Exegesis and Hermeneutics - Lesson #7

This lesson takes a basic look at interpretation of the Scriptures. It looks at the rules of interpretation.

[adugnachalla]

God bless you. I am currently attending Christian Leadership. It helps me a lot.

[MrShogun]

Thank you so much for this..my walk has not been easy ....with just this info: saves so much fighting with one another thank you so much.

[fromuday]

Hi Ryan, thank you for making this video. We are exploring the book of James in our group study and the contents of your video will surely help us.

Towards the end of the video, you mentioned that you would be sharing the next video explaining about "How to study The Scripture using good hermeneutics". I'm not sure if you have already made this video. If yes, could you please share the link to it?

I also like the title of the YouTube channel (Col 1:28), which coincides with the work that you have been doing.

[vanceuthang]

thanks for making this video. I really love it.

[Berean-]

Good explanation and example. We have unscriptural man-made doctrines embedded within most denominations of the body of Christ that heavily depend on Eisegesis rather than "scripture alone". SOME GREAT RULES OF THUMB ON GOOD EXEGESIS.

Yes the spirit may well be speaking to you through some scriptures in regard to personal circumstances and life application, but be careful to NOT make the scripture say what you want it to say.

For instance ... I came to see over time as I matured as a Christian, that the unscriptural "Trinity doctrine" embedded within most modern protestant denominations is an inherited Roman Catholic man-made doctrine that would have been completely foreign to the apostles and the Church of the first few centuries. The man-made Trinity doctrine was progressively developed over the 3rd to 6th centuries AD. This is a perfect example of EISEGESIS (reading man-made tradition, creeds and biases back into scripture). There a whole range of others ... "Once Saved Always Saved" ... "Born with a Sin Nature" ... "Women are not to instruct men in the Church" ... "Baby Baptism" ... "Sabbath-keeping for New Covenant Believers". CONTEXT + SCRIPTURE ALONE are primary keys!

[lostfan]

So let me see if I get this.

Hermanuetics is the method by which we do exegesis?

[andrewwashere]

When is lesson 8 coming out?
I'm in a Hermeneutics study, but all the teacher gave was the same as in this video.

[stuartmenziesfarrant]

Exegesis is pointless without the Holy Spirit.

[Gisbertus_Voetius]

Could you do something about the hermeneutical circle/spiral?

[leee]

The biblical warrant and written example of hermeneutics is given for us in The Gospel of John. On Three occasions, we are given by divine inspiration. John 1:38 'They said to him Rabbi (which is to say when translated, Teacher) where are you staying. Again, we have John 1:41 'We have found the Messiah which is interpreted (translated) the Christ, And again John 1:42b You shall be called Cephas (which is translated a Stone).

[chad]

Did the author of Matthew think context is king when he claimed that Jeremiah 31:15 is a prophecy about the slaughter of infants in Bethlehem?

[PeeGeeMAnU]

its gud to use exegesis to

a certain extent bt this will limit the move of the holyspirit becoz one would rely much on logic than the holyspirit

[bomcdaniel]

Where does Jesus teach us about hermenuetics? How does this relate to faith? Why do you omit the namesake and his role in interpretation particularly the spirit he represent? What incident caused Paul to tear his garments in disgust? Acts 14.

[christoprighteous]

So not using the Holy Spirit and reading the Bible isn't enough?

[GnosisMan]

No matter how many ways you read the Bible you will never be able to interpret it in the right way. Mainly because the Bible was written by those who have higher levels of consciousness. As such, we only have words to describe what cannot be described in words because a true spiritual awakening is beyond all categories of thought. Since words is all that we have to go by, we must be very careful by the manner in which we use them AS we interpret the Bible. And if we think of the Bible as the word of God then we must ask ourselves what do we mean by God. If we think of God as a supernatural deity outside ourselves, then we are making a categorical mistake because by saying you believe in such a God what you are actually saying is that you BELIEVE in the IDEA that God is a supernatural deity outside yourself who is omniscient, all knowing, and absolute. That is NOT God, it’s nothing more than an IDEA of God and God can never be reduced to an idea. In fact, if you believe in this idea of GOD, you are, in effect, using this idea as an object of idolatry which is a cardinal sin. By doing so, you unwittingly diminish your untapped spiritual potential because all your energies is invested outside yourself in an idea of God that is 100’s of years out of date. It’s time we give up the Christian God that we were born into because it has become a distraction to a greater awareness as to what a spiritual awakening actually is.