logging in or signing up People of the Book Feed Yourself RNLCC Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 70 Category: Spiritual/ Ins.. License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: June 27, 2009 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Slide 1: Feed Yourself Slide 2: “ Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.” Slide 4: The Language of the Bible Slide 5: “Simon , Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” (Luke 22:31-32) Slide 6: You Slide 7: “For he was looking forward to a city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.” (Hebrews 11:10) Slide 8: ??d???µa? | ekdechomai ek - ‘from/out’ dechomai - ‘to receive’. The Importance of Context : The Importance of Context Slide 10: Step 1: In order to truly understand something in the context in which it is read, we have to understand it in the context in which it was written . Culture Current affairs Characters Slide 11: Step 2: Who is speaking and to whom are they speaking Slide 12: All statements made by any member of the Godhead are free from error Statements of people/Angelic beings speaking directly by inspiration can be trusted Recorded statements of people speaking are true, but not necessarily the truth Slide 13: Some statements are intended for a particular individual only. Some statements made to individuals are applicable to all men Care must be taken when applying to ourselves the statements made to others Slide 14: Step 3: Consider the book in which any statement is set Slide 15: “Meaningless ! Meaningless!” says the teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless!” (Ecc.1:2) “A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work.” (2:24) Slide 16: Understanding the subject matter of the book is important No single statement will contradict the book’s overall message Slide 17: Step 4: Consider the context of the passage Slide 18: “Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?” (James 2:21) The subject matter of the passage is important. No text can usually safely be interpreted if it is seen apart from the passage in which it is set. Slide 19: Step 5: Consider the context of the whole Bible Slide 20: No single statement will contradict what the whole bible teaches A single statement will rarely contain the whole truth on a subject Slide 21: Statement Passage Book Bible Slide 22: Step 6: Use good tools Slide 23: Step 7: If in doubt…ask! Slide 24: “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.” You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
People of the Book Feed Yourself RNLCC Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 70 Category: Spiritual/ Ins.. License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: June 27, 2009 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Slide 1: Feed Yourself Slide 2: “ Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.” Slide 4: The Language of the Bible Slide 5: “Simon , Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” (Luke 22:31-32) Slide 6: You Slide 7: “For he was looking forward to a city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.” (Hebrews 11:10) Slide 8: ??d???µa? | ekdechomai ek - ‘from/out’ dechomai - ‘to receive’. The Importance of Context : The Importance of Context Slide 10: Step 1: In order to truly understand something in the context in which it is read, we have to understand it in the context in which it was written . Culture Current affairs Characters Slide 11: Step 2: Who is speaking and to whom are they speaking Slide 12: All statements made by any member of the Godhead are free from error Statements of people/Angelic beings speaking directly by inspiration can be trusted Recorded statements of people speaking are true, but not necessarily the truth Slide 13: Some statements are intended for a particular individual only. Some statements made to individuals are applicable to all men Care must be taken when applying to ourselves the statements made to others Slide 14: Step 3: Consider the book in which any statement is set Slide 15: “Meaningless ! Meaningless!” says the teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless!” (Ecc.1:2) “A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work.” (2:24) Slide 16: Understanding the subject matter of the book is important No single statement will contradict the book’s overall message Slide 17: Step 4: Consider the context of the passage Slide 18: “Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?” (James 2:21) The subject matter of the passage is important. No text can usually safely be interpreted if it is seen apart from the passage in which it is set. Slide 19: Step 5: Consider the context of the whole Bible Slide 20: No single statement will contradict what the whole bible teaches A single statement will rarely contain the whole truth on a subject Slide 21: Statement Passage Book Bible Slide 22: Step 6: Use good tools Slide 23: Step 7: If in doubt…ask! Slide 24: “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.”