Midweek Study 5.3.43a 9.16.2020 Getting to the Point
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We live by summaries
We live by summaries
I want to extend and tweak the analogy “Can’t see the forest for the trees.”
I want to extend and tweak the analogy “Can’t see the forest for the trees.”
Deep knowledge is not either/or:
Deep knowledge is not either/or:
It is Both
It is Both
Really understanding Scripture requires us to see:
Really understanding Scripture requires us to see:
The big picture. (The forrest)
The big picture. (The forrest)
Smaller details. (The trees)
Smaller details. (The trees)
The Results. (lumber)
The Results. (lumber)
The essence…(wood)
The essence…(wood)
How does this pertain to the Bible?
How does this pertain to the Bible?
The Big Picture
The Big Picture
Law/Prophets/Writings
Law/Prophets/Writings
Gospel/Acts/Epistles/Apocalypse
Gospel/Acts/Epistles/Apocalypse
The Details
The Details
Individual Bible Stories
Individual Bible Stories
Detailed Studies of paragraphs, sentences, words.
Detailed Studies of paragraphs, sentences, words.
Summary Statements
Summary Statements
6 “ ‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
32 Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common.
The Consequences
The Consequences
Sermons
Sermons
Lessons
Lessons
Individual Devotions
Individual Devotions
The Essence=Gospel
The Essence=Gospel
1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,
2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
11 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
We each need to grasp the essential story of the Gospel as the point of scripture.
We each need to grasp the essential story of the Gospel as the point of scripture.
We need to be able to summarize this essential story for others.
We need to be able to summarize this essential story for others.
35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus.