first four questions of context, does the passage mean, what is it saying on its own, what is the literal interpretation? – Jesus is the Messiah as the Son of God, and He is ordained by God to offer salvation to everyone including non Jews. Questions – a set of questions asked to determine how to apply the passage; What does this passage mean based off a literal interpretation of what the passage is about? – It means that God in His love for us has ordained Jesus to offer salvation to everyone regardless of where they come from and that we should be willing to offer salvation to everyone. Why and how is this passage important to us now in this century? – God is to be worshiped the right way, everyone is a sinner no matter where they are from, the passage is important now because everyone still needs the salvation of Jesus Christ in this century. How should this passage be applied using a literal interpretation? – The right way to worship God is to get saved by Jesus Christ, we are to go out to everyone and offer them the salvation of Jesus Christ. This is an example of how to “pull the author’s intent” out of the passage. 2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved of God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. blessings abound, bowler |
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65 | Good and Bad Fruit Out of Context? | Matt 12:33 | bowler | 207419 | ||
tumbleweed An example of an expository Bible Study. John 4:3-26, 39-42 History – the Samaritans were a people of mixed race; Jews and Assyrians. There was a war between them according to the Jewish historian Josephus. About 100 years before Jesus showed up in Samaria, a caravan of Jews were passing from Israel in the North and were going to Judea in the South and instead of going around Samaria, which was in the middle, they passed through Samaria. The Jews were attacked and killed, and because of that the Jews and Samaria had a short war. Samarians also worshipped the God of Israel and had the Torah, but they did not worship at Jerusalem in the temple, but up on a mountain. Therefore it was odd that Jesus would choose to go to Samaria as Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Grammar – John 3:7, 14, 30, 4:24, the Greek word “Edei” – you must, so must, John 4:4 He must needs go to Samaria – a divine imperative of a God ordained event – God ordained that Jesus would go to meet the Samaritan woman. Water is a dominant theme in John – water is symbolic of the Holy Spirit, of spiritual cleansing, and of eternal life – John 3:5, 4:10, 13. Literary – John 4:7-9 – give Me a drink – an unusual request for a Jew to make of a Samaritan. John 4:10 – Jesus speaks of His deity and a spiritual thing, and notes that the Samaritan woman does not recognize who he is. John 4:11, 12 She mistakes Jesus reference to living water as a spiritual thing and goes back to her cultural concern stating that Jesus is not greater than the father of Samaritans, Jacob. John 4:16-18 Jesus tells the woman He has a water that springs up to eternal life, the woman asks for this water. Jesus tells her all her personal sin business, and she calls Him a prophet, still not understanding who He is. John 4:19-24 She makes the point again that Jews worship differently than Samaritans. Jesus explains that soon no one will worship the way either group did, but that the Jews worshipped the right way in the right place and the Samaritans did not. He goes on to explain that God desires those who will worship in Spirit and truth. John 4:25-26 The woman says she knows Messiah is coming, Jesus, having wooed the woman to Him by asking for a drink and drawing her into a conversation about who He is, says to her I am He. John 4:39-42 The woman testified to the Samaritans and many believed, and they came to hear Jesus and even more believed. They told the woman that they no longer believed because she testified, but because of the words of Jesus they believed He was the Savior of the world. To Be Continued bowler |
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66 | Good and Bad Fruit Out of Context? | Matt 12:33 | bowler | 207418 | ||
tumbleweed What is expository Bible Study? The Study of the Bible derived from a historical, grammatical, and literary study of a passage in its context, through answering a set, or series of questions asked of the passage, in order to arrive at a literal interpretation from which to form an application. History – the history of the time in which the passage was written. Grammar – the meanings of the words and phrases in their original languages and how they are used in the passage, and how they are used in other parts of the Bible; Hebrew and Greek, and in English in their grammatical construction. Literary – the meanings of the words and phrases within sentences, and the sentences within the context of the preceding and subsequent verses, as well as the types of literature that each book has been written as. Questions – a series of questions asked of the passage to determine the content of the passage; Content – the information that determines what the passage is about. Who is in the passage? What is the passage about? Where does the passage take place? When does the passage take place? Why does this passage appear in the book