PALM VALLEY CHURCH EQUIPPING U FALL SESSION 2011

OBSERVATION What Do I See?  INTERPRETATION What Does It Mean?  APPLICATION How Do I live?     THE GOAL: Changed Lives As we all “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.” (2Peter 3:18) You can see a lot by just looking. -Yogi Berra THE MORE TIME IN OBSERVATION The more accurate the interpretation THAT Change Lives

2 Peter 3:15-16: So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, speaking of this as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures. Key terms: 1. Exegesis 2. Eisegesis 3. Biblical hermeneutics

 Hermeneutics is the art and science of Biblical interpretation. It is a science because it has rules that can be classified into an orderly system. It is an art because the rules cannot always be rigidly applied.

Biblical literature has both: 1. Eternal relevance 2. Historical particularity Biblical interpretation involves two steps: 1. Exegesis 2. Application Historical-grammatical method considers: 1. the text’s linguistic medium and genre 2. geographic, cultural, and historical setting 3. life setting of author & original readers

OBSERVATIONS (many observations) INTERPRETATION (one meaning) APPLICATIONS (to many applications) BREAK IT DOWN

 Exegesis - is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text.  Eisegesis - is the process of misinterpreting a text in such a way that it introduces one's own ideas, reading into the text.

 Narrative  Epistle  Wisdom Literature  Poetry  Prophecy

“The whole point of Christianity is that it offers a story which is the story of the whole world. It is public truth.” (N.T. Wright)

 Historical accounts of events books like: The Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) Acts Genesis Leviticus Numbers Exodus The records of the Old Testament Kings

 People  Places  Events  Emotions

 Not just stories about people. God is the main character and what He did is the main theme.  Not allegories or stories filled with hidden meanings  Do Not always teach directly. They emphasize God’s nature.  Each narrative does not always have its own moral.

 The logical development of a subject.  Books: Paul’s Epistles Peter’s Epistles John’s Epistles James Jude Some accounts of Jesus’ teachings  The logical development of a subject.  Books: Paul’s Epistles Peter’s Epistles John’s Epistles James Jude Some accounts of Jesus’ teachings

 Ideas  Words  Verbs  Objects  Arrangements of the passage

 Outline the development of the ideas in the passage  Note things like repeated words  Look for: Comparisons Contrasts Transition words: Therefore Because For But

PALM VALLEY CHURCH EQUIPPING U FALL SESSION 2011