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-<chapter id="h2-basics"><title>Bible Study Basics</title>
-
-<sect1 id="h2-basics-purpose">
-<title>Our Purpose as we Approach the Bible</title>
-<para>
-<blockquote><attribution>Jn.5:39-40</attribution> <para>You search the Scriptures, because you think that
-in them you have eternal life; and it is these that bear witness of Me; and you
-are unwilling to come to Me, that you may have life.</para>
-</blockquote>
-</para>
-
-<para>The chief purpose of the book is to bring us to the Person. Martin Luther
-said <quote>we go to the cradle only for the sake of the baby</quote>; just so
-in Bible study, we do it not for its own sake but for fellowship with God.
-</para>
-
-<blockquote><attribution>John R.W. Stott, <emphasis>Christ the
-Controversialist</emphasis>, InterVarsity Press 1978, pp.97, 104.</attribution>
-<para>The Jews to whom Jesus spoke [...] imagined that to possess Scripture was
-tantamount to possessing life. Hillel used to say, &quot;He who has gotten to
-himself words of Torah has gotten to himself the life of the world to
-come.&quot; Their study was an end in itself. In this they were grievously
-deceived. [...]</para>
-<para>There is neither merit nor profit in the reading of
-Scripture for its own sake, but only if it effectively introduces us to Jesus
-Christ. Whenever the Bible is read, what is needed is an eager expectation that
-through it we may meet Christ.</para>
-</blockquote>
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1 id="h2-basics-approaches"><title>Approaches to God's Word</title>
-<para>Hearing and reading provide a telescopic view of the scripture while study
-and memorization provide a microscopic view of scripture. Meditating on the
-scriptures brings hearing, reading, studying and memorization together and
-cements the word in our minds.</para>
-
-<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-hear"><title>Hear</title>
-<para>Lk.11:28 <quote>blessed are those who hear the word of God, and
-observe it.</quote></para>
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-read"><title>Read</title>
-<para>Rev.1:3 <quote>Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this
-prophecy [...]</quote></para>
-<para>1 Tim.4:13 <quote>give attention to the public reading of Scripture [...]</quote>
-</para>
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-study"><title>Study</title>
-<para>Acts 17:11 <quote>Now these were more noble-minded than those in
-Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the
-Scriptures daily, to see whether these things were so.</quote>
-</para>
-<para>2 Tim.2:15 <quote>Be diligent [KJV `Study'] to present yourself
-approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling
-accurately the word of truth.</quote></para>
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-memorize"><title>Memorize</title>
-<para>Ps.119:11 <quote>Thy word I have hid in my heart, that I may not
-sin against Thee.</quote></para>
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-meditate"><title>Meditate</title>
-<para>Ps.1:2-3 <quote>But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And
-in His law he meditates day and night. And he will be like a tree firmly planted
-by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season, And its leaf does not
-wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers.</quote>
-</para>
-
-<para>The Navigators illustrate this by saying that as the thumb can touch all
-the fingers, we can meditate on the Word as we do any of the first four.
