Foundations for Followers - "Biblical Interpretation For Everyday Christians" - Mike Maglish

LifeSpring Christian Church Sermons

13-02-2023 • 37 mins

Biblical Interpretation For Everyday Christians
2 Timothy 2:15
Mike Maglish

Part of Foundations for Followers

February 12, 2023

“Bible” - Greek work τὰ βιβλία which means “THE BOOKS”(Originally Scroll)

HURDLES:
66 different books
MULTIPLE Genres of Scripture
2,000-3,000 year gap
Written in 3 languages
Cultural differences
Belief differences

Worldview is the goggles by which we perceive the world.

Eisegesis - The interpretation of a text (the Bible) by reading into it one’s own ideas

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. —2 Timothy 2:15

ὀρθοτομέω (orthotomeō) - To cut straight, teach correctly

12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account. —Hebrews 4:12-13“Understanding the Bible properly requires that we clear our minds of all ideas, opinions, and systems of our own day and attempt to put ourselves into the times and surrounding of the Apostles and Prophets who wrote.” —John F Johnson

Context is Everything

Know what it MEANT

Original author
Original audience
Original message

TIPS
Accept the clear and sensible meaning
What’s your Next Step?

1.Read the Bible daily
2.Utilize Bible Study Tools
3.Join A Small Group/Bible Study
4.Leave Room for Growth

Takeaway: We rightly divide Scripture so Scripture can rightly divide us.

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