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Interpreting Scripture
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You shall not make for yourself
and idol out of Scripture.
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You shall not make for yourself and idol out of Scripture.
It is possible to have a
relationship with the Bible but
not have a relationship with the
God of the Bible.
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You shall not make for yourself and idol out of Scripture.
You search the Scriptures because you
think that in them you have eternal life;
and it is they that bear witness about me,
yet you refuse to come to me that you
may have life.
John 5:39-40
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You shall not make for yourself and idol out of Scripture.
“The human heart is an idol factory that
takes good things...and turns them into
ultimate things.”
-Timothy Keller
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You shall not make for yourself and idol out of Scripture.
view of Scripture
Hypocrisy
Orthodoxy
“pretending to have right belief”
“right belief”
view of Holy Spirit
Apostasy
Heresy
“total rejection of right belief”
“departure from right belief”
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You shall resist the temptation
to know what really happened.
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You shall resist the temptation to know what really happened.
And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up
Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days
and three nights. Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God
from the belly of the fish, saying,
“I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,
and he answered me;
out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
and you heard my voice....
And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah
out upon the dry land.
Jonah 1:17-2:2, 10
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Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him,
saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” But he
answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation
seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the
sign of the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was three
days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will
the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the
heart of the earth.
Matthew 12:38-40
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You shall resist the temptation to know what really happened.
Historic
Event
Oral
Story
Original
Manuscript
English
Bible
Modern
Teacher
Where do we find the truth?
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You shall resist the temptation to know what really happened.
Focus on the text not the
event. What God has chosen to
reveal in Scripture is sufficient.
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You shall remember the metanarrative and keep it wholly.
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You shall remember the meta-narrative and keep it wholly.
Scripture is one large story.
We must see the big picture to
understand each part.
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You shall remember the meta-narrative and keep it wholly.
Luke 22
14 And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and
the apostles with him. 15 And he said to them, “I have
earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I
suffer. 16 For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled
in the kingdom of God.” 17 And he took a cup, and
when he had given thanks he said,“Take this, and divide
it among yourselves. 18 For I tell you that from now on
I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom
of God comes.”
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Creation of Heaven & Earth
All People
Israel
Babel (Gen 11)
O.T.
Christ
Israel
Pentecost (Acts 2)
N.T.
All People
Re-Creation of Heaven & Earth
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Consumation
Creation
Restoration
Narrative
Redemption
Fall
Consumation
Redemption
Narrative
Creation
Redemption
Fall
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The Bible
Consumation
Rev 21-22
Redemption
Rev 20
Creation
Gen 1-2
Fall
Gen 3
A good news to good news story
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Our “Functional’ Bible
Consumation
Rev 21-22
Redemption
Rev 20
Creation
Gen 1-2
Fall
Gen 3
A bad news to bad news story
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You shall honor the Church as
the recipient of the Scriptures.
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The problem with “you”
“You”
“You”
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Do you not know that you are God's temple and that
God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's
temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and
you are that temple.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
Also see:
Ephesians 2:21-22 & 1 Peter 2:5
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Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the
Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the
body and blood of the Lord. Let a person examine himself,
then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For
anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body
eats and drinks judgment on himself. That is why many of
you are weak and ill, and some have died.
1 Corinthians 11:27-30
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So this is where our
movement came along and
finally got the Bible right.
Jesus is so lucky
to have us.
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You shall not neglect the
context.
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Danger 1:
Harmonizing
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Matthew 21
4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken
by the prophet, saying,
5 “Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your king is coming to you,
humble, and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had
directed them. 7 They brought the donkey
and the colt and put on them their cloaks,
and he sat on them. 8 Most of the crowd
spread their cloaks on the road, and others
cut branches from the trees and spread
them on the road. 9 And the crowds that
went before him and that followed him
were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of
David! Blessed is he who comes in the
name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
John 12
12 The next day the large crowd that had
come to the feast heard that Jesus was
coming to Jerusalem. 13 So they took
branches of palm trees and went out to
meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is
he who comes in the name of the Lord,
even the King of Israel!” 14 And Jesus
found a young donkey and sat on it, just as
it is written,
15 “Fear not, daughter of Zion;
behold, your king is coming,
sitting on a donkey's colt!”
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Danger 2:
Isolating
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Mark 8
22 And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him
to touch him. 23 And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and
when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?”
24 And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” 25 Then Jesus
laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw
everything clearly. 26 And he sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”
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Mark 8
16 And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread. 17 And Jesus,
aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you
not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? 18 Having eyes do you not see,
and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember? 19 When I broke the five loaves
for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to
him, “Twelve.” 20 “And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken
pieces did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven.” 21 And he said to them, “Do you not
yet understand?”