-Meditation is a key to revelation. A new Christian needs to hear and read the
-Bible more than they need to study and memorize it. This is so that they become
-familiar with the overall message of the Bible.</para>
-</sect2>
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1 id="h2-basics-types"><title>Types of Bible Studies</title>
-<sect2 id="basics-types-topical"><title>Topical Study</title>
-<para>Pick out a certain topic and follow it through, using cross-references or a
-concordance.</para>
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2 id="h2-basics-types-character"><title>Character Study</title>
-<para>Studying the life of a Bible character, e.g. Joseph's life in
-Gen.37-50.</para>
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2 id="basics-types-expository"><title>Expository Study</title>
-<para>Studying a certain passage: paragraph, chapter, or book.</para>
-</sect2>
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1 id="h2-basics-interpretation"><title>Basics of Correct Interpretation</title>
-
-<sect2 id="h2-basics-interpretation-content"><title>Content</title>
-<para>What does it say? What does it say in the original language? Be careful
-with definitions. Don't read into it what it doesn't say.</para>
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2 id="h2-basics-interpretation-context"><title>Context</title>
-<para>What do the verses around it say? &quot;Context is king&quot; is the rule -- the passage must make
-sense within the structure of the entire passage and book.</para>
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2 id="h2-basics-interpretation-cross"><title>Cross-reference</title>
-<para>What do other verses about this subject say through the rest of the Bible? God
-doesn't contradict Himself, so our interpretation needs to stand the test of other scriptures.</para>
-</sect2>
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1 id="h2-basics-expository"><title>An Expository Study of Matthew 6:1-18</title>
-<para>Let's study together Mt.6:1-18. Read it to yourself, first looking for the key verse, the verse that sums
-up the whole passage. Think you have it? Test it by picking different places in the passage and asking yourself
-if they relate to the thought of the key verse. Once you find it, write it as Roman numeral One of your outline:</para>
-
-<orderedlist numeration="upperroman">
- <listitem><para>Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed</para></listitem>
-</orderedlist>
-
-<para>What does <quote>practicing your righteousness</quote> mean? Does the passage give any examples? What area
-of our lives is being addressed? <emphasis>Our motives!</emphasis> What sub-headings develop this thought?</para>
-
-<orderedlist numeration="upperalpha">
- <listitem><para>When you give</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>When you fast</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>When you pray</para></listitem>
-</orderedlist>
-
-<para>Now fill in the outline with specific instructions of how to avoid wrong ways of practicing our
-righteousness:</para>
-
-<orderedlist numeration="upperalpha">
- <listitem><para>When you give
- <orderedlist numeration="loweralpha">
- <listitem><para>don't sound a trumpet. (how might someone <quote>sound a trumpet</quote> today?)</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>do it secretly.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>etc.</para></listitem>
- </orderedlist></para>
- </listitem>
-</orderedlist>
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1 id="h2-basics-worksheet"><title>Worksheet: How to Use a Concordance</title>
-
-<sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-select"><title>To Find a Particular Verse</title>
-<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
- <listitem><para>Pick out a key word or most-unusual word of the verse.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Turn to this word alphabetically.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Go down the column of listings until you find your verse.</para></listitem>
-</orderedlist>
-
-<para>Find these verses:
-<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
- <listitem><para><quote>Faithful are the wounds of a friend</quote></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><quote>We are ambassadors of Christ.</quote></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>The story of the rich man and Lazarus.</para></listitem>
-</orderedlist>
-</para>
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-study"><title>To Do a Topical Study </title>
-<para>Let's say you wanted to do a study of the word &quot;redemption.&quot; First you would look up that word in the
-concordance and look up references listed for it. Then you could look up related words and references listed for them, e.g.
-&quot;redeem, redeemed, ransom,&quot; even &quot;buy&quot; or &quot;bought.&quot; </para>
-</sect2>
-
-
-<sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-clarify"><title>To Clarify Word Meanings in the Greek and Hebrew</title>
-<para>What if you noticed a contradiction in the KJV between Mt.7:1 <quote>Judge not lest you be judged</quote> and 1 Cor.2:15
-<quote>He that is spiritual judgeth all things.</quote> Maybe there are two different Greek words here, both being translated &quot;judge&quot; in
-English? (We're using Strong's from here out.) </para>
-<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
- <listitem><para>Look up &quot;judge&quot;.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Go down the column of entries to Mt.7:1. To the right is a number, 2919. This refers to the Greek word used.
- Write it down.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Now look up &quot;judgeth&quot;.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Go down the column to 1 Cor.2:15 . . . . . 350.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Turn in the back to the Greek dictionary. (Remember, you're in the NT so the language is Greek, while the
- OT is Hebrew.) Compare the meaning of 2919 with the meaning of 350 and you have your answer! </para></listitem>
-</orderedlist>
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-names"><title>To Find Meanings of Names</title>
-<para>By the same process we can find the meaning of a name in the Greek or Hebrew.</para>
-<para>Look up these names and write down their meaning:</para>
-<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para>Nabal</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>Abigail</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>Joshua</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>Barnabus</para></listitem>
-</itemizedlist>
-</sect2>
-
-</sect1>
-
-</chapter>
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-<chapter id="h2-importance"><title>Importance of God's Word</title>
-<para>Understanding God's word is of great importance to all who call on
-God's name. Study of the Bible is one of the primary ways that we learn to
-communicate with God.</para>
-
-<sect1 id="h2-importance-unique"><title>A Book that is Unique</title>
-<para>The Bible stands alone in many ways. It is unique in:</para>
-
-<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<para>
-popularity. Bible sales in North America: more than $500 million per
-year. The Bible is both the the all-time and year-to-year best seller!
