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The Bible as Your GPS

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4. THE FIRST PROCESS OF THE BIBLE GPSIS UNDERSTANDING.Objective: To realize that because the Bible was written in differentlanguage, tradition, time, situation and history we need a responsiblemethod to understand the message to the original receiver of the Bible.

1. A Test Drive

Agenda

3. Overview of the Bible

2. How did the Bible come into being?

4. The First process of the Bible GPS is Understanding.

5. The Second process of the Bible GPS is Application.The Third process of the Bible GPS is Communication.

6. The Bible GPS on Galatians 5: 16-26

7. The Bible GPS on Ephesians 5: 8-20

8. The Bible GPS on Romans 3: 21-26

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Welcome everybody and open with a prayer.

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Why is the Bible not always easy to understand?Why is the Bible not always easy to understand?

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In Flanders FieldsIN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow

Between the crosses row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies

grow In Flanders fields.By John McCrae

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Why is it easier for Canadians to understand this poem than people e.g. in thePhilippines?Answer: Canadians understand “In Flanders Field” because it was written in their languageand part of their tradition, situation and history.




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(The Westminster Leningrad Codex)

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This poem is Psalm 51 in its original language, HebrewWhy do you think is it easier to understand Flanders Field than this poem?Answer: It was written in a different llanguage, tradition, time, situation and history

Who best understood this passage and why?Answer: The sender of the message and the original receivers best understood the message becauseit was written in their language, tradition, time, situation and history.

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What are the differences between usand the original receivers of the Bible?

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Ask the participants to answer the question of this slide.Answer: (1) language, (2) tradition, (3)time, (4) situation and (5)history


We’ve seen that the Bible was written in a totally different language, culture, time,situation and history than we are used to. Therefore, we cannot apply everythingin the Bible to our life today. The following example will illustrate this point:

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Please tick in the block which version you will usewhen you need to do a devotional at a youth camp.

“Greet one another with a kiss of love.Peace to all of you who are in Christ.”I Peter 5: 14, New International Version

“Greet each other in Christian love.Peace be to all of you who are in Christ.”I Peter 5: 14, New Living Translation

Who best understood the message of 1 Peter 5 verse 14?

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Ask the participants to answer the first question of this slide.Answer: It will be better to use the New Living Translation.The New Living Translation has translated “kiss of love” over into our culture. In Biblicaldays (and still in some countries today) a kiss on the cheek was an expression of brotherly love.Today, in our culture, we shake hands or give a high five.

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But how can the message to the original receiversspeak to us in the twenty first century?This happens through three processes.

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UNDERSTANDINGAPPLICATION

COMMUNICATION

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UNDERSTANDING

COMMUNICATIONAPPLICATION

Message tothe original

receiver

TargetGroupThe GPS

DIFFERENCES of

LanguageTradition

TimeSituationHistory

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In the previous sessionwe’ve seen that the senderand the original receiversbest understood themessage of the Bible. Buthow can the message tothe original receiversspeak to us? Thishappens through thethree processes of

1. Understanding,2. Application,3. Communication.

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InstructTell participants that … The steps ofunderstanding can besummarized with theacronym of S.T.A.R.T.We will use Ephesians 2:1-10 (refer to Test Drive)as an example to learnhow to apply the 5 stepsof Understanding

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The FIRST process: UNDERSTANDINGThe FIRST process: UNDERSTANDING

1. Situation

S.T.A.R.T.

2. Type of literature

3. Analyze the passage

4. Relate the message to therest of the Bible

5. Test your findings


receiver

UNDERSTANDING

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The first process is UNDERSTANDING. (Exegesis)

The Purpose of this process is to understand the message as well as or almost aswell as the original receivers did.

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Apply the steps of UNDERSTANDING to Ephesians 2

This will help you to better understand the message. You can getsome background information in the Bible as well as outsidesources, like study Bibles.

1. SSituation

2. TType of literatureIt is important to establish the type of literature. E.g. you cannotread poetry like a story and vice versa.The diagram is a brief summary of the major types of literature inthe Bible.

