Eisegesis vs. Exegesis (Episode 20)

False teachers often reinterpret God’s Word to fit their own human ideas. But this isn’t just bad theology—it’s bad logic. Proper teaching about the Bible is based on deductive reasoning, where we view God’s Word as our big picture of truth and draw our ideas FROM it. That’s exegesis. But false teachers often inductively build their own theologies, which is eisegesis. Here’s how to spot the difference.

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[Joshuarcade]

Soooo because it’s not written, it can’t be true? ThTs what I’m understanding you say here 🧐

[dude]

God created the world in 6 days. But everything He created He did so fully mature. At the moment of creation He created Adam as a grown man, He created the Red wood tree fully grown, 2000 yrs old 5 minutes after creation. And He created a fully mature earth, a million yr old planet created only several thousand yrs ago. Was that Eiseogesis or exegesis?

[soldierofchrist]

Eisegesis is the root of most heresies. Exegesis is pretty much almost always the only way to interpret scripture.