psalm 119:97-105 psalm 119:97-105 parables psalm 119:97-105 parables matthew 13:1-3,10-13

Psalm

119:97-105

Psalm

119:97-105

PARABLES

Psalm

119:97-105

PARABLES

Matthew

13:1-3,10-13

Matthew 13:1-23 Sower + Soils

Matthew 13:1-23 Sower + Soils

Luke 11:5-10 Friend in Need

Matthew 13:1-23 Sower + Soils

Luke 11:5-10 Friend in Need

Matthew 21:28-32 Two Sons

Matthew 13:1-23 Sower + Soils

Luke 11:5-10 Friend in Need

Matthew 21:28-32 Two Sons

Luke 10:25-37 Good Samaritan

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

1. DON’T look for proof texts.

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

1. DON’T look for proof texts.

EISEGESIS

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

1. DON’T look for proof texts.

EISEGESIS

Literally, “to lead into”

To interpret based upon a subjective, non-analytical reading; bringing one’s own ideas to the text, or reading one’s own meaning into the passage.

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

1. DON’T look for proof texts.

Matthew 15:1-9

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

1. DON’T look for proof texts.

Matthew 15:1-9John 5:37-40

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

1. DON’T look for proof texts.

Matthew 15:1-9John 5:37-40Romans 10:1-3

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

1. DON’T look for proof texts.

Matthew 15:1-9John 5:37-40Romans 10:1-32 Peter 3:14-16

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

1. DON’T look for proof texts.

Matthew 15:1-9John 5:37-40Romans 10:1-32 Peter 3:14-162 Thessalonians 2:9-12

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

2. DO honestly search for truth.

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

2. DO honestly search for truth.

EISEGESIS

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

2. DO honestly search for truth.

EXEGESIS

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

2. DO honestly search for truth.

EXEGESIS

Literally, “to lead out of”

To interpret based upon a critical examination of Scripture based upon its historical setting and meaning to its original readers.

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

2. DO honestly search for truth.

Who wrote the passage?What kind of writing is it?To whom was it originally written?What was their world and culture like?What is the context of the passage?What would those first readers have thought?How would they have interpreted it?

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

2. DO honestly search for truth.

Deuteronomy 5:12-15

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

2. DO honestly search for truth.

Deuteronomy 5:12-15 To whom was this command given?

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

2. DO honestly search for truth.

Deuteronomy 5:12-15 To whom was this command given? Deuteronomy 5:1-5

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

2. DO honestly search for truth.

Deuteronomy 5:12-15 To whom was this command given? Deuteronomy 5:1-5 Acts 17:11 “They received the word with

great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily, to see whether these things were so.”

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

3. DON’T be deceived by false teaching.

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

3. DON’T be deceived by false teaching.

2 Corinthians 11:3-13

Paul was greatly concerned that the church in Corinth might be led away and deceived…

“For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ."

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

3. DON’T be deceived by false teaching.

Ephesians 4:14

Some are "children, tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming."

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

3. DON’T be deceived by false teaching.

1 Timothy 4:1

"But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons."

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

3. DON’T be deceived by false teaching.

2 Timothy 4:3-4

"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate to themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires; and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn aside to myths."

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

4. DO pray and ask God for wisdom.

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

4. DO pray and ask God for wisdom.

James 4:2 We don’t take time to ask.

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

4. DO pray and ask God for wisdom.

James 4:2 We don’t take time to ask. James 4:3 We ask with wrong motives.

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

4. DO pray and ask God for wisdom.

James 4:2 We don’t take time to ask. James 4:3 We ask with wrong motives. James 1:5 “But if any of you lacks

wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives generously to all and without reproach...”

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

4. DO pray and ask God for wisdom.

James 4:2 We don’t take time to ask. James 4:3 We ask with wrong motives. James 1:5 “But if any of you lacks

wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives generously to all and without reproach...”

Acts 8 – Ethiopian treasurer

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

4. DO pray and ask God for wisdom.

James 4:2 We don’t take time to ask. James 4:3 We ask with wrong motives. James 1:5 “But if any of you lacks

wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives generously to all and without reproach...”

Acts 8 – Ethiopian treasurer Acts 10 – Cornelius and his family

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

1. DON’T look for proof texts.

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

1. DON’T look for proof texts.

2. DO honestly search for truth.

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

1. DON’T look for proof texts.

2. DO honestly search for truth.

3. DON’T be deceived by false teaching.

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

1. DON’T look for proof texts.

2. DO honestly search for truth.

3. DON’T be deceived by false teaching.

4. DO pray and ask God for wisdom.

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

Ephesians 3:3-5

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

Ephesians 3:3-5

“By revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief. And by referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit.”

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

Ephesians 3:3-5

“By revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief. And by referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit.”

Guidelines for Studying Scripture

I am resolved to

Follow the Savior

Faithful and true each day

Heed what He sayeth

Do what He willeth

He is the living way