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How to Study the Bible Lesson 1 [2] Them [2] Them Type [3] The Then Then Analogy Gospel Exegesis Exegesis A.I.M. A.I.M. [1] Biblical [1] Biblical Text Text [2] Then Type [3] The [2] Then Type [3] The Them Analogy Gospel Them Analogy Gospel Application Application Exegesis Exegesis A.I.M. A.I.M. [1] Biblical [4] Now [1] Biblical [4] Now Text Us Text Us [2] Then Type [3] The [2] Then Type [3] The Them Analogy Gospel Them Analogy Gospel Moralizing Application Application Exegesis Exegesis A.I.M. A.I.M. [1] Biblical [4] Here [1] Biblical [4] Here Text Us Text Us Simeon Trust Slides – Page 1

How to Study the Bible “Old Testament Narrative” Lesson 2 [2] Then Type [3] The Them Analogy Gospel � The Joseph story is longer and Moralizing Application Exegesis more complete than that of any A.I.M. other patriarch or matriarch. Less a collage of fragments, it is [1] Biblical [4] Here a whole work of art. Text Us � ��������� is between Joseph [3] Climax/Resolution [2] Conflict (Gen. 45-49) and his siblings (Gen. 38-44) � ������������ [4] Reset � Potiphar’s wife (Gen. 39) (Gen. 50) � Baker & Cupbearer (Gen. 40, 41) [1] Setting � Pharaoh (Gen. 41) (Gen. 37:1-11) Simeon Trust Slides – Page 2

How to Study the Bible “On the Line” Lesson 3 [3] The [2] Then Type Them Analogy Gospel [3] Climax/Resolution [2] Conflict Moralizing (Gen. 45-49) Application Exegesis (Gen. 38-44) A.I.M. [4] Reset (Gen. 50) [1] Biblical [4] Here [1] Setting Text Us (Gen. 37:1-11) Staying on the Line Staying on the Line Phariseeism � Principle: We must stay on the line of Conservatism Scripture , never straying above it or Legalism below it. Deuteronomy 4:2 "You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.” Licentiousness Liberalism Antinomianism Staying on the Line Staying on the Line � Explanation: We are often tempted to � In so doing, we add to the Scriptures. require more than the Scriptures, We can also be tempted to dip below venturing into religious pietism and the line into liberalism and pragmatism, ignoring both the content and point of expressing a zeal that becomes a kind of Scripture. In so doing, we subtract from legalism. We judge others who do not the Scriptures. maintain our extra-Biblical traditions and standards. Simeon Trust Slides – Page 3

Staying on the Line Staying on the Line � As teachers of God’s Word, we must � Strategies: consider the text in light of commit ourselves to saying nothing both extremes, anticipate how those more or less than the Scriptures say . It is who furthest above and the furthest a matter of obedience (Deuteronomy below might treat the text, test 4:2). consistency of your reading with the rest of Scripture. Staying on the Line � Practice Texts: Genesis 3:1-3, Mark 7:6- 13, John 3:16-21 Simeon Trust Slides – Page 4

How to Study the Bible “Text and Framework” Lesson 4 [2] Then Type [3] The Them Analogy Gospel [3] Climax/Resolution [2] Conflict Moralizing (Gen. 45-49) Application Exegesis (Gen. 38-44) A.I.M. [4] Reset (Gen. 50) [1] Biblical [4] Here [1] Setting Text Us (Gen. 37:1-11) Staying on the Line Text and Framework Phariseeism � Principle: We must let the Bible shape Conservatism our frameworks rather than letting our Legalism frameworks shape our ‘interpretations’ Deuteronomy 4:2 "You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, of the Bible. that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.” Licentiousness Liberalism Antinomianism Text and Framework Text and Framework � Explanation: Whether Calvinism or “The teacher’s F T temptation is Arminianism, politically left or right, to use the therapeutic or prosperity driven, cultural Scripture like the drunk uses and social, we all have frameworks — a street light: ideas and frames of mind that we bring more for T F support than to the text. illumination .” Simeon Trust Slides – Page 5

Text and Framework Text and Framework � Our own experiences, training, and � We must adjust the framework rather desires bring them to the foreground than fall into the trap of ignoring or every time we open the Bible. Some bending the text until it says “what we frameworks can be helpful. Others are want it to say.” We must hear it for not. In order to get at the meaning of a “what it says.” text, we must let the text be sovereign. Text and Framework Text and Framework � Strategies: identify your own � Practice Texts: Mark 2:1-12, Hebrews frameworks (ideological, political, 6:1-8, James 2:14-26, 1 Corinthians theological, etc.), constantly approach 13:1-7 the text with fresh eyes, consult many different translations of the Bible (e.g. dynamic, literal, paraphrase) Simeon Trust Slides – Page 6