it is in? Questions – a series of questions asked of the passage to determine the context of the passage; Context – the information that determines how a passage should be interpreted. What is the theme, or themes of the book the passage falls under? What is the theme of the passage itself as a segment within the book? What is the author’s intent in writing to his recipients, what is his objective, what does he want them to understand? What is the author’s intention for his recipients, what does he want them to do, what is his application for them? What, according to the first four questions of context, does the passage mean, what is it saying on its own, what is the literal interpretation? Questions – a set of questions asked to determine how to apply the passage; What does this passage mean based off a literal interpretation of what the passage is about? Why and how is this passage important to us now in this century? How should this passage be applied using a literal interpretation? An exposition of the Bible is called “exegesis” – to pull out of the text the author’s intent in writing to his audience, resulting in an application derived from a literal interpretation of the Bible. An exposition of the Bible can be done on single lines of scripture, segments of scripture within a book, or as a topical study using many scriptures to cover a single subject. When a Bible study is done where a literal interpretation has not been obtained first, the meaning of the passage as intended by the author is often lost. This is not a literal interpretation of the Bible, and is called “eisegesis” – “putting into scripture what the author never intended”. Tools necessary to do an expository Bible Study – A literal translation of the Bible like the NKJV, KJV, ESV, or the NASB – to get the passage and be able to study it. A Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance. – to understand the words, and how they are used elsewhere in the Bible. A Bible Commentary – links like the Ethereal Library, or Precept Austin, or others, to find out the theme, or themes and to see what others have found out before you about some of the questions about the passage. A pad of paper, or a computer, to write down all the questions and their answers, and to do the work. 2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved of God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. blessings abound, bowler |
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67 | once saved always saved? | John 10:28 | bowler | 207412 | ||
Jesus keeps Me There is a wealth of information here in this wonderful site! I often get lost in the treasures that are to be found in here using the search feature up to the rigth at the top. Try typing the words "eternal security" up in the search feature, you will recieve a real treat, there is so much there. John 3:16 John 10:27-29 Philippians 1:6 1 Peter 1:45 Romans 5:1 Ephesians 2:8, 9 There is a start, some of them you were given before I think. Hebrews 6:19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil. blessings abound, bowler |
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68 | Why is death God's enemy? | 1 Cor 15:25 | bowler | 207385 | ||
Flinty Joe I saw your other post on this and saw the answers there. I think you are clarifying better what you mean here in this post. I would tend to agree with you because death is evil, is an enemy, came about by sin, will be destroyed, will be thrown into the Lake of Fire. - Revelation 20:13. I think the "differene" comes in when saints view death as a means of going home to the Lord - as Paul says twice, once in Philippians and once in 2 Corinthians that he would rather prefer to die and go home to the Lord, that is he was looking forward, not to the event of death, but what lay beyond. Christians tend not to fear death, thinking in terms, not of the event itself but what lays beyond. But death is an enemy, no one, not even a Christian looks forward to the actual event, not even Christ was happy to go there. He agonized over having to go through it the way He knew He would have to endure it and asked if perhaps this cup might pass from Me. It is a very non Christian and scientific idea that death is part of life and that death is "a natural process" we all have to go through. I often ask those who say death is natural and a part of life, "then why do most people have a tendency to fear death if it is so natural? Death is not natural, when you are in the middle of a car accident thinking you are about to die and screaming or crying out to God for help, is death something you are thinking is natural?" I dont' think when we are faced with death so squarely and immediately that many of us wouldn't hope to escape that fate and keep on living. Of course there are those who have a complete calm come over them when face with death because they know where they are going. But that is the point, they know where they are going, it is not the even itself they look forward to. Ephesians 4:3 Being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. blessings abound, bowler |
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69 | least in kingdom greater than John | Matt 11:11 | bowler | 207384 | ||
