How to Study the Bible in Depth - Context is King - Episode 112

How to Study the Bible in Depth - Context is King

1. Know what you are reading.

A.The inspired word of God - what does inspired mean? Jewish  interpretation 

B. What is the Focus of the Bible.

C. The Bible is a Jewish book

D. Latter-day revelations and Apocryphal books

E. Translations.??? Transliterations- Figures of Speech Used in the Bible

G. Bible helps

F. How to find out what the original Hebrew or Greek actually says. --- You don’t need a library.

2. Commentary - friend or foe?

A. Knowing the doctrinal slant. (internet) Eating the meat & spitting out the bones                                                    

B. The problem with relying on commentaries

C. Cultural commentary- Makes the Bible come alive.

3. Context is King.

A. There should be a law against quoting scripture without context - proving     

B.  Studying the occasion (background) of every Letter/Epistle/book

C.  There are no contradictions, just different contexts.

4. Bible Study Methods.

A. The Magic 8 Ball Approach- The Xanax Approach -The Pinball -The Telephone

Game Approach -- The Jack Sprat Approach (JEN WILKIN)

B.   Theology then application

C.   Topical – exegetical – mediational.

D.  strengths & weakness

Studying the occasion (background) of every book/letter of the Bible.

• “Whoever has been born of God does not sin.” (New King James Version)
• Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning.” (New Living

Translation)

• We know that no one who is born of God sins; (NASB)
• The Greek text actually says “does not sin.”
• Context is King—1 John background (Gnosticism)

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