Welcome to “Learning and Living the God-centered life”

Carmel Baptist Church

www.learningandlivingtheword.com
July 18, 2010
2 Timothy 2:15
Do your best to present yourself to God as
one approved, a worker who has no need to
be ashamed, rightly handling the word of
truth.
 What is the system of study that you use in order to
accurately handle the word of God?

Three key principles of good Bible hermeneutics

1. Historical-Grammatical
2. Scripture interprets Scripture
3. The NT is the foundation in our understanding of the
OT
Why people don’t read and study the Bible

1. The Bible doesn't seem relevant to my life

2. The Bible is confusing and hard to understand

3. I end up always feeling guilty when I read the Bible

4. I rely on my pastors and leadership to teach me what the

Bible says

5. The Bible is boring to me

Why people don’t read and study the Bible

6. My life is hectic and I simply don't have time to read the

Bible

7. The Bible is full of contradictions and therefore lacks

credibility

8. I don't read period, not just the Bible but I don't read
anything
Why people don’t read and study the Bible

1. Heart problems (parable of the sower)

Main point of this parable - the success of the seed (the
word of God) is dependent upon the condition of the
soil (the heart)

2. Head problems (two men on the road to Emmaus)

A system of study so when the Scripture is properly
exegeted one can see Christ
The Bible is one Book that is comprised of 66 books.
 Old Testament - 39 books
 New Testament - 27 books

The Bible was written over a 1500 year time period.

 Moses wrote the Penetauch around 1400 B.C.
 The apostle John wrote the book of Revelation around 90-95
A.D.

The Bible was written on 3 different continents

 Africa
 Asia
 Europe

The Bible was written in three different languages

 Old Testament - Hebrew and small amount of Aramaic
 New Testament - Greek
 The Bible has a unique structure

Old Testament
I. Historical narrative - 17 books
Genesis - Ester
Approximately 1/2 of the OT - What God did

II. Experience - 5 books

Job - Song of Solomon

III. Prophecy - 17 books

Isaiah-Daniel (major prophets) 5 books
Hosea-Malachi (minor prophets) 12 books
Approximately 1/2 of the OT - What God says

Total 39 books
 The Bible has a unique structure

New Testament
I. Historical narrative - 5 books
Matthew-Acts
Approximately 1/2 of the NT - What God did

II. Experience - 21 books

Paul's epistles (Romans-Philemon) - 13 books
General epistles (Hebrews-Jude) - 8 books

III. Prophecy - 1 book

Revelation
Approximately 1/2 of the NT - What God says

Total 27 books
The Bible was written by over 40 different authors from 40 unique
walks of life.
• Moses was a Egyptian
Prince
• David was a shepherd and
a king
• Amos was a poor farmer of
figs
• Joshua was a soldier
• Ester was a Persian Queen
• Matthew was a tax
collector
• Peter was a fisherman
• Daniel was a Prime Minister
• Mark was an evangelist
• Luke was a doctor and
historian
• Nehemiah was a cup bearer
• James was a carpenter
• Job was a wealthy farmer
• Ruth was a housewife
• Paul was a tent maker and
theologian
 The Bible was written in different genres

 Historical narrative
 Doctrine
 Biography
 Law
 Poetry
 Proverbs
 Autobiography
 Letter
 Figurative
Unity of Scripture

Author’s Background
Theme
Plan
Context
Words
Grammar

Unity of Scripture
The Border = Bible Doctrine
1. Border of the jigsaw puzzle = Bible Doctrine
 Doctrine of the word
 Doctrine of God
 Doctrine of man
 Doctrine of Christ
 Doctrine of the Spirit
 Doctrine of salvation
Bible Doctrine is what the whole Bible has to say about
any particular topic or subject
The Box Top = Bible Theme and Plan
2. Box Top of the jigsaw puzzle = Bible Theme and Plan

Theme = the glory of God

Definition is the manifest perfection of God’s presence

Plan = the “kingdom of God”

Definition is the people of God, in the land of God under
the rule of God’s obedient king

Description is the unfolding and progressive redemption

of mankind by God.
The organizing plan of the Bible “the kingdom of God”

I. The kingdom offered (Genesis 1-2)

II. The kingdom promised (Genesis 3-50)

III. The kingdom pre-figured (Exodus - Malachi)

IV. The kingdom inaugurated (Matthew - Jude)

V. The kingdom consummated (Revelation)

 Theme of the Bible

The Glory of God

Numbers 14:21 but indeed, as I live, all the earth will be
filled with the glory of the LORD.
 Who is going to do it?
Answer - God Himself
 Where will it happen?
Answer - Earth
 When will it happen?
Answer - at some point in the future
 What is it that God is going to do on earth in the
future?
Answer - fill it with His glory
The glory of God in PREDESTINATION

Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us
in the Beloved.

Ephesians 1:12
to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to the
praise of His glory.

Ephesians 1:14
who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the
redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.
The glory of God in CREATION

Psalm 19:1
The heavens are telling of the glory of God;
And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.

Isaiah 43:7
Everyone who is called by My name,
And whom I have created for My glory,
Whom I have formed, even whom I have made.”
The glory of God in the INCARNATION

John 1:14
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His
glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and
truth.
The glory of God in PROPITIATION

Romans 3:24-25
24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption
which is in Christ Jesus;

25 whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood

through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in
the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously
committed;
The glory of God in RESURRECTION

John 17:4-5
4 “I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work
which You have given Me to do.

5 “Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the

glory which I had with You before the world was.
The glory of God in SANCTIFICATION

Philippians 1:9-11
9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more
in real knowledge and all discernment,
10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order
to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ;
11 having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes
through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
The glory of God in Consummation

2 Thessalonians 1:10
“when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be
marveled at among all who have believed…”