Flinty Joe About John and the Holy Spirit Luke 1:15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother's womb. How can we say John did not get the Holy Spirit? He got Him while still in the womb. Ephesians 4:3 Being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. bowler, blessings abound |
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70 | Jesus and Children as Paedobaptism? | Mark 10:14 | bowler | 207374 | ||
Steve I am curious then, what is the "passage", which is only a segment of three verses dealing with primarly? Ephesians 4:3 Being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. bowler, blessings abound |
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71 | Good and Bad Fruit Out of Context? | Matt 12:33 | bowler | 207373 | ||
Val Thank you very much. I was waiting with much anticiaption for an explanation of how inductive study is suppossed to work, since I have very little knowledge about it. Am I correct in understanding that the "formula" for lack of a better word is the following? - Main Characters Event Application Are there other elements one would use in place of some of these three in another type of passage, and would there be more than three? I have a few questions, if you don't mind answering them. Are whole passages always broken down into parts like you have outlined as part of an inductive Bible study? Can inductive Bible study be applied to the broader passage that are made of the parts? The first application; does Jesus heal all Christians when they come to him? The sixth application; is this talking about the Holy Spirit drawing men to God? And could people who first resist His drawing be forgiven of that if they repent, haven't plenty of people done that? Isn't blasepheming against the Holy Spirit saying Jesus did His works by the power of Satan according to verse 24? The seventh application; Isn't this talking directly about the fruit of the Pharisees and not of Jesus fruit and that you will know Pharisees by their fruits? I have more questions about the applications but these stood out. It seems like some things that I have learned about Bible study are different. I would make a guess that you know many methods of Bible study by your profile.:-) I am wondering about parts of the process in this group of examples you gave. The text says this - Main Characters The text says this - Event The author's intent to his audience - Not there that I could see, but I may be wrong The author's application to his audience - Not there that I could see, but I may be wrong What it matters now is this - The application The application now is this - The application I am trying to see how this indcutive Bible study method takes into consideration, not just what we get from the text from just reading it, but what the author meant to convey to his audience and what the author's application was to his audience. I don't see it here in this method. Perhaps you could help me to understand better, I am missing something, or not understanding correctly? Thank you for taking the time. Ephesians 4:3 being diligent to preserve the unity of the body in the bond of peace. bowler, blessings abound |
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72 | Sheol Hell or World of the Dead? | Eccl 8:14 | bowler | 207324 | ||
John Not trying to quibble with you. It seems that Sheol as death and as hell are interchangeable at points according to their usage throughout the OT - and that there is also another name for death in the same sentence, at times, as Sheol, which in those sentences render it Sheol to be hell as we understand hell. It makes me wonder since Lazarus and rich man were in the "world of the dead" (Hades) also another meaning for Sheol, as if that is what the writer of Ecclesisates meant as well by using the word. I guess you are right. Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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73 | What Happened to The 70 Disciples? | Luke 10:1 | bowler | 207283 | ||
I am trying to understand what happened to the 70 disciples? I keep reading the Gospels but cannot get a grasp on if they stayed with Jesus, or left in John 6:60-66. Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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74 | Jesus and Children as Paedobaptism? | Mark 10:14 | bowler | 207282 | ||
I am confused about something. Here we have Jesus saying do not hinder the children from coming to Him. If I am not mistaken Jesus was referring to more than just children coming to sit on His lap, or get a hug. He seems to be saying, that children, at least in His day, were receiving the kingdom of God, were getting saved? How come then, we now do not permit children to be baptized? Is this why there were "forms of Paedopabtism", practiced by some of the Great Divines, or no that is not why they did it? Is it that children who really, truly exhibit in their own words a true understanding that they are sinners who need repentance is what Jesus meant? And did that later get stretched out of the context He had about children coming into the kingdom as Paedopabtims? Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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75 | Origins of Synagogues and Rabbis? | Matt 12:9 | bowler | 207281 | ||
