Seeing What the Bible Says

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#333366" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Seeing What the Bible Says</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="132" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What the Holy Spirit Will and Will Not D"><U><B><IMG SRC="007151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id271.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Discovering What the Bible Means"><U><B><IMG SRC="008151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="13"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="27"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> Previous/Next Sermon</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="www.stanbaker.org"><U><B>Home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biblical and Theological Studies"><U><B>Biblical and Theological Studies</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Church Ministry"><U><B>Church Ministry</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sermon Notes"><U>Sermon Notes</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><B>Links</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Personal"><U><B>Personal</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> www.stanbaker.org</div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:stan@stanbaker.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:stan@stanbaker.org"><U>stan@stanbaker.org</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Seeing What the Bible Says: Observation</B></div> <div> <B>Series: How to Understand the Bible, Part 2</B></div> <div> <B>Berean Bible Church, January 6, 2002pm</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Three Basic Building Blocks</B></div> <div> Observation – Seeing What the Bible Says</div> <div> Interpretation – Understanding What It Means</div> <div> Application – Putting the Truth to Work</div> <bR> <div> <B>The Importance of Observation</B></div> <div> Let the words speak for themselves.</div> <div> Don’t assume the meaning and then start reading. Start reading to discover the meaning.</div> <div> Question your own presuppositions.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Study the Context</B></div> <div> Author</div> <div> Kind of writing</div> <div> Time and place</div> <div> Audience</div> <div> Purpose for writing</div> <div> Place in biblical, salvation history</div> <div> Context in the book - whole book, section, preceding and following paragraphs</div> <bR> <div> <B>Notice The Big Picture</B></div> <div> Outline or chart the whole book</div> <div> Notice major breaks</div> <div> Discover the main sections</div> <div> Further sub-divide the sections</div> <div> Look for unifying themes of the sections</div> <div> Look for an overall main theme that unifies the sections</div> <bR> <div> <B>Examine The Details</B></div> <div> Notice . . .</div> <div> A. The meaning of words in context</div> <div> B. How words are put together: (For example, identify the subject of the sentence. God is love, love is God? How these are put together makes a huge difference; they don't mean the same).</div> <div> C. The presence of figures of speech</div> <div> D. The structure of the paragraph or unit: Not just how words are put together in a sentence, but how sentences are put together in a paragraph, etc.</div> <div> Ask . . . Who, What, When, Where, Why, How</div> <bR> <div> <B>Take Another Look At The Big Picture</B></div> <div> Re-evaluate your previous observations about divisions and sections.</div> <div> Re-evaluate your understanding of the various themes of the sections.</div> <div> Re-evaluate your understanding of the main theme of the book.</div> <div> How does the overall theme relate to your understanding of the details?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Example Outline of Malachi </B>(From Nelson's Teaching Outlines)</div> <div> I. The Privilege of the Nation, 1:1–5</div> <div> II. The Pollution of the Nation, 1:6–3:15</div> <div> A.The Sin of the Priests of Israel, 1:6–2:9</div> <div> B.The Sin of the People of Israel, 2:10–3:15</div> <div>    1.The People Commit Idolatry, 2:10–12</div> <div>    2.The People Practice Divorce, 2:13–16</div> <div>    3.The Lord Will Judge at His Coming, 2:17–3:7</div> <div>    4.The People Rob God, 3:8–12</div> <div>    5.The People Doubt the Character of God, 3:13–15</div> <div> III. The Promises to the Nation, 3:16–4:6</div> <div> A. The Rewards of the Book of Remembrance, 3:16–18</div> <div> B. The Rewards of the Coming of Christ, 4:1-3</div> <div> C. The Prophecy of the Coming of Elijah, 4:4–6</div> <bR> <div> <B>Example Outline of Joshua </B>(From Nelson's Teaching Outlines)</div> <div> Part One: The Conquest of Canaan (1:1–13:7)</div> <div> I. Israel Is Prepared for the Conquest, 1:1–5:15</div> <div> A. Joshua Replaces Moses, 1:1–18</div> <div> B. Joshua Prepares Israel Militarily, 2:1–5:1</div> <div> C. Joshua Prepares Israel Spiritually, 5:2–12</div> <div> D. The Commander of the Lord Appears, 5:13–15</div> <div> II. The Conquest of Canaan by Israel, 6:1–13:7</div> <div> A. Conquest of Central Canaan, 6:1–8:35</div> <div> B. Conquest of Southern Canaan, 9:1–10:43</div> <div> C. Conquest of Northern Canaan, 11:1–15</div> <div> D. Conquest of Canaan Summarized, 11:16–12:24</div> <div> E. Unconquered Parts of Canaan, 13:1–7</div> <div> Part Two: The Settlement in Canaan (13:8-24:33)</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> copyright, 2002, Stanley Baker</div> <div> www.stanbaker.org</div> </td> </tr></table></body>