Thesis: When we read the Bible, how should we
interpret it?
* HERMENEUTICS - How we interpret scripture
* Do we need interpretation rules?
* Considerations:
- culture, discrepencies, contradictions,
allegory
* Why study the study of scripture?
- 1 Peter 3:15, Jude 3, Matthew 28:19,
2 Timothy 2:15, Ephesians 4:14
* Entire Bible is fixed, objective, revelation
from God. Is not subjective, open to various
interpretations. Is not relative or changing
* Proper scriptural interpretation is literal,
grammatical and historical.
Literal: says what it says in plain sense
Grammatical: can be poetic, symbological, etc
i.e. uses word "like" = simile. Uses figures
of speech in obvious ways.
Historical: not stories, but real history.
* Must consider context - verses, chapters and
books are part of a whole. Must consider the
authors audience, time written, issue addressed
* Compare scripture with scripture: God cannot
lie, mislead, contradict himself.
* Ways to approach text:
* Exegesis - taking out of/from Bible
* Eisegesis - putting into the Bible
We should strive to take out.
* Ultimately, we should find Jesus in all Bible.
He taught this in Luke 24:27. If you don't
see/read Christ in all scripture, you end up
teaching morals, do's/dont's, stories without
a basis or reason. |
