Figuring Out Figures of Speech

<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>Figuring Out Figures of Speech</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="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Language and Literature"><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="id267.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How To Apply The Bible To Your Life"><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>Figuring Out Figures of Speech</B></div> <div> <B>How to Understand the Bible, Part 5</B></div> <div> <B>Berean Bible Church, </B><B>February 3, 2002pm</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Interpreting Parables</B></div> <div> A. Parables are true-to-life stories that teach moral lessons or truth.</div> <div> B. Discover the story’s natural meaning.</div> <div> C. Discern the problem or situation that prompted the parable.</div> <div> D. See if the meaning is explained (Matt 13:36 - Parable of Weeds explained).</div> <div> E. Identify the central point of the story (parables are generally designed to make a single point).</div> <bR> <div> <B>Practicing With The Good Samaritan: Luke 10:25-37</B></div> <div> A. What is the basic story (vss.  30-35)?</div> <div> B. Who are the characters?</div> <div> C. What is the significance of the identities of the characters?</div> <div> D. Who is the hero?</div> <div> E. What is the significance of “in reply” (vs.  30)?</div> <div> F. What question does Jesus address with his story?</div> <div> G. What is the point of the story?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Figuring Out Figures of Speech</B></div> <div> (Zuck, Basic Bible Interpretation, pp. 163ff.)</div> <div> A. Decide if a figure of speech is involved.</div> <div> B. Discover the image and non-image.</div> <div> C. State the point of comparison.</div> <div> D. Don’t assume a figure always means the same thing.</div> <div> E. Don’t press a figure of speech beyond the intended limits of the point being made. Re: limits of figures -- Rev 3:3, Jesus said, "I will come like a thief" -- suddenly and unexpectedly, not to rob or take what was not his.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Practicing Figures of Speech</B></div> <div> Hosea 6:4 – Dew</div> <div>      Who is being compared to dew?</div> <div>      What is the point of comparison?</div> <div> Hosea 14:5 – Dew</div> <div>      Who is being compared to dew?</div> <div>      What is the point of comparison?</div> <bR> <div> <B>John 6:48-59 – The Bread of Life</B></div> <div> What does Catholicism teach (literal or figurative?)</div> <div> What was Jesus saying?</div> <div> Is it literal or figurative? </div> <div>      Vs.  29</div> <div>      Vss. 32-33</div> <div>      Vs.  35</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> copyright, 2002, Stanley Baker</div> <div> www.stanbaker.org</div> </td> </tr></table></body>