How to Study the Bible “Traveling Instructions” Lesson 5 [3] The [2] Then Type Them Analogy Gospel [3] Climax/Resolution [2] Conflict Moralizing (Gen. 45-49) Application Exegesis (Gen. 38-44) A.I.M. [4] Reset (Gen. 50) [1] Biblical [4] Here [1] Setting Text Us (Gen. 37:1-11) Staying on the Line Text and Framework Phariseeism Conservatism “The teacher’s F T temptation is Legalism to use the Scripture like Deuteronomy 4:2 "You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, the drunk uses that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.” a street light: Licentiousness more for T F support than Liberalism illumination .” Antinomianism Traveling Instructions Traveling Instructions � Principle: We must understand how the Text original audience understood a text in Text Context Today order to know how it applies today. We must understand the context (historical, literary, canonical, etc.) of our text. Context Application [Corinth] [Waukesha] Simeon Trust Slides – Page 7

Traveling Instructions Traveling Instructions � Explanation: In handling God’s Word, � But, by understanding the text in its there is great pressure to be relevant. context or how it would have been This pressure means that we are understood by the original audience tempted to read what is written and (them then), we can better understand then apply it immediately. In other the right application of the text (us words, we go straight from the text to now). application. Traveling Instructions Traveling Instructions � Strategies: read the chapter on both � Practice Texts: 1 Corinthians 13:1-7, 2 sides of your text, read the entire book, Corinthians 6:14-7:1, Mark 8:22-30 if paired with another then read both books (e.g. 1 and 2 Corinthians) Simeon Trust Slides – Page 8

How to Study the Bible “Melodic Line” Lesson 6 [3] The [2] Then Type Them Analogy Gospel [3] Climax/Resolution [2] Conflict Moralizing (Gen. 45-49) Application Exegesis (Gen. 38-44) A.I.M. [4] Reset [1] Biblical [4] Here (Gen. 50) [1] Setting Text Us (Gen. 37:1-11) Staying on the Line Text and Framework Phariseeism Conservatism “The teacher’s F T temptation is Legalism to use the Scripture like Deuteronomy 4:2 "You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, the drunk uses that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.” a street light: Licentiousness more for T F support than Liberalism illumination .” Antinomianism Traveling Instructions Melodic Line � Principle: We will handle a specific text Text better if we understand what the whole Text Context Today book is about. Context Application [Corinth] [Waukesha] Simeon Trust Slides – Page 9

Melodic Line Melodic Line � Explanation: Books of the Bible and the Bible (as a whole) have a coherent, sustained message—or big idea—similar to the unique melody of a song. It is waiting to be heard. It unites the whole book, big theme and big aim, concisely stating what the whole book is about. Melodic Line Melodic Line � Every passage will, in some way, be � Strategies: read and reread, identify a top related (directly or indirectly, as support and tail (e.g. Romans 1:5 and 16:26), find a or even contrast) to the melodic line. purpose statement (e.g. Luke 1:1-4, John Our task is to listen well enough and 20:30-31) or thesis statement, find long enough to hear the melody. repeated words and phrases and ideas (e.g. “joy” and “fellowship” in Philippians), follow the Old Testament quotations. Melodic Line � Practice Texts: John 2:1-12, 2 Corinthians 8:1-15, 1 Samuel 8 Simeon Trust Slides – Page 10

How to Study the Bible “Bone and Marrow” Lesson 7 [2] Then Type [3] The Gospel Them Analogy [3] Climax/Resolution [2] Conflict Moralizing Application (Gen. 45-49) Exegesis (Gen. 38-44) A.I.M. [4] Reset [1] Biblical [4] Here (Gen. 50) [1] Setting Text Us (Gen. 37:1-11) Text and Framework Traveling Instructions “The teacher’s F T Text temptation is Text Context Today to use the Scripture like the drunk uses a street light: more for Context Application T F support than illumination .” [Corinth] [Waukesha] Melodic Line Bone and Marrow � Principle: We must teach the emphasis of our text well by first apprehending the structure . Simeon Trust Slides – Page 11