-</para>
-</listitem>
-<listitem>
-<para>
-authorship. It was written over a period of 1600 years by 40 different
-authors from different backgrounds, yet reads as if written by one.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-<listitem>
-<para>
-preservation. F. F. Bruce in <emphasis>Are New Testament Documents Reliable?</emphasis>
-compares New Testament manuscripts with other ancient texts:
-</para>
-</listitem>
-</itemizedlist>
-<table>
-<title>Comparison of New Testament manuscripts with other ancient texts.</title>
-<tgroup cols="5">
-<thead>
-<row>
-<entry>Work</entry>
-<entry>When Written</entry>
-<entry>Earliest Copy</entry>
-<entry>Time Lapse</entry><entry>Number of Copies</entry>
-</row></thead>
-<tbody>
-<row>
-<entry>Herodotus</entry>
-<entry>448-428 B.C.</entry><entry>900 A.D.</entry>
-<entry>1300 years</entry><entry>8
-</entry></row>
-<row>
-<entry>Tacitus</entry>
-<entry>100 A.D.</entry><entry>1100 A.D.</entry>
-<entry>1000 years</entry><entry>20
-</entry></row>
-<row>
-<entry>Caesar's <emphasis>Gallic War</emphasis></entry>
-<entry>50-58 B.C.</entry><entry>900 A.D.</entry>
-<entry>950 years</entry><entry>10
-</entry></row>
-<row>
-<entry>Livy's <emphasis>Roman History</emphasis></entry>
-<entry>59 B.C. - 17 A.D.</entry><entry>900 A.D.</entry>
-<entry>900 years</entry><entry>20
-</entry></row>
-<row>
-<entry>New Testament</entry>
-<entry>40 A.D. - 100 A.D.</entry><entry>130 A.D. Partial manuscripts 350
-A.D. Full manuscripts</entry> <entry>30 - 310 years</entry><entry>5000 Greek &amp; 10,000 Latin
-</entry></row>
-</tbody></tgroup></table>
-<para>Ten copies of Caesar's <emphasis>Gallic War</emphasis> exist, the earliest of which was copied
-900 years after Caesar wrote the original, etc. For the New Testament we have
-full manuscripts dating to 350 A. D., papyri containing most of the New
-Testament from the 200s, and a fragment of John's gospel from 130 A. D. How
-many manuscripts do we have to compare to each other? 5,000 in Greek and 10,000
-in Latin! </para>
-<blockquote><attribution>Textual critic F. J. A. Hort, "The New Testament in the
-Original Greek", vol. 1 p561, Macmillan Co., quoted in <emphasis>Questions of Life</emphasis> p.
-25-26</attribution><para>"In the verity and fullness of the evidence on which
-it rests, the text of the New Testament stands absolutely and unapproachably
-alone among other ancient prose writings." </para></blockquote>
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1 id="h2-importance-breathed"><title>A Book that God Breathed</title>
-<para><emphasis>Heb.4:12 </emphasis>"<emphasis>For the word of God is living and active...
-</emphasis>" Jesus said <emphasis>(Mt.4:4),</emphasis>
-"<emphasis>It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that
-proceeds [lit., is proceeding] from the mouth of God.</emphasis>"
-As we read the Bible, God's Spirit is there to speak it to our hearts in a continually-fresh way.
-</para>
-<para>2 Tim.3:16 declares, "<emphasis>All scripture is inspired by God [lit.,
-God-breathed].</emphasis>" Do you believe this? Before you answer, consider Jesus' attitude
-toward the Scriptures. </para>
-<blockquote><attribution>John R.W. Stott, <emphasis>Christ the Controversialist</emphasis>,
-InterVarsity Press 1978, pp.93-95 </attribution><para>He referred to the human authors, but took it for
-granted that behind them all was a single divine Author. He could equally say
-'Moses said' or 'God said' (Mk.7:10). He could quote a comment of the narrator in
-Genesis 2:24 as an utterance of the Creator Himself (Mt.19:4-5). Similarly He
-said, 'Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written', when what He
-went on to quote is the direct speech of the Lord God (Mk.7:6 &amp; Is.29:13). It
-is from Jesus Himself that the New Testament authors have gained their
-conviction of the dual authorship of Scripture. For them it was just as true to
-say that 'God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets' (Heb.1:1) as it was to
-say that 'men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God' (2 Pe.1:21). God did not
-speak in such a way as to obliterate the personality of the human authors, nor
-did men speak in such a way as to corrupt the Word of the divine Author. God
-spoke. Men spoke. Neither truth must be allowed to detract from the other. ...
