Grace Bible Church Glorifying God by Making Disciples
Grace Bible Church Glorifying God by Making Disciples of Jesus Christ Download notes at: Grace. Bible. NY. org/hermeneutics
Theological Principles – Rule 21 You must understand the Bible grammatically before you can understand it theologically • Example: Romans 5: 15 -21 (pg. 212) ØComparison of the first Adam with the second Adam (Christ) & the imputation of sin with the imputation of righteousness • Example: Hebrews 10: 26 (pg. 213) ØWritten to Jews who had practiced animal sacrifice ØAnimal sacrifice of no value once it is know that Jesus is the final sacrifice
Theological Principles – Rule 21 Exercises – Pages 252 -253 1. 1 Corinthians 7: 14, 15: 29, and 1 Peter 3: 1822 are three passages that are difficult to understand interpret a. Can you list other passages in the Bible that are difficult for you? b. How should you handle such passages
Theological Principles – Rule 21 Exercises – Pages 252 -253 2. Read 1 John 5: 6 -12. a. Write out in your own words what this paragraph says b. Interpret the paragraph - that is, what does it mean c. What parts do you find difficult to interpret d. Is there any correlation between your difficulty in interpreting this passage and your understanding of what it says? Explain
A doctrine cannot be considered biblical unless it sums up and includes all that the Scriptures say about it. (pgs • Proverbs 18: 13 - Don’t make 214 -216) a conclusion before you have heard all the arguments • Example: ØPassages stating you are “not under the law” - Rom. 3: 28; Gal. 5: 18 ØPassages stating you are under a law - 1 Cor. 9: 21; Gal. 6: 2; James 1: 25; 2: 8; 1 John 2: 8 -11
Theological Principles – Rule 22 • Topical Bible studies are foundational to this rule - tracing a theme, idea, or teaching through the Bible 1. Word Parallels - tracing usage of words used in a passage in other passages, books 2. Idea Parallels - similar to a word parallel but including cognates and synonyms 3. Doctrinal Parallels - Studying the passages related to a particular teaching and reasoning through the relationship between them.
Theological Principles – Rule 22 • Inductive reasoning - reasoning from all the parts to understand the whole • Deductive reasoning - reasoning from the whole to understand the parts (premise + premise = conclusion) • Deductive study can only be properly done after the inductive study has brought understanding of the premises • Inductive study is what leads to personal convictions that withstand testing.
Theological Principles – Rule 22 Exercises pages 253 -254 1. Using a concordance, look up all the references to Lot in the Bible. On the basis of these verses, write out an evaluation of the man ØGenesis 11: 27, 31; 12: 4, 5; 13: 1, 5, 7 -8, 1014; 14: 12, 16; 19: 1 -36; Deut. 2: 9, 19; Psalm 83: 8; Luke 17: 28 -29, 32; 2 Peter 2: 7
Theological Principles – Rule 22 Exercises pages 253 -254 2. Most, if not all, Christians fail to apply this rule in some area of their lives. For example, one may believer that “God helps those who help themselves” without doing an in-depth study of the word to determine if the principle is true. What is a biblical conviction that you hold that you suspect might be altered if you applied Rule Twenty. Two Alternative: What was a conviction you held that you found out was not Biblical
Theological Principles – Rule 22 Exercises pages 253 -254 3. Write out a plan to rectify your deficiency in this area 4. Give an illustration of how Jesus used this principle to correct the religious leaders of His day
When two doctrines taught in the Bible appear to be contradictory, accept both as scriptural in the confident believe they will resolve themselves into a higher unity – pgs 217 • Paradoxes / Antinomy exist because 218 1) Not all information has been gathered / available to resolve the seeming contradiction 2) Man’s finite mind cannot comprehend God’s infinite mind
Theological Principles – Rule 23 • Familiar Paradoxes 1) The Triune nature of God (Trinity) 2) The hypostatic union of Jesus - Dual nature as God & man 3) The origin and existence of evil. Logic leads us to conclude that either God created evil or it is co-eternal with Him Scripture denies both *There was no evil in the beginning - it was all “very good” - Genesis 1: 31 *There is no evil in God from which evil
Theological Principles – Rule 23 • Familiar Paradoxes 1) The sovereign election of God and the responsibility of man Ø Election - Matthew 24: 31; 1 Cor. 1: 27; Romans 8: 29 -33; Ephesians 1: 4; Col. 3: 12; John 6: 44 Ø God’s offer / man’s responsibility - John 3: 16 -20; 7: 37 -39; 20: 31; 1 John 5: 13; Romans 10: 13; Matthew 11: 28; 2 Thess. 1: 8
Theological Principles – Rule 23 • Living in tension is not pleasant, but you must take care not to lose Biblical balance in seeking to relieve the tension (Pg. 218) • Our allegiance is not first and primarily to a system of theology, but to the Scripture (pg. 218).
Theological Principles – Rule 23 Exercises – Pages 254 -255 1. Give an illustration of when someone within your acquaintance has forced the Bible to say more than it does to resolve a theological or intellectual problem
Theological Principles – Rule 23 Exercises – Pages 254 -255 2. List some passages that teach that Jesus is: ØGod: • Isaiah 7: 14 cf. Matthew 1: 22 f; John 1: 1, 14, 18; John 20: 28; Romans 10: 9 -10; Col. 1: 15; Titus 2: 13; Hebrews 1: 3, 8; 2 Peter 1: 1; 1 John 5: 20; Jude 24 -25 ØMan: • John 8: 40, Acts 2: 22; Romans 5: 15; 1 Cor. 15: 21; Luke 1: 42, 43, 2: 7; 3: 23 -38; John 1: 14; 1 John 4: 2, 1 Timothy 3: 16; Hebrews
Theological Principles – Rule 23 Exercises – Pages 254 -255 3. What are some possible errors you could fall into in emphasizing Jesus’ manhood over His divinity or vice versa?
Grace Bible Church Glorifying God by Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
- Slides: 18