a.m.s. teaching series 2007. workmanapproved session one
TRANSCRIPT
IT’S QUIZ TIME!
1. The <blank> Levels of <blank> to God
2. Level 1 Listening is a.k.a. <blank> Listening
3. Level 1 Listeners tend to hear <blank>
A. The THREE Levels of LISTENING to God
A. INTERNAL
A. THEMSELVES / WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR
4. Internal Listening = highest form of listening. TRUE or FALSE?
5. Internal Listeners are overly influenced by <blank>
6. Level 2 Listening is a.k.a. <blank> Listening
A. FALSE
A. NEED TO EXPRESS / PERSONAL AGENDA / BIAS
A. FOCUSED
7. Describe Focused “Listening” to God in your own words.
8. What God intends the Bible to mean is secondary when preparing to preach from your heart. TRUE or FALSE?
9. Accurate understanding of God’s will requires accurate interpretation of God’s word. TRUE or FALSE
A. FALSE
A. TRUE
10. Level 3 Listening is a.k.a <blank> Listening
11. Sensitive Listening to God means <blank> God’s thoughts and <blank> God’s feelings.
12. The Understanding which comes from <blank> Listening to God is the basis for Sensitive Listening to God.
A. SENSITIVE
A. KNOWING / FEELING
A. FOCUSED
13. “Sensitive Listening” is more commonly known as Worship. TRUE or FALSE?
14. Accurate Understanding doesn’t matter as long as we worship God. TRUE or FALSE?
15. As long as I’m sincere, Bible interpretation is unnecessary. TRUE or FALSE?
A. TRUE
A. FALSE
A. FALSE
16. Level <blank>, <blank> Listening to God—Worship—is our goal.
17. Level <blank>, <blank> Listening to God is the requirement.
18. Level 1, Internal Listening to God is our <blank>.
A. 3 / SENSITIVE
A. 2 / FOCUSED
A. TENDENCY
The Pathway to Understanding
Biblical Text
Context of the passage
Content of the passage
General Relevance for today
Key concept or principle
Personal Application
Lesson/ Sharing
BIBLE STUDENT AS INTERPRETER
Your Task is to Your Task is to Determine Two ThingsDetermine Two Things
#1#1 GOD’S WORD TO GOD’S WORD TO THEMTHEM
HERMENEUTICSHERMENEUTICS
EXEGESIS EXEGESIS
#2#2 GOD’S WORD TO GOD’S WORD TO USUS
εξαγωεξαγω exagōexagō
Careful study of Scripture to Careful study of Scripture to discover the original intended discover the original intended
meaning meaning of the author.of the author.
EXEGESISEXEGESIS
GOD’S WORD TO THEM
The Key to Knowing The Key to Knowing God’s WordGod’s Word to Them to Them
Read the text carefully andRead the text carefully andask the right questionsask the right questions
CONTEXTCONTEXT CONTENCONTENTT
The Pathway to Understanding
Biblical Text
Context of the passage
Content of the passage
General Relevance for today
Key concept or principle
Personal Application
Lesson/ Sharing
CONTEXTCONTEXT
•HISTORICAL CONTEXTHISTORICAL CONTEXT
•LITERARY LITERARY CONTEXTCONTEXT
TWO BASIC KINDS OF QUESTIONSTWO BASIC KINDS OF QUESTIONSCONCERNING…CONCERNING…
HISTORICAL HISTORICAL CONTEXTCONTEXT
JUST LIKE C.S.I.C.S.I. YOU ATTEMPT TO RECONSTRUCT THE SITUATION
INSTEAD OF A
Crime Scene Crime Scene InvestigatorInvestigator
YOU ARE A
Context Seeing Context Seeing InvestigatorInvestigator
OUR C.S.I.C.S.I. INVESTIGATION BEGINS
BY IDENTIFYING
WHO’S INVOLVED?WHO’S INVOLVED?
and
BACKGROUND CHECKBACKGROUND CHECK
WRITERWRITER and AUDIENCEAUDIENCE
• Personal• Social• Political• Geographical• Cultural
What factors were influencing them?
WHO’S INVOLVED?WHO’S INVOLVED?