-</para>
-<para>
-This, then, was Christ's view of the Scriptures. Their witness was God's
-witness. The testimony of the Bible is the testimony of God. And the chief
-reason why the Christian believes in the divine origin of the Bible is that
-Jesus Christ Himself taught it. </para></blockquote>
-
-<para>2 Tim.3:16 goes on, "<emphasis>and profitable for teaching, for
-correction, for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be adequate,
-equipped for every good work.</emphasis>" If we accept that the Bible really is God
-speaking to us, it follows that it will be our authority in all matters of faith
-and conduct. </para>
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1 id="h2-importance-works"><title>A Book that Works</title>
-<para>
-What will studying the Bible do for you? 1 Thess.2:13 says that the Bible
-"<emphasis>performs its work in you
-who believe.</emphasis>" Beside each scripture, write down the work the Word
-performs.
-</para>
-<table>
-<title>What does Bible study do for Christians?</title>
-<tgroup cols="2">
-<thead>
-<row>
-<entry>Reference</entry>
-<entry>Action</entry>
-</row>
-</thead>
-<tbody>
-<row>
-<entry>Eph. 5:26
-</entry>
-<entry>cleanses -- "...having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word."
-</entry>
-</row>
-<row>
-<entry>
-Acts 20:32
-</entry>
-<entry>
-builds up --
-"
-...the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the
-inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
-"
-</entry>
-</row>
-<row>
-<entry>
-Rom. 15:4
-</entry>
-<entry>
-encourages -- "that through perseverance and the
-encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope."
-</entry>
-</row>
-
-<row>
-<entry>
-Rom. 10:17
-</entry>
-<entry>
-gives faith --
-"So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of
-Christ."
-</entry>
-</row>
-
-<row>
-<entry>
-1 Cor. 10:11
-</entry>
-<entry>
-instructs --
-"Now these things happened to them for an example,
-and they were written for our instruction"
-</entry>
-</row>
-
-<row>
-<entry>
-Mt. 4:4
-</entry>
-<entry>
-nourishment --
-"But He answered and said, 'It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone,
-but on every word that proceeds out of the
-mouth of God.'"
-</entry>
-</row>
-</tbody>
-</tgroup>
-</table>
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1 id="h2-importance-liberates"><title>A Book that Liberates</title>
-<para>
-Jn.8:32 "<emphasis>and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you
-free.</emphasis>"This is usually quoted by
-itself. Is this a conditional or unconditional promise? Would it apply to
-all kinds of knowledge? Find the answers by examining the first half of the
-sentence, in v.31. "<emphasis>If you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of
-Mine... </emphasis>"</para>
-<para>We see that this is a conditional promice, specifically speaking of the truth of God's word.</para>
-
-<para>The Greek word for "wind" used in Eph.4:14 means a <emphasis>violent wind.</emphasis>
-"<emphasis>As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by
-waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine...</emphasis>"One
-thing studying the Bible does for us is to ground us in the truth, with the
-result that we won't be easily "blown away."</para>
-
-<para><emphasis>But Jesus answered and said to them, </emphasis>"<emphasis>You are mistaken [KJV Ye do err], not
-understanding the Scriptures, or the power of God.</emphasis>"Mt.22:29</para>
-<para>What 2 things do we need to know to be kept from error?</para>
-<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para>God's word</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>God's power </para></listitem>
-</itemizedlist>
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1 id="h2-importance-wars"><title>A Book that Wars</title>
-<para>
-Eph.6:10-18 is one picture of our spiritual armament.</para>
-<table>
-<title>Spiritual Armor</title>
-<tgroup cols="2">
-<thead>
-<row>
-<entry>Question</entry>
-<entry>Answer</entry>
-</row></thead>
-<tbody>
-<row><entry>How many of the weapons listed here are defensive weapons?</entry><entry>5</entry></row>
-<row><entry>How many are offensive?</entry><entry>One</entry></row>
-<row><entry>Which one(s)? </entry><entry>the word - <foreignphrase>rhema</foreignphrase></entry></row>
-</tbody></tgroup></table>
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1 id="h2-importance-exhortations"><title>Exhortations</title>
-<para>
-2 Tim.2:15 (KJV) "<emphasis>Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly
-dividing the word of truth.</emphasis>"
-</para>
-<para>
-Col.3:16 "<emphasis>Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you; with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another
