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*Hermeneutics*
Mr. McGowan
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Index
What is hermeneutics?
approach to hermeneutics
Literal verses Allegorical Interpretation
The Bible is Literature
How to Interpreted the epistles
How 2 Interpret the LAW
The use of Narrative in Expository Preaching
Interpreting the Book of Acts
Bridging the Grammatical Gap
Interpreting the Book of Acts
How to interpret The Gospel and parables
*What is hermeneutics?*
Index
*Hermeneutics *– principles of biblical interpretation “The science and art of biblical interpretation”
*Science *– a mythological activity based off observation and study
*Art *– a skill acquired by study, experience, or observation (a system of principles and methods employed in that activity)
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How does hermeneutics relate to other areas of Bible study?
Exegesis – meaning of a specific passage
Hermeneutics – determining the principles regarded regardless of the passage
* Exegesis – 3rd person meaning – (hermeneutics)
* What did the verse mean to the original audience
* Devotional – 1st person aspect (Hermeneutics~/ homiletics)
* what does the text mean to me (proper application)
* exposition – 2nd person (Homiletics)
* how do I communicate what the text means to you
We need hermeneutics to interpret any form of communication.
Why?
#. so we don’t become heretics
#. so we can help others
#. it is a reality of life.
(there is always the possibility of misinterpretation)
Biblical examples of the need for hermeneutics:
* Nehemiah 8:1-8 – need for proper interpretation
* Acts 8:28
\\ Perpetuity
| *Difficult to understand the Bible* | *Easy to understand the Bible* |
| II Peter 3:16 – some of the Bible is difficult to understand | II Timothy 3:15-16 – children can understand |
| I Corinthians 2:14 – natural man received not the things of the spirit of God | II Corinthians 1:13 – what I am writing to you can understand |
*What is easy to understand in the Bible? - *The way of salvation is easy to understand
/The essentials of salvation are plain and clear to those who use language and common sense properly./
* not everything in the Bible is as clear as other things in the Bible
* not everything is clear unto all people
What about Believers?
| *Difficult to understand the Bible* | *Easy to understand the Bible* |
| II Peter 3:16 | Timothy 3:15-16 |
| I Corinthians 2:14 | II Corinthians 1:13 |
| | Romans 14:12 |
Romans 14:12 – we must give an account for ourselves at the judgment
* (God expects us to understand what he requires from us)
* (God expects us to judge what teachers and preachers say)
II Peter 3:16 – unlearned can make mistakes
* *Study *- we must study the Bible
* II Timothy 2:15 – study to show thyself approved
* John 5:39 – we must search
* Proverbs 2:1-6 – God gives wisdom to those who search for it
* *Illumination* – we need the Spirit
* I Corinthians 2:14 – the spiritual condition of the interpreter effects the outcome
* Illumination – when the Holy Spirit spreads light on the Bible for us to understand what they mean and how to apply it to us.
* Ephesians 1:17-19
* Psalms 119:18
\\ If we study and always depend upon the Holy Spirit will we always come up to the right conclusion?
We are fallible and being filled with Spirit does not give us infallibility.
The Holy Spirit does not bypass our thinking he works through our thinking.
When we pray for illumination not revelation.
Revelation – God revealing his truth to people
Unbelievers can come to some correct conclusions concerning the Bible
There is a limit to what a unbeliever can understand.
\\ *Basic approach to Hermeneutics*
(Methodology)
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Not arbitrarily rules, but self-evident observations of the nature of Human communication.
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how do we come up with the real meaning of a statement
Morton salt – when it rains, it pours
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What is meaning?
1.
The *referent* – who is this referring to
2. The *sense* – what is said about the referent
3. The *intention *– the truth that the author desires to convey
4. The *significance* –the relationship between the authors true intention and other people
sirs
/the task of interpreters is to find the meaning of a statement (intention of the author) and to transmit that meaning (Significance to others)/
ii.
What is the context
1. what are clues of when an author uses figures of speech ( not a perfect test)
/Self-evident process/
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How do we know the authors intent
1. the hermitical principles are not arbitrary rules but self evident observation based on the (Source of our self evident observations) \\ \\
a. nature of communication
b. the way biblical authors themselves interpret scripture
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Our basic approach is to discover legitimate principles of interpretation based off the nature of communication – this will lead us to objective truth.
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Can we come to a right conclusion from a wrong text?
1. problems
a. we don’t read all that the verse says
b. failure to observe the context
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