Getting all we can from Scripture
Session 6Listen to the church; Do what we read
Men’s Bible Study at Park View
May 12, 2015
““We commit ourselves to persist and We commit ourselves to persist and delight in reading, studying, and delight in reading, studying, and
meditating on the Scriptures.”meditating on the Scriptures.”----Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Confession of Faith in a Mennonite
PerspectivePerspective, Article 4, Article 4
““We commit ourselves to persist and We commit ourselves to persist and delight in reading, studying, and delight in reading, studying, and
meditating on the Scriptures.”meditating on the Scriptures.”----Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Confession of Faith in a Mennonite
PerspectivePerspective, Article 4, Article 4
Getting all we can from ScriptureSeven disciplines that help us read God's ideas out of the biblical text (rather than read our ideas into the text)
Discipline #6 - Listen to the churchWhat do brothers and sisters say about the text?
Discipline #6 - Listen to the churchWhat do brothers and sisters say about the text?
Others have information about the text that I don’t have
Discipline #6 - Listen to the churchWhat do brothers and sisters say about the text?
Others have information about the text that I don’t have Zechariah 4:6
Discipline #6 - Listen to the churchWhat do brothers and sisters say about the text?
Others have information about the text that I don’t have Zechariah 4:6 Huldah
Discipline #6 - Listen to the churchWhat do brothers and sisters say about the text?
Others have information about the text that I don’t have Zechariah 4:6 Huldah mustard seed
Discipline #6 - Listen to the churchWhat do brothers and sisters say about the text?
Others have information about the text that I don’t have Zechariah 4:6 Huldah mustard seed
Discipline #6 - Listen to the churchWhat do brothers and sisters say about the text?
Others have information about the text that I don’t have Zechariah 4:6 Huldah mustard seed
Discipline #6 - Listen to the churchWhat do brothers and sisters say about the text?
Others have information about the text that I don’t have Zechariah 4:6 Huldah mustard seed
Discipline #6 - Listen to the churchWhat do brothers and sisters say about the text?
Others have information about the text that I don’t have
Discipline #6 - Listen to the churchWhat do brothers and sisters say about the text?
Others have information about the text that I don’t have
Others see things in the text that I don’t see
Discipline #6 - Listen to the churchWhat do brothers and sisters say about the text?
Others have information about the text that I don’t have
Others see things in the text that I don’t see
Discipline #7 - Do what we readHave I obeyed?
Discipline #7 - Do what we readHave I obeyed? James 2:17
Discipline #7 - Do what we readHave I obeyed? James 2:17
Flawless interpretation of Scripture does no good unless we obey
Discipline #7 - Do what we readHave I obeyed? James 2:17
Flawless interpretation of Scripture does no good unless we obey • good for me
Discipline #7 - Do what we readHave I obeyed? James 2:17
Flawless interpretation of Scripture does no good unless we obey • good for me Matt. 7:24-27
Discipline #7 - Do what we readHave I obeyed? James 2:17
Flawless interpretation of Scripture does no good unless we obey • good for me Matt. 7:24-27 • good for the world
Discipline #7 - Do what we readHave I obeyed? James 2:17
Flawless interpretation of Scripture does no good unless we obey • good for me Matt. 7:24-27 • good for the world Matt. 5:16
Discipline #7 - Do what we readHave I obeyed? James 2:17
Flawless interpretation of Scripture does no good unless we obey • good for me Matt. 7:24-27 • good for the world Matt. 5:16; Luke 10:25-37
We can remember the Bible better when we do it rather than merely hear or read it
We can remember the Bible better when we do it rather than merely hear or read itstudy - the Bereans...examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true
We can remember the Bible better when we do it rather than merely hear or read itstudy - the Bereans...examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was truememorize - I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you
We can remember the Bible better when we do it rather than merely hear or read itstudy - the Bereans...examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was truememorize - I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against youmeditate - ...whose delight is in the law of the Lord, & who meditates on his law day & night
We can remember the Bible better when we do it rather than merely hear or read itstudy - the Bereans...examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was truememorize - I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against youmeditate - ...whose delight is in the law of the Lord, & who meditates on his law day & nightdo - Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
We can remember the Bible better when we do it rather than merely hear or read itstudy - the Bereans...examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was truememorize - I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against youmeditate - ...whose delight is in the law of the Lord, & who meditates on his law day & nightdo - Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
We do not fully know what the Bible teaches until we do it
We do not fully know what the Bible teaches until we do it