22 And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him
to touch him. 23 And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and
when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?”
24 And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” 25 Then Jesus
laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw
everything clearly. 26 And he sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”
27 And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he
asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28 And they told him, “John the Baptist;
and others say,Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” 29 And he asked them, “But who do
you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.” 30 And he strictly charged them
to tell no one about him.
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Danger 3:
Proof-Texting
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Judge not -Luke 6:37 (Isolating)
Delight yourself in the Lord,and he will give you the desires of your heart.
-Psalm 37:4 (Proof-texting)
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 (Proof-texting)
I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the
families of the earth shall be blessed. -Genesis 12:3 (Isolating)
Slaves obey your masters with fear and trembling. -Ephesians 6:5 (Isolating & Proof-texting)
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give
you a future and a hope. -Jeremiah 29:11 (Isolating)
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -Philippians 4:13 (Isolating)
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who
are called according to his purpose. -Romans 8:28 (Isolating)
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text does not want to answer.
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Scripture is inerrant in all that
it affirms.
Determining what it’s affirming
is the tricky part.
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“If I had an hour to solve a problem and
my life depended on it, I would use the
first 55 minutes determining the proper
question to ask, for once I know the
proper question, I could solve the
problem in less than five minutes.”
-Albert Einstein
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Genesis 1
What questions do we often ask of this text?
What questions was the text intended to answer?
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Luke 16:19-31
What questions do we often ask of this text?
What questions was the text intended to answer?
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You shall embrace both
the form and content of
Scripture as inspired.
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Evangelical Bias 1:
The MISSION is URGENT
The MESSAGE is EVERYTHING
therefore
The MEDIUM is IRRELEVANT
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You shall have no other gods before me
Live by priorities
You shall not make for yourself an idol
Know God
You shall not take the name of the Lord
your God in vein
Take God seriously
Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy
Catch your breath
Honor your father and your mother
Keep the peace with your parents
You shall not murder
Manage your anger
You shall not commit adultery
Affair-proof your relationships
You shall not steal
Prosper with a clear conscience
You shall not bear false witness
Hold to the truth
You shall not covet
Find contentment
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"It's basically a way of presenting the Ten Commandments
to help people connect with them in a positive way.
Rather than just seeing them as a list of things you
shouldn't do, it is meant to help people live as God
intended for our good."
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Evangelical Bias 2:
TRUTH is only ABSTRACT
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Sad
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“The bread is my body...the cup is my blood.”
“You are saved by grace through faith.”
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The Bible is NOT a manual. It is
Literature,
Poetry,
Songs,
Parables,
Letters,
History,
Prophecy,
& genres we don’t have in our culture.
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You shall remember the
Scriptures were written
for us not to us.
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It is necessary to understand
the cultural & historical
context of the intended
audience.
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3 Errors
We Mis-Apply
...likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with
modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire...
-2 Timothy 2:9
We Over-Apply
If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one
another's feet. -John 13:14
We Under-Apply
And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to
its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest.You shall leave them for
the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God. -Leviticus 22:23
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not merely the Scriptures.
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Christian
Merchandise
Circumcision
Bible’s
Culture
Time
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You shall not force the text to
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Evidence of Guilt:
1. The simplest interpretation of the text
is rejected.
After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in
heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking
to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will
show you what must take place after this.”
-Revelation 4:1
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Evidence of Guilt:
2. A single text is used to interpret all
other parts of Scripture
Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee,
proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is
fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and
believe in the gospel.”
-Mark 1:14-15
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Evidence of Guilt:
3. Entire sections of Scripture are ignored
that do not fit my preferred system
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has
faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?
If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in
daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be
warmed and filled,” without giving them the things
needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by
itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
-James 2:14-17
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Evidence of Guilt:
4. You are certain God agrees with all of your
political, social, & theological views.
Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a
man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand.
Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our
enemies?” “Neither,” he replied, “but as commander of the army
of the Lord I have now come.” Then Joshua fell facedown to the
ground in reverence...
Joshua 5:13-14
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Divine Reading
1. Read
2. Reflect
3. Respond
4. Rest
5. Ruminate
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You shall not make
for yourself and idol
out of Scripture.
You shall resist the
temptation to know
what really happened.
You shall remember
the meta-narrative
and keep it wholly.
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You shall honor the
Church as the
recipient of the
Scriptures.
You shall not neglect
the context.
You shall not ask
questions the text
does not want to
answer.
You shall embrace
both the form &
content of Scripture
as inspired.
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You shall remember
the Scriptures
were written for us
not to us.
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You shall exegete
yourself and not
merely the Scriptures.
You shall not force
the text to fit your
belief system.
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