We see all over the NT the synagogue, the synagogue. But in the OT there seemed to be only the on temple, or before it the tabernacle. When and why did synagogues and Rabbis come into existence? I truly do not know. Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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76 | Saul Conjured up Prophesied from Dead? | 1 Sam 28:14 | bowler | 207280 | ||
I find this passage disturbing as I do not believe in "psychic phenomenon". The Bible is the word of God, it is true, all of it. What then are we to believe about 1 Samuel 28:8-22? Was Saul really conjured up from the dead, and then did he then prophesy from the dead in verse 19? Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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77 | Sheol Hell or World of the Dead? | Eccl 8:14 | bowler | 207279 | ||
According to the writer of Ecclesiastes there are many futilities on the earth. One of them is that righteous deeds are done to the wicked deeds are done to the righteous. In chapter 9 the writer of Ecclesisastes goes on to say that men are in the hand of God. Then he says that there is no planning, or knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where men are going. My question is what did the writer of Ecclesiastes consider Sheol to be; a place for both the wicked and the righteous, or just for the wicked? Psalm 9:17 The wicked will return to Sheol, even all the nations who forget God. Some of the other references have both the wicked and the righteous going to the same place. The word for Sheol means a couple of things besides just these two; a hell and death. Psalm 88:3, Psalm 139:8 - instances where Sheol was talked about as a place a righteous man would go? Isaiah 38:18, Hosea 13:14 - instances where Sheol and death are two different words, world of the dead and death? How can we tell what Solomon meant; world of the dead, hell, pit? Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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78 | God, Are You There? | John 16:8 | bowler | 207276 | ||
Steve I meant no harm or self promotion at all. I did add that others also do the exact same thing and included myself, saying I try, implying "I don't always either". I was not judging her at all. There have been several posts lately where others oberved a lack of scripture attached, and I myself am guilty of this. "Guilt" may be the wrong word. Please don't judge me, my statements were not meant to judge her. Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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79 | God, Are You There? | John 16:8 | bowler | 207273 | ||
Micket's Mom I found a book for you I think will be good. Try googling it. It is "The Mystery Of The Holy Spirit", by R.C. Sproul. http://www.monergism.com/directory/link_category/Holy-Spirit/Work-of-the-Holy-Spirit/ Doc is a real gold mine of information, as are plenty of others on this site, he is where I got the site from. Judging from the names of the authors, you will find sound teachings there. Here are some scriptures about the role of the Holy Spirit I found - John 16:5-15 John 14:23-27 John 1:33 I Corinthians 12:4-13 2 Peter 1:21 I would like to be most careful in any attempt to answer your question outside of the confines of what scripture proscribes as the role of the Holy Spirit. So I gave you scriptures that talk about what His role is with us. In all humbleness, I notice that you hardly ever include scriptures with your questions? I don't think from observing everyone else that anyone here is so consistent as to "always" include scriptures. But, I can only speak for myself, I try hard to include scriptures wherever I can. It would be nice to know a little bit about who you are Mickys Mom, please fill out your profile so we can all get to know you! Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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80 | Looking for Bible as Literature Resource | Bible general Archive 4 | bowler | 207264 | ||
Admonit Doc made a really excellent choice there. I have another one I purchased just the other day by the exact same authors - "How to Read the Bible Book by Book", by Gordon D. Fee, and Douglass Stuart. The one Doc reccommended does get into quite a bit of information about what types of literature there are in the Bible and how to interpret them. The second book, which is actually meant as a follow up companion of the first book, gets into the content of each book, contains overviews of each, and a quick walk through of the sections of each book identfying key concepts for each. The first book is really important, but the two of them used together might make a very good frame work for disucussing the "genre" of each book of the Bible. You have the types of literature in the first book. Then you have each Bible book in condensed form in the second book, with major sections outlined as to type of content, which the students could use to "identify" what types of genre each book of the Bible falls under on their own, or in class. Interesting stuff you are doing! I admire teachers who are interested in dividing the word of God, even in a secular setting, such as your self! Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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