-with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.</emphasis>"
-</para>
-
-<para>If you're rich in something, how much of it do you
-have? </para>
-<para>
-Not a little!</para>
-
-<para>
-Eccl.12:11-12 "<emphasis>The words of wise men are like goads, and masters of these
-collections are like well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd. But
-beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and
-excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body.</emphasis>"
-</para> </sect1>
-
-<sect1 id="h2-importance-once"><title>Appendix: "Once for
-All"</title>
-<blockquote>
-<attribution>John R. W. Stott, <emphasis>Christ the Controversialist,</emphasis>
-InterVarsity Press 1978, pp.106-107</attribution> <para>The truth regarding the
-finality of God's initiative in Christ is conveyed by one word of the Greek
-Testament, namely the adverb <foreignphrase>hapax</foreignphrase> and
-<foreignphrase>ephapax</foreignphrase>. It is usually translated in the
-Authorized Version once, meaning once for all. It is used of what is so done as
-to be of perpetual validity and never need repetition, and is applied in the NT
-to both revelation and redemption. Thus, Jude refers to the faith which was
-once for all delivered to the saints (Jude 3), and Romans says,
-"<emphasis>Christ also died for sins once for all</emphasis>"
-(Rom.6:10, see also 1 Pe.3:18; Heb.9:26-28). </para> <para>
-Thus we may say that God has spoken once
-for all and Christ has suffered once for all. This means that the Christian
-revelation and the Christian redemption are both alike in Christ complete.
-Nothing can be added to either without being derogatory to Christ... These are
-the two rocks on which the Protestant Reformation was built -- Gods revealed
-word without the addition of human traditions and Christ's finished work without
-the addition of human merits. The Reformers great watchwords were <foreignphrase>sola
-scriptura</foreignphrase> for our authority and <foreignphrase>sola gratia</foreignphrase> for our salvation.</para>
-</blockquote>
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1 id="h2-importance-supplement"><title>Supplement: Bible Reading
-Programs</title> <para> Here are some easy programs to systematically read your
-Bible. You can do more than one at a time if you like, for instance #1 with #4,
-or #2 with #5. Vary the program from year to year to keep it fresh!
-</para>
-<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
-<listitem><para>New Testament in a Year: read one chapter each day, 5 days a
-week.</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>Proverbs in a Month: read one chapter of Proverbs each day,
-corresponding to the day of the month.</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>Psalms in a Month: read 5 Psalms at intervals of 30 each day,
-for instance on the 20th you read Ps.20, 50, 80, 110, &amp; 140.</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>Psalms &amp; Proverbs in 6 months: read through Psalms and Proverbs
-one chapter per day.</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>Old Testament without Psalms &amp; Proverbs in 2 years: if
-you read one chapter a day of the Old Testament, skipping over Psalms &amp; Proverbs, you will read the Old Testament in 2 years and 2 weeks.
-</para></listitem>
-</orderedlist>
-</sect1>
-
-</chapter>
-
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-<chapter id="h2-rules"><title>Rules of Bible Interpretation (Hermeneutics)</title>
-<para>We already learned about the "3 Cs": content, context, cross-reference. We want to expand that now by
-delving briefly into biblical hermeneutics, whose goal is to discover the meaning intended by the original author (and
-Author!). While many applications of a passage are valid, only one interpretation is valid. The scripture itself says
-this by saying that no scripture is of any private interpretation (2 Pe.1:20 KJV <quote>Knowing this first, that no
-prophesy of scripture is of any private interpretation.</quote>). Certain rules are helps toward discovering the correct meaning;
-by ignoring these rules people have brought much trouble on themselves and their followers. 2 Pe.3:16 <quote>...in which are
-some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to
-their own destruction.</quote></para>
-
-<para>How do we go about discovering the intended meaning of a passage? Let's say your attention has been
-drawn to a particular verse whose meaning is not clear to you. How do you study it out? Keep these rules in mind:</para>
-
-<section id="h2-rules-exact"><title>Rule 1 - Interpret according to the exact meaning of the words.</title>
-<para>The more precise we can be with the exact, original meaning of the words the better our interpretation will be.