BACKGROUND CHECKBACKGROUND CHECK
OCCASIONOCCASION
PURPOSEPURPOSE
Situation that made the writing necessary
is to address that situation
CONTEXTCONTEXT
•HISTORICAL CONTEXTHISTORICAL CONTEXT
•LITERARY CONTEXTLITERARY CONTEXT
TWO BASIC KINDS OF QUESTIONSTWO BASIC KINDS OF QUESTIONSCONCERNING…CONCERNING…
LITERARY CONTEXTLITERARY CONTEXTFOR EXAMPLE:
WHILE GLANCING OVER LUKE 12:50, YOU SPOT THE TERM “…BAPTISM…” AND THINK TO YOURSELF:
“AHA! BAPTIDZO MEANS “TO DIP OR IMMERSE” THIS MUST REFER TO TOTAL IMMERSION IN WATER…”
HOWEVER WHEN YOU READ THE ENTIRE SENTENCE…
“But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is
completed!” LUKE 12:50 NIV
IN THIS PASSAGE
BAPTISM “TOTAL IMMERSION IN H20”
CONTEXT determines the meaning
SOMETIMES THE SAME WORD MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS
IN DIFFERENT PLACES
Even the demons believe--and shudder! James 2:19
And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.“ Acts 16:31
CONTEXT determines the meaning
LITERARY CONTEXT
SECOND:
SENTENCES USUALLY HAVE MEANING AS PART OF A
PARAGRAPH—THE AUTHOR’S OVERALL TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
“Look at the nations and watch—and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if your were told.”
Habakkuk 1:5 NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
Is this a tantalizing prediction of amazingly good things to come?
“Look at the nations and watch—and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if your were told. I am raising up the Babylonians, …ruthless …a feared and dreaded people …they fly like a vulture swooping to devour…bent on violence.. their hordes gather prisoners like sand…” Habakkuk 1:5-6
Invasion & Catastrophe are coming!
SENTENCES USUALLY HAVE MEANING AS PART OF A
PARAGRAPH—IN RELATION TO THE SENTENCES BEFORE AND
AFTER—THE AUTHOR’S OVERALL TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
LITERARY CONTEXTLITERARY CONTEXT
THE MOST CRUCIAL THE MOST CRUCIAL CONTEXTUAL QUESTION ISCONTEXTUAL QUESTION IS
WHAT’S THE POINT?WHAT’S THE POINT?
The Key to Knowing The Key to Knowing GOD’S WORD TO THEMGOD’S WORD TO THEM
Read the text carefully andRead the text carefully andask the right questionsask the right questions
CONTEXTCONTEXT CONTENTCONTENT
The Pathway to Understanding
Biblical Text
Context of the passage
Content of the passage
General Relevance for today
Key concept or principle
Personal Application
Lesson/ Sharing
CONTENTCONTENTMeanings of certain wordsMeanings of certain words
Relationships of words Relationships of words within sentenceswithin sentences
ManuscriptsManuscripts
POWERPOWER-TOOLS-TOOLS
3. BIBLE HANDBOOK3. BIBLE HANDBOOK
1. SEVERAL GOOD 1. SEVERAL GOOD TRANSLATIONSTRANSLATIONS2. STUDY BIBLE2. STUDY BIBLE
The Pathway to Understanding
Biblical Text
Context of the passage
Content of the passage
General Relevance for today
Key concept or principle
Personal Application
Lesson/ Sharing
TASKS OF THE INTERPRETERFirst TaskFirst Task
GOD’S WORD TO GOD’S WORD TO THEMTHEM
CONTEXT CONTEXT && CONTENTCONTENT
““EXEGESIS”EXEGESIS”
POWER-POWER-TOOLSTOOLS
READING CAREFULLY & ASKING READING CAREFULLY & ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT:QUESTIONS ABOUT:
THE THE AUTHOR’S AUTHOR’S INTENT INTENT
FORCEFULNESS?
From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.
Matthew 11:12 NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
From the time John preached his message until this very day the Kingdom of heaven has suffered violent attacks, and violent men try to seize it.
Matthew 11:12 GOOD NEWS BIBLE
From the time of John the Baptist until now, violent people have been trying to take over the kingdom of heaven by force.
Matthew 11:12 CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH VERSION
From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force.
Matthew 11:12 NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE
Since John the Baptist came, up to this present time, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence and the violent are taking it by storm.
Matthew 11:12 JERUSALEM BIBLE
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
Matthew 11:12 KING JAMES VERSION
From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, and violent people have been raiding it.
Matthew 11:12 TODAYS NIV (TNIV)
I am able to do all things through Him who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:13 Holman Christian Standard
I CAN DO ALL THINGS?
I know both how to have a little, and I know how to have a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content--whether well-fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need. I am able to do all things through Him who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13 Holman Christian Standard
Philippians 4:13—
Out of context, “I can do everything through him who gives me strength,” has been widely abused by Christians who felt it was a mandate to do things to which they had not been called and for which they had not been gifted. In context, of course, it refers simply to being content and coping in any and every socio-economic context. This is now clarified in TNIV with “I can do all this.”
Craig Blomberg, Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Denver Seminary
Your Assignment:• Write a reflection paper on today’s lesson: “God’s Word to Them” (1-2 pages)
• Read Chapter One-Two of How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Fee and Stuart
Due: Tuesday, March 20, 2007
“APPROVED WORKMAN”Session Outline
Mar 6 God’s Word to Them—Then and There
Paris and Tok
Mar 20 God’s Word to Us—Here and NowBong Aquino
Apr 3 Sharing God’s WordRolan Monje
Textbook: How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Fee & Stuart