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Getting all we can from Scripture Session 6 Listen to the church; Do what we read Men’s Bible Study at Park View May 12, 2015
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“We commit ourselves to persist and delight in reading, studying, and meditating on the Scriptures.” -- Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective, Article 4
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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)
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Discipline #6 - Listen to the church What do brothers and sisters say about the text?
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Discipline #6 - Listen to the church What do brothers and sisters say about the text? Others have information about the text that I don’t have
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Discipline #6 - Listen to the church What do brothers and sisters say about the text? Others have information about the text that I don’t have Zechariah 4:6
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Discipline #6 - Listen to the church What do brothers and sisters say about the text? Others have information about the text that I don’t have Zechariah 4:6 Huldah
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Discipline #6 - Listen to the church What do brothers and sisters say about the text? Others have information about the text that I don’t have Zechariah 4:6 Huldah mustard seed
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Discipline #6 - Listen to the church What do brothers and sisters say about the text? Others have information about the text that I don’t have
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Discipline #6 - Listen to the church What do brothers and sisters say about the text? Others have information about the text that I don’t have Others see things in the text that I don’t see
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Discipline #7 - Do what we read Have I obeyed?
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Discipline #7 - Do what we read Have I obeyed? James 2:17
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Discipline #7 - Do what we read Have I obeyed? James 2:17 Flawless interpretation of Scripture does no good unless we obey
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Discipline #7 - Do what we read Have I obeyed? James 2:17 Flawless interpretation of Scripture does no good unless we obey good for me
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Discipline #7 - Do what we read Have I obeyed? James 2:17 Flawless interpretation of Scripture does no good unless we obey good for me Matt. 7:24-27
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Discipline #7 - Do what we read Have I obeyed? James 2:17 Flawless interpretation of Scripture does no good unless we obey good for me Matt. 7:24-27 good for the world
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Discipline #7 - Do what we read Have I obeyed? James 2:17 Flawless interpretation of Scripture does no good unless we obey good for me Matt. 7:24-27 good for the world Matt. 5:16
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Discipline #7 - Do what we read Have I obeyed? James 2:17 Flawless interpretation of Scripture does no good unless we obey good for me Matt. 7:24-27 good for the world Matt. 5:16; Luke 10:25-37
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We can remember the Bible better when we do it rather than merely hear or read it
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We can remember the Bible better when we do it rather than merely hear or read it study - the Bereans...examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true
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We can remember the Bible better when we do it rather than merely hear or read it study - the Bereans...examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true memorize - I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you
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We can remember the Bible better when we do it rather than merely hear or read it study - the Bereans...examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true memorize - I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you meditate -...whose delight is in the law of the Lord, & who meditates on his law day & night
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We can remember the Bible better when we do it rather than merely hear or read it study - the Bereans...examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true memorize - I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you meditate -...whose delight is in the law of the Lord, & who meditates on his law day & night do - Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
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We do not fully know what the Bible teaches until we do it
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