-Try to find the exact meaning of the key words by following these steps:</para>
-
-<orderedlist>
- <listitem>
- <formalpara><title>Definition</title>
- <para>Look up the definition in a Greek or Hebrew dictionary. For verbs, the verb tense is also crucial.</para>
- </formalpara>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <formalpara><title>Cross-reference</title>
- <para>Compare scripture with scripture. Seeing how the same Greek or Hebrew word
- (not the English word) is used in scripture may clarify or throw new light on the definition. How does the same author
- use this word elsewhere? Other authors? Your reference tools may give you uses of the word in non-biblical
- documents, as well. Why do we have to go to the original languages; why isn't the English word good enough?
- <emphasis>Because more than one greek word may be translated into the same english word, and the greek
- words may have different shades of meaning.</emphasis></para>
- </formalpara>
- </listitem>
-</orderedlist>
-
-<section id="h2-rules-exact-crossref-ex1a"><title>Example 1A</title>
-<para>Jn.20:17 <emphasis>"Touch me not"</emphasis> (KJV) sounds harsh, doesn't it? Sounds like Jesus doesn't want
-to be touched now that He is risen, that He is too holy or something. But that doesn't seem right, so let's look
-it up in Spiros Zodhiates' <emphasis>The Complete Word Study New Testament</emphasis> (AMG Publishers, 1991).</para>
-
-<para>Definition: Turning to John 20:17, above the word "Touch" we see "pim680." The letters
-give us a code for the part of speech, and the number refers to Strong's dictionary reference. Let's look up
-the definition (p. 879). "680. Haptomai; from hapto (681), touch. Refers to such handling of an object as to exert a modifying
-influence upon it... Distinguished from pselaphao (5584), which actually only means to touch the surface of something. " Now look
-up "pim." The grammar codes in Zodhiates come right after Revelation; on p. 849 we see that pim stands for
-"present imperative active (80)". On p.857, "Present Imperative. In the active voice, it may indicate a command to do
-something in the future which involves continuous or repeated action or, when it is negated, a command to stop doing something. " This
-is a negative command, so it is to stop doing something that is already occuring. So, what have we found?</para>
-<para><emphasis>Mary is already clinging to Jesus, and he is saying to stop holding him!</emphasis></para>
-</section>
-
-<section id="h2-rules-exact-crossref-ex1b"><title>Example 1B</title>
-<para>In James 5:14, <emphasis>Elders are told to pray and anoint someone who is sick</emphasis>. What is this anointing?</para>
-<para>Definition of aleipho (218) - "to oil" (Strong's); but we also have another Greek word translated
-"anoint", chrio (5548) - "to smear or rub with oil, i.e. to consecrate to an office or religious service" (Strong's).
- Since it's a verb, consider the tense also, "apta" aorist participle active. "The aorist participle expresses simple action,
-as opposed to continuous action...When its relaitonship to the main verb is temporal, it usually signifies action prior to that of the main
-verb." (Zodhiates p.851)</para>
-
-<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para>Cross-references for aleipho:
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem><para>Mt.6:17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Mk.16:1 [the women] brought spices that they might come and anoint Him.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Mk.6:13 And they were...anointing with oil many sick people and healing them.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Lk.7:38 [...] kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Jn.12:3 Mary [...] anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped them with her hair</para></listitem>
- </orderedlist></para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem><para>Cross-references of chrio:
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem><para>Lk.4:18 <quote>The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to preach [...]</quote></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Acts 4:27 Jesus, whom Thou hast anointed</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Acts 10:38 God anointed Jesus with the Holy Ghost and power</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>2 Cor.1:21 Now He who...anointed us is God</para></listitem>
- </orderedlist></para>
-</listitem>
-</itemizedlist>
-
-<para>So what's the difference between aleipho and chrio? Look back over the cross-references and the
-definitions, and sum up the difference: <emphasis>&quot;aleipho&quot; is a practical use of oil and &quot;chrio&quot; is a spiritual</emphasis></para>
-
-<para>As an illustration (although the word is not used) of the practical use of oil at that time, when the good
-Samaritan cared for the man beat up by robbers he poured oil and wine in the wound. So oil had a medicinal
-use in Jesus' day.
