Class 6 - Having Eyes to See

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

Having Eyes to See: Observing Literary Features

-Reading the text over and over by itself isn’t the same as perception.

-Probably one of the biggest reasons people struggle with reading their Bible (they read without perceiving - not even talking about spiritual perceiving)

-Perceiving doesn’t equal interpreting, but you can’t interpret without perceiving.

-Matthew 18:20

Matthew 18:20 KJV 1900

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

-The Bible communicates meaning not only by what it says but also by how it says it.

Repetition

-When a word, phrase, or concept is used more than once in a passage.

-Repetition can emphasize a key term (determining significant terms) Isaiah 6:3

Isaiah 6:3 KJV 1900

And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: The whole earth is full of his glory.

-Repetition can tie a unit together

-Repetition can break a unit apart (structure)

-Repetition can create an inclusio

-Repetition can also create a chiasm

Homework

1. Find some uses of repetition in your own Bible reading this week