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Do your best to present yourself to God as
one approved, a worker who has no need to
be ashamed, rightly handling the word of
truth.
 |hat is the system of study that you use in order to
accurately handle the word of God?

Three key principles of good Bible hermeneutics

1. Historical-Grammatical
2. Scripture interprets Scripture
3. The New Testament is the foundation in our
understanding of the Old Testament
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1. Heart problems (parable of the sower)

Main point of this parable - the success of the seed (the
word of God) is dependent upon the condition of the
soil (the heart)

2. Head problems (two men on the road to Emmaus)

A system of study so when the Scripture is properly
exegeted one can see Christ
¢ e Bible is one Book t at is comprised of 66 books.
Ë Old Testament - 39 books
Ë New Testament - 27 books

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â Peter was a fisherman
Minister
â ßark was an evangelist
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â Job was a wealthy farmer
â Rut was a housewife
â Paul was a tent maker and
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Milton Terry writes, "It is of the first importance, in interpreting a

written document, to ascertain who the author was, and to determine
the time, place, and the circumstances of his writing. The interpreter
should, therefore, endeavor to take himself from the present, and to
transport himself into the historical position of the author, look
through his eyes, at his surroundings, feel with his heart, and catch
his emotion. Herein we know the import of the term
grammatica-historical interpretation." (Biblical Hermeneutics, Terry
231)
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James N. Graves wrote How to Master the English Bible

and he says, "There is a sense in which the Bible must be
mastered before it can be studied and it is mastered one
book at a time. Failure to see this accounts for failure on
the part of many earnest, ³would-be´ Bible students. A
book of Scripture is a complete discussion of a single
subject. The subject must be known before it can be
studied."

One is not prepared to study a book until one knows what

it is about. As we study we must do so in the light of the
Author's Purpose and Theme. So then, how do we
determine the Author's Unifying Theme?
 vtep 2 - Aut or's ¢ eme
Note any stated Purpose by the Author

Analyze the book to determine the Theme

Read the book several times disregarding chapter divisions.
Try to follow the author's logic as you read.
Search for the ³framework´ of the author's thought process.

James Graves says in How to Master the English Bible:

³Read the book!, then Read the book!, then«.

Read the book continually,

Read the book repeatedly,
Read the book independently,
But most important of all, after you have completed all of
that«Read the book!´
Lastly consult a commentary

And finally as Buck Hatch a former professor at Columbia Bible

College said "Unless you master each and every book yourself, it will
never be yours. It is psychologically impossible unless you see it
yourself and that will only come by blood, sweat, and tears.

You cannot and must not first turn to a commentary. If you do, you'll
read what another man got. It will be his and not yours. Only after
hours of reading and re-reading a book prayerfully searching for its
Theme- and unable to see the Theme, should you turn to a
commentary.

Then prayerfully consider the aid of a Bible scholar in light of your

own reading and thinking. As it comes to you and you understand - it
becomes yours because you spent those hours reading and meditating
on your own."
 P ase 3 - Aut or's plan

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, " A book is like a
house, a mansion of many rooms - rooms on different levels, of
different sizes and shapes with different outlooks. These
³rooms´ have different functions. Inside, these rooms are
independent of each other, each with it's own structure and
interior decoration, but they're not absolutely separate. Doors
and arches, corridors and stairways, connect them. Because they
are connected, the function of each contributes its¶ share to the
usefulness of the whole house otherwise the house would not be
genuinely livable. A good book like a good house, is an orderly
arrangement of parts. Each major part has a certain amount of
independence but it all must be connected with the other parts
that are related to them functionally or otherwise it cannot
contribute its¶ share to the intelligibility of the whole." "
Robertson McQuilken writes concerning The Plan of the
Book:
"The human mind, functioning after the pattern of God's
way of thinking, seeks for understanding by explaining
things coherently, that is, showing relationships. These
relationships may be a simple historic sequence of events, a
poetic arrangement for beauty or emotional impact, or a
closely reasoned theological discourse.

Again, an author may simply make a collection of loosely

related maxims or unrelated poetry. The book may be a
series of visions. The order of events may be chronological
or arranged in some other order to produce a particular
effect." (Understanding and Applying the Bible , 157)
P ase 3 - Aut or's plan

How to understand the ³Plan´ of a book

Name the rooms by carefully reading the book and titling the
chapters. Look for similarity or continuity of content. Identify
the major parts of the book.

Sometimes it is a paragraph (Jude, Philemon), sometimes a

chapter (Ephesians, Colossians), and sometimes several
chapters (Genesis, Exodus, Romans).

Often a study Bible will provide a brief summary of each

chapter at the top of the page that will help you identify the
content. Remember the chapter divisions are not inspired and
probably will not coincide with the author's Plan divisions.
P ase 3 - Aut or's plan

If you are dealing with a short letter or book the rooms will only
be paragraphs. Remember paragraph divisions are not inspired
and vary from version to version. Use different versions and
consider how and why the translators identified the paragraphs.

Appreciate the arrangement & furniture - Briefly describe the

content of each ³room´ or part. This will be done in more detail
when we come to understanding how to exegete the text in
phases 4, 5 and 6.

Hall ways and doors - Notice how the rooms or parts are
connected with words like and, but, in order that, for this reason,
therefore, etc. These connectors often help us follow the author's
thought process.
P ase 3 - Aut or's plan

Look at other men's work & outlines. Sometimes study

Bibles provide outlines in the introduction section.

Often the Author's Meaning in a particular text cannot be

fully determined or appreciated without considering the
Plan of the Book. Seeing how and why the sections or
³rooms´ of the Book are connected often helps us
understand the content of the ³room´.

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II. The kingdom promised (Genesis 3-50)

III. The kingdom pre-figured (Exodus - Malachi)

IV. The kingdom inaugurated (Matthew - Jude)

V. The kingdom consummated (Revelation)

 Theme of the Bible

The Glory of God

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