-</para>
-<para>Now let's apply what we just learned by this word study to James 5:14 <emphasis>"Is any among you sick? Let
-him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the
-Lord."</emphasis> Is "anointing" spiritual or practical? Practical!</para>
-<para>
-And the tense in Greek, the aorist participle, would
-be better translated "having anointed," so the order is the anointing first, then the prayer ("in the name of the
-Lord"refers to the prayer, not the anointing). James 5 is saying that the elders should give the sick person
-medicine and pray for him in the name of the Lord. Doesn't that express a beautiful balance of practical and
-spiritual in our God!
-</para>
-</section>
-</section>
-
-<section id="h2-rules-context">
-<title>Rule 2 - Interpret within the biblical
-context</title>
-<para>Interpret scripture in harmony with other scripture. What do the
-verses on each side say? What is the theme of the chapter? the book? Does your interpretation fit with these? If not,
-it is flawed. Usually, the context supplies what we need to correctly interpret the passage. Context is key. If
-confusion remains as to the meaning after we have interpreted the text within its context, we have to look further.</para>
-
-<section id="h2-rules-context-ex2a"><title>Example 2A</title>
-<para>In a previous lesson we considered Jn.3:5 <emphasis>"born of water and the Spirit."</emphasis> In context, what is
-the water under discussion here?</para>
-<para>Water baptism is not under discussion here, which would be a big switch from the subject being
-discussed by Jesus and Nicodemus. Watch out for a sudden change of topic, it may be a clue that your
-interpretation has been derailed! The water is the amniotic fluid, "born of water" = natural birth.</para>
-</section>
-<section id="h2-rules-context-ex2b"><title>Example 2B</title>
-<para>1 Cor.14:34 <quote>Let the women keep silent in the churches</quote> has to be taken within the biblical
-context of 1 Cor.11:5 <quote>every woman [...] while praying or prophesying [...]</quote></para>
-</section>
-<section id="h2-rules-context-ex2c"><title>Example 2C</title>
-<para>Acts 2:38 <quote>And Peter said to them, &quot;Repent,
-and let each of you be baptized in the name of
-Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins [...]&quot;</quote>. Is this teaching baptismal regeneration? If this was the
-only verse of scripture we had, we would have to conclude that. But in the light of the clear teaching
-elsewhere that regeneration happens by faith in Christ, we have to interpret it otherwise. Peter is urging
-baptism as a way for his hearers to respond to the gospel. If baptism were the pathway to being born again,
-how could Paul write 1 Cor.1:17 <emphasis>"For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel"</emphasis>?
-</para>
-</section>
-</section>
-
-<section id="h2-rules-hcontest">
-<title>Rule 3 - Interpret within the historical and cultural context</title>
-<para>
-At first we are not asking <quote>What does it mean to me?</quote> but <quote>What did it mean to the original readers?</quote>; later we can ask, <quote>What does it mean to me?</quote>.