S.T.A.R.T.

Prose Poetry

InstructionExplanationProcedure

You get poetry in …* Psalms* Prophets* Wisdom literature

Narrative

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Tel participants that this slide deals with the first two letters of the acronymS.T.A.R.T.Discuss the points on the slideIt is important to establish the type of literature. E.g. you cannot read poetry like astory and vice versa.The Prose-Poetry diagram is a brief summary of the major types of literature in theBible. You can refer to page XX and XX1 in the Bible as Your GPS.





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Tel participants that thisslide deals with the thirdletter of the acronymS.T.A.R.T.

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Tell participants that thefollowing slides willillustrate the analysis ofthis passage.Remind them that thefollowing slides are fromthe Test Drive (session 1).


3. AAnalyze the passage


3.1 Write out the passage in smaller units (if necessary)

3.2 Mark the significant meaning indicators

3.3 Explain difficult words and phrases

3.4 Establish the meaning structure

3.5 Conclude and summarize the message to the original receiver

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3.1 Write out the passage in smaller units (if necessary)Some passages (e.g. explanation and instruction) are ‘loaded’. It is therefore

helpful to write the passage in smaller units in order to make it easier to analyze.

3.2 Mark the significant meaning indicatorsMarking words/phrases with the same/related or opposite meanings help

us to see how the author developed his/her thoughts.

3.3 Explain difficult words and phrasesWe want to find out how the original receiver understood the words and

phrases of a paragraph.

3.4 Establish the meaning structureIn the light of the findings of the previous three steps, we now attempt to

see how the author arranged the main ideas.

3.5 Conclude and summarize the message to the original receiverFollowing on from the previous step, the message to the original receiver

can now be summarized. It is done as the conclusion to the findings of all thesteps of UNDERSTANDING.



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These slides deal with 3.1-3.43.1 It is written in smallerunits because Paul writesvery loaded. (Refer toTest Drive)

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The above are themeaning indicators

3.3 Explain difficultwords (if any).

3.4 The meaning structureof Ephesians 2:1-10 is:- What a mess!- What a God!-What a difference!

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Ephesians 2

1As for you,you were dead in your transgressions and sins,2in which you used to livewhen you followed the ways of this worldand of the ruler of the kingdom of the air,the spirit who is now at workin those who are disobedient.3All of us also lived among them at one time,gratifying the cravings of our sinful natureand following its desires and thoughts.Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath.

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MESS

4But because of his great love for us,God, who is rich in mercy,5made us alive with Christeven when we were dead in transgressions–it is by grace you have been saved.6And God raised us up with Christand seated us with himin the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,7in order that in the coming ageshe might show the incomparable riches of his grace,expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.8For it is by grace you have been saved,through faith–and this not from yourselves,it is the gift of God–9not by works,so that no one can boast.

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10For we are God's workmanship,created in Christ Jesus to do good works,which God prepared in advance for us to do.

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3. AAnalyze the passage


3.1 Write out the passage in smaller units (if necessary)

3.2 Mark the significant meaning indicators

3.3 Explain difficult words and phrases

3.4 Establish the meaning structure

3.5 Conclude and summarize the message to the original receiver

VERSES 1-3 = what a mess (sin)VERSES 4-9 = what a God (salvation)VERSE 10 = what a difference (service)

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3.5 The meaning structure will help you to summarize a passage. Tell participantsthat the message to the original receivers can be summarized in many ways e.g.We are not saved by god works but for good works.





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4. RRelate the message to therest of the Bible

In this step we determine whether the findings of theprevious steps relate to the rest of the Bible.

Do you think that the message to the original rceiverrelates to the rest of the Bible?

YES NO

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5. TTest your findings

In this step you test your ownfindings against those of others.(e.g. commentaries, study Bibles)

Sin messes everything but Godenables us through Jesus tomake and to be a difference.

UNDERSTANDING


receiver

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Tel participants that this slide deals with the fifth letter of the acronym S.T.A.R.T.

Discuss the points on this slide and make it very clear what the purpose of thisprocess is.


Ask participants how they have experienced this session.

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