Class 3 - Asking the right Questions_ Part 2

Ground Rules

Be Humble - We will not agree on everything.

Be Teachable - We all need to grow & no one is right on everything

Be Reasonable - Not everything is worth dying over

Be Worshipful - Every truth is meant to cultivate deep affections for God

-Aaron a few auditions

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Homework

1. Read ahead in Köstenberger

       -Finish reading Chapter 4

2. Be ready to share some observations you have seen in your own Bible reading this week (any kind of observations)

3. Begin thinking about the Spring quarter and what ministry you will be apart of

4. Read and consider the “but” in Hebrews 10:25

Hebrews 10:25 KJV 1900

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Hebrews has a primary ground - Jesus is Better

Secondary ground - Jesus is our high priest who has entered once for all into the holy places , securing an eternal redemption through His blood (Hebrews 9:11-14)

Inference (therefore)

-We have confidence (because of the grounds of Jesus blood)

-We have a great high priest (because of the ground that Jesus is our high priest)

-Let us draw near

-Let us hold fast

-Let us consider how to stir up one another

(-) Not neglecting to meet together

(+) But encouraging one another (WHY)

Because Jesus shed his blood to open the way

Because Jesus is our high priest

Because Jesus is better (worthy of worship)

Example of Observation

Ephesians 4:12 ESV

to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

Ephesians 4:12 KJV 1900

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Chapter 4 - Asking the Right Questions of the Text

Four kinds of questions

3. Questions of relationship

Relationship is how every detail fits together (words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs)

Look for conjunctions (therefore, but, or, if) and prepositions (on, in, for)

Consider the 18 logical relationships

There is a difference between perceived observation and exegetical observations.

Hebrews 10:24–25 KJV 1900

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

A perceived observation is “God wants us to go to church weekly.”

An exegetical observation is the use of the conjunction “but” (conjunction of contrast)

“An observation doesn’t need spiritual insight; it needs textual restraint.”

“If the text were read in another culture or century, would they see the same observation? Would they come to the same conclusion?”

4. Questions of intention

There is a difference between what you hear and what the author intends to say

If you do not ask questions of intention, you will naturally gravitate toward what you want to hear

5. Questions of implication

“The question of implication will often begin with an ‘if’ premise and follow through with potential ramifications.”

If Jesus is our great high priest,

if he has shed his blood to secure an eternal redemption,

if He is our great high priest,

if we have confidence to draw near,

if we have confidence to stir each other to love and good works

and if we are to do this by encouraging one another,

then - we should not neglect to meet

we should value time together

we have an agenda when we meet

we are aiming for intentional edification