-We have to take into account the historical and cultural background of the author and the recipients.</para>
-
-<section id="h2-rules-hcontest-ex3a"><title>Example 3A</title><para> <quote>3 days &amp; 3 nights</quote> (Mt.12:40) have
-led some to come up with a "Wednesday crucifixion theory,"
-esp. the cult of Armstrongism. How could Jesus die on Friday afternoon and rise Sunday morning
-yet "be raised on the third day" (Mt.16:21)? Exact meanings of "three" or "days" won't help explain the
-apparent contradiction.</para>
-<para>We need an historical tidbit: Jews counted any part of a day as a full day, as we would count buckets
-of water (if there were six and one-half buckets of water, we would say there were 7 buckets of water even if one was only partly full). So to the Jewish
-mind, any part of a day counted as a full day, and days started at 6 p.m. and ended at 6 p.m. Friday from 3
-p.m. to 6 p.m. = day 1. Friday 6 p.m. to Saturday 6 p.m. = day 2. Saturday 6 p.m. to Sunday 5 or so a.m. =
-day 3. Interpreting within the cultural context keeps us out of trouble.</para>
-</section>
-
-<section id="h2-rules-hcontest-ex3b"><title>Example 3B</title><para>Gen.15:7-21. The historical context
-is that cutting animals in two and then walking between
-the pieces was the normal way of entering a contract in Abraham's day. Both parties walked between, taking
-the pledge that dismemberment would happen to them if they didn't live up to their part of the contract. But
-in this case only God goes thru, making it a unilateral covenant.</para>
-</section>
-</section>
-
-<section id="h2-rules-normal"><title>Rule 4 - Interpret according to the normal usage of words in language</title>
-<para>Let literal language be literal and
-figurative language be figurative. And watch out for idioms, which have special meanings.</para>
-
-<section id="h2-rules-normal-ex4a"><title>Example 4A</title>
-<para><quote>evil eye</quote> in Mt.6:23.</para>
-<para>Rule 1, definition of "evil" and "eye" - no help here. Rule 2, context: seems to confuse us even
-more. It doesn't seem to fit with what goes before and after! This should tip us off that we aren't
-understanding it rightly!!</para>
-<para>What we have here is a Hebrew idiom, <quote>evil eye</quote>. Let's look up other uses of this idiom: Mt.20:15
-"<emphasis>Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye envious [lit."evil"] because I
-am generous [lit. "good"]?</emphasis>" We find that having an "evil eye" is a Hebrew idiom for being stingy or envious.
-Now go back to Mt.6 and notice how this understanding ties in so perfectly to the context.</para>
-</section>
-
-<section id="h2-rules-normal-ex4b"><title>Example 4B</title>
-<para>Is.59:1 <quote>The Lord's hand is not short;</quote></para>
-<para>Deut.33:27 <quote>Underneath are the everlasting arms.</quote></para>
-<para>
-References to body parts of God are used by Latter-Day Saints to prove that God was once a man just as we
-are. Once they convince people of that, they go on to teach that we can become God just like He is! At a
-lecture he was giving, a group of Mormon elders challenged Walter Martin (author of <emphasis>Kingdom of the Cults</emphasis>)
-with an enumeration of verses like these. Dr. Martin then asked the Mormons to read one more scripture:
-Ps.91:4 <quote>He will cover you with His feathers; And under His wings shalt thou trust</quote>. W.M. said, <quote>By the same
-rules of interpretation that you just proved God to be a man, you just proved that He is a bird</quote>. The Mormons
-had to laugh as they realised the ridiculousness of their position.
-</para>
-</section>
-</section>
-
-<section id="h2-rules-parables"><title>Rule 5 - Understand the purpose of parables and the difference between a parable and an allegory</title>
-<para>An allegory is: <emphasis>A story where each element has a meaning.</emphasis></para>
-<para>Every parable is an allegory, true or false?</para>
-
-<para>Some parables are allegories, for instance, the parable of the sower is an allegory: the seed is the word of
-God, the thorns are worries and greed, etc. But most parables are not allegories but simply stories to illustrate one
-point. It's dangerous to get our doctrine from parables; they can be twisted to say all sorts of things. We need to get
-our doctrine from clear scriptures that lay it out; then if a parable illustrates that, fine.</para>
-
-<section id="h2-rules-parables-ex5a"><title>Example 5A</title>
-<para>The parable of the widow with the unrighteous judge in Lk.18:1-8. This story illustrates one
-lesson: boldness in prayer. If we draw it into an allegory, what do we have?</para>
-<para>All sorts of violence happens to the meanings: God is reluctant to protect the rights of widows, prayer
-"bothers" Him, etc.</para></section>
-
-<section id="h2-rules-parables-ex5b"><title>Example 5B</title>
-<para>The parable of the unrighteous steward in Lk.16:1-9. What is the point of the parable? Is it
-an allegory? </para>
-<para>The steward is commended for only one thing, his shrewdness in using what he had to prepare for a
-time when he wouldn't have it. But he is not commended for his unethical behavior in cheating his master. </para>
-</section>
-
-</section>
-</chapter>
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