Bibliology - Interpretation

According to McCune, Illumination involves 3 things:

According to McCune, Illumination involves 3 things[1]:

- An intuitive certainty that the Scriptures came from God and are true and authoritative.

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- A removal of hostility toward Scripture caused by depravity

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- An ongoing capacity to understand the significance of Scripture.

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I. Interpretation

The Holy Spirit wrote Scripture, He illumines us to the truth of Scripture and removes the hostility we have towards it, and now we must do the work of interpretation. As McCune says, “While Illumination secures the certainty of Scripture’s source and significance, it is, nevertheless, still dependent upon interpretation to uncover Scripture’s meaning”.[2] Just as God is the primary mover in Salvation, so is He in our understanding of Scripture. In salvation, God grants us faith and repentance (; ), yet it is we who repent and believe. In our study of Scripture, it is the Holy Spirit who wrote, enables and illumines, yet it is we who study and interpret. Interpretation, then, is our application of hermeneutics (the study of correct methods of interpretation)[3] to achieve accurate exegetical conclusions.

1. “The branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation”[4]

2. “the study of correct methods of interpretation (especially interpretation of Scripture”[5]

3. The need for hermeneutics

a. People misunderstand Scripture

1- Biblical examples

2- Contemporary examples

b. The command from Scripture

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4. The theory of hermeneutics[6]

a. Plain or literal

b. Allegorical

c. Mix

d. Theological

B. Exegesis

C. Application

[1] McCune, 57

[2] McCune, 58

[3] Grudem, 109

[4] The Oxford Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.

[5] Grudem, 109

[6] Ryrie, 125-128

A. Hermeneutics

1. “The branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation”[1]

2. “the study of correct methods of interpretation (especially interpretation of Scripture”[2]

3. The need for hermeneutics

a. People misunderstand Scripture

1- Biblical examples

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ii. ;

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iv.

v. (the Jerusalem Council)

vi. (Peter)

vii. …any of the corrections Paul made in his Epistles

2- Contemporary examples

i. Ad nauseam

b. The command from Scripture

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i. “Be diligent”

4. The theory of hermeneutics[3]

a. Plain or literal

b. Allegorical

c. Mix

d. Theological

B. Exegesis

1. “to lead out of” – interpret

2. Antonym = eisegesis

3.

a. “Rightly dividing”

b. “Accurately handling”

C. Application

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[1] The Oxford Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.

[2] Grudem, 109

[3] Ryrie, 125-128