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Getting all we can from Scripture
Session 2Consider the context
Men’s Bible Study at Park View
April 14, 2015
Getting all we can from Scripture
Getting all we can from Scripture
Seven disciplines that help us read God's ideas out of the biblical text
Getting all we can from Scripture
Seven disciplines that help us read God's ideas out of the biblical text (rather than read our ideas into the text)
Getting all we can from Scripture
Seven disciplines that help us read God's ideas out of the biblical text (rather than read our ideas into the text)
Discipline #1 - Prepare your heart
May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are
away from each other. (Gen. 31:49)
May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are
away from each other. If you mistreat my daughters or if you take any wives besides my
daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness
between you and me.(Gen. 31:49-50)
Getting all we can from Scripture
Seven disciplines that help us read God's ideas out of the biblical text (rather than read our ideas into the text)
Discipline #1 - Prepare your heart
Getting all we can from Scripture
Seven disciplines that help us read God's ideas out of the biblical text (rather than read our ideas into the text)
Discipline #1 - Prepare your heart
Discipline #2 - Consider the context
Getting all we can from Scripture
Seven disciplines that help us read God's ideas out of the biblical text (rather than read our ideas into the text)
Discipline #1 - Prepare your heart
Discipline #2 - Consider the context Does what is written before and after the text shed light on the text?
Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through him who strengthens me (ESV)
Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through him who strengthens me (ESV)
I can do all this through him who gives me strength (NIV 2011)
Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through him who strengthens me (ESV)
I can do all thisthis through him who gives me strength (NIV 2011)
Almost all words carry ambiguity
Almost all words carry ambiguitybecause they have a range of possible meaning
Almost all words carry ambiguitybecause they have a range of possible meaning eg. grace (“she has a lot of grace”)
Almost all words carry ambiguitybecause they have a range of possible meaning eg. grace (“she has a lot of grace”)
1. moves elegantly, easily
Almost all words carry ambiguitybecause they have a range of possible meaning eg. grace (“she has a lot of grace”)
1. moves elegantly, easily2. good manners, charm
Almost all words carry ambiguitybecause they have a range of possible meaning eg. grace (“she has a lot of grace”)
1. moves elegantly, easily2. good manners, charm3. mercy, kindness
Almost all words carry ambiguitybecause they have a range of possible meaning eg. grace (“she has a lot of grace”)
1. moves elegantly, easily2. good manners, charm3. mercy, kindness
eg. pig
Almost all words carry ambiguitybecause they have a range of possible meaning eg. grace (“she has a lot of grace”)
1. moves elegantly, easily2. good manners, charm3. mercy, kindness
eg. pig (“my cousin has a pig”)
Almost all words carry ambiguitybecause they have a range of possible meaning eg. grace (“she has a lot of grace”)
1. moves elegantly, easily2. good manners, charm3. mercy, kindness
eg. pig (“my cousin has a pig”)male/female? old/young? pink/spotted?
We determine the specific meaning a word carries by looking at its context
We determine the specific meaning a word carries by looking at its context
Words seldom mean one precise thing and never anything else.
We determine the specific meaning a word carries by looking at its context
Words seldom mean one precise thing and never anything else.
Acts 5:29 - We must obey Godrather than men
Acts 16:33 - …the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then
immediately he and all his household were baptized.
Acts 16:33 - …the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then
immediately he and all his household were baptized.
v32 - Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the
others in his house.
Acts 16:33 - …the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then
immediately he and all his household were baptized.
v34 - The jailer…set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he
and his whole household
1 Cor 1:16 - ...I also baptized the household of Stephanas...
1 Cor 1:16 - ...I also baptized the household of Stephanas...
1 Cor 16:15 - You know that the household of Stephanas were the first
converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of
the saints
Common mistake
Common mistake: putting every possible meaning of a word into each occurrence
Common mistake: putting every possible meaning of a word into each occurrence
With few exceptions, a word has but one of its meanings each time it occurs; the context will tell us which one
eg. Greek word sarx (“flesh”)
eg. Greek word sarx (“flesh”)
1) our physical body 1 Cor 15:39
eg. Greek word sarx (“flesh”)
1) our physical body 1 Cor 15:39
2) a human being, personLuke 3:6
eg. Greek word sarx (“flesh”)
1) our physical body 1 Cor 15:39
2) a human being, personLuke 3:6
3) human nature as controlled by sin
Gal 5:19
eg. Greek word sarx (“flesh”)
1) our physical body 1 Cor 15:39
2) a human being, personLuke 3:6
3) human nature as controlled by sin
Gal 5:19
John 1:14 - The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.
Sometimes more than one meaning is intended
Sometimes more than one meaning is intended
eg. puns!
Sometimes more than one meaning is intended
eg. puns!poetry
Sometimes more than one meaning is intended
eg. puns!poetryApostle John’s writings
Sometimes more than one meaning is intended
eg. puns!poetryApostle John’s writings
John often intends a double meaning
John 13:10 - “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their
whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.”
John 13:10 - “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their
whole body is clean.clean. And you are clean,clean, though not every one of you.”
John 13:10 - “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their
whole body is clean.clean. And you are clean,clean, though not every one of you.”
“Clean” refers to physical and spiritual cleanness
John 13:10 - “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their
whole body is clean.clean. And you are clean,clean, though not every one of you.”
v11 - For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said
not every one was clean
“Clean” refers to physical and spiritual cleanness