Explore - Understanding The Scriptures

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Explore: Understanding the Scriptures.’ 🔥🔥
He emphasized three main points, namely:
📍 Proper Bible interpretation is spiritual warfare.
📍 You need a teacher.
📍 Interpretation is necessary.
On proper Bible interpretation as spiritual warfare, here are a few points to note:
- When it comes to warfare, the primary warfare in the Word of God is the battle of the mind.
- Knowledge is a powerful weapon of war. 2 Corinthians 2:11
- The devil will try to outwit you and catch you unawares.
- How you know you're under attack is when culture begins to change your perspective on what the word of God says.
- There must be a defense system to guard your heart because the devil is trying to fight there too. 2 Corinthians 10:4-5
- Anything that makes you change your opinion about what God says is warfare.
On the point that you need a teacher, note the following:
- We need more people with the humility of the Ethiopian eunuch and teachers like Philip. Acts 8:29-31
- The Holy Spirit guides in corroboration to ensure what we hear is the truth.
- He gives us teachers who teach didactically. 2 Timothy 2:2
- We need faithful men who will teach faithfully to all men.
On the point that interpretation is necessary, note the following:
- It takes intentionality to interpret the Bible.
- The Bible must be rightly interpreted, as there is a wrong way to interpret it. 4 Cs in Bible Interpretation:
📍 Context: Every text you read in the Bible was written to a particular people at a particular time, so to understand it, you must understand the underlying principle in all generations.
📍 Culture: Romans 16:16
The word of God as it applies culturally should be applied. This is where interpretation comes in.
📍 Communication (Language): John 3:16, 1 John 4:9, 1 John 4:11
📍 Christ: The most important key for interpreting the Bible. Matthew 1:20-22, Acts 2:2-17
- The New Testament is a commentary on the Old Testament.
- How to unlock your Bible study is by looking at all the Old Testament quotes in the New Testament and going back to read them in context.