1. Hermeneutics wk 1

2. BIBLE STUDY TERMS HERMENEUTICS EXEGESIS EISEGESIS EXPOSITION HOMILETICS PEDAGOGY

3. WHY THE NEED FOR BIBLE STUDY? 1. FOR GROWTH. 1 PETER 2:2 –Study of the Word conforms you to the image of Christ. –Matthew 4:4 –“Dusty Bibles always lead to dirty lives. In fact, you are either in the Word and the Word is conforming you to the image of Jesus Christ, or you are in the world and the world is squeezing you into its mold.” –Howard Hendricks

4. WHY THE NEED FOR BIBLE STUDY? 2. FOR MATURITY. HEBREWS 5:11-14 –Study of the Word enables you to discern good from evil. 3. FOR SPIRITUAL EFFECTIVENESS. 2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17 –Study of the Word changes you into an effective servant of Christ

5. WHY THE NEED FOR BIBLE STUDY? 4. FOR LOVE OF CHRIST. DEUTERONOMY 6:4; PHILIPPIANS 3:8 –Study of the Word cultivates an intimate relationship with Christ. –THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON FOR BIBLE STUDY.

6. THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT MATT. 22:36-37 –“Love the LORD your God…with all your mind.” THE HEAD AND HEART ARE CONNECTED. “Putting more knowledge in my head about God and His ways was like throwing wood in the furnace for my worship. For me, seeing was savoring. And the clearer the seeing the sweeter the savoring.” –John Piper

7. glory kovod “weightiness”

8. THE SCANDAL “A famous Gallup survey from a number of years ago found that while 82% of Americans claimed to believe that the Bible is either the literal or ‘inspired’ Word of God, and more than half said they read the Bible at least monthly, half couldn’t name even one of the four gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John. And fewer than half knew who delivered the Sermon on the Mount.” – Howard Hendricks

9. THE SCANDAL “The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind.” –Mark Noll “If we don’t choose to think harder, we will settle for an adolescent level of understanding the rest of our lives.” –John Piper

10. JUST THINK! Joshua 1:8 Meditate upon God’s Word Romans 12:1-2 Thinking and meditating upon God’s Word will transform you. Hebrews 5:13 “Everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the Word of righteousness, since he is a child.”

11. Cultivating the right skills 2 TIMOTHY 2:15 1 TIMOTHY 5:17 ISAIAH 28:9-10 “Part of maturity is the principle of deferred gratification. If you cannot embrace the pain of learning but must have instant gratification, you forfeit the greatest rewards of life.” –John Piper

12. OUR OBJECT OF STUDY: INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE 1. THE TERM BIBLE 2. THE BOOKS 3. THE TESTAMENTS 4. THE CHAPTERS 5. THE VERSES 6. THE WRITERS

13. OUR OBJECT OF STUDY: INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE 7. THE NUMBER OF YEARS 8. THE WALKS OF LIFE 9. THE PLACES OF WRITING 10. THE MOODS OF WRITING 11. THE CONTINENTS 12. THE LANGUAGES

14. OUR OBJECT OF STUDY: INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE 13. THE GENRES 14. THE CIRCULATION 15. THE UNITY 16. THE INTENT 17. THE REVELATION 18. THE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF REVELATION

15. OUR OBJECT OF STUDY: INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE 19. THE BIBLE AS THE WORD OF GOD –2 Timothy 3:16 –2 Peter 1:21

16. QUIZ QUESTIONS Define: –Hermeneutics –Exegesis –Eisegesis Explain: –#17. The Revelation –#19. The Bible as the Word of God (give verse references)