Class 3 - Defining Terms
Inductive Bible Study: Part 1 • Sermon • Submitted • Presented
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Quotes from Decker
“Yes, a text can be deconstructed and made to say other things—but that is not communication.”
“There is such a thing as validity in interpretation. Some interpretations are valid, some are invalid.”
Review
Review
Read from Inductive Bible Study
“What Does the Inductive Method Look Like?” (p.38-42)
“Five Reasons for Inductive Bible Study” (p.42-44)
Be ready to share which reason is most encouraging to you, and why.
Answers:
Have some fun and research different views on what David’s 5 stones represent.
Answers:
Represent faith, courage, preparation, humility, guidance
Why do people spiritualize? (The answer shows the importance of hermeneutics and the distance between different kinds of hermeneutics)
Don’t know they’re doing it - no examples
Don’t understand inductive study and haven’t received training - approach the Bible differently (using different rules)
I said it takes less faith - Instead of trusting the Word to accomplish the work, this kind of preaching is sensational and motivational
Fuzzy spiritual things often seem like they take greater faith
“It Preaches” - It is immediately gratifying, it produces “good” results, and it appears to be thoughtful and deep
David’s 5 stones, Ex.
“Protect the Oil,” 1 Chronicles 27:28 “28 Over the olive and sycamore trees in the Shephelah was Baal-hanan the Gederite; and over the stores of oil was Joash.” (I just want to read one verse.)
“Today we are in an oil crisis”
“When you’re full of oil, the Devil can’t touch you because you’re too slippery.”
“You need to make sure nobody corrupts the oil.”
“Every church represented here needs men and women that ensure that the oil never becomes corrupted or stolen.”
“Around the globe of Pentecost there’s a lot of tainted oil flowing.”
“We need old time religion, old time anointing, old time holy ghost anointing.”
“Facial hair is not apostolic, it is compromise.” (Leviticus 19:27 “27 You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.” )
“You got to go back to the book.”:
Familiarize yourself with all the passages your summer class will include. What passages will you be focusing on?
Use the Faithlife Study Bible to read the “introduction” for the book/books you are studying. Pay close attention to the author, audience, context, and structure of the book. Be ready to share something simple you learned.
Answers:
Road Map
Road Map
Inductive Road Map
Inductive Road Map
Hermeneutics > BIBLE > Exegesis > Theology (Biblical and Systematic) > Doxology
Hermeneutics are the Rules (how we arrive at meaning)
Hermeneutics are the Rules (how we arrive at meaning)
Exegesis is the Process (what we do to examine the details)
Exegesis is the Process (what we do to examine the details)
Inductive is the Method (how we make sense of the details and draw a conclusion)
Inductive is the Method (how we make sense of the details and draw a conclusion)
Exegesis (Exegetical Process)
Exegesis (Exegetical Process)
Literally means, “to guide out” (Exegesis - or the Exegetical Process is how we ensure that what we say is what the Bible is saying)
Hermeneutics concerns principles of interpretation (i.e., it’s about how the interpretive process works), and exegesis applies those principles. Hermeneutics supplies the tools to discover a text’s meaning, and exegesis uses those tools.
If you were a detective entering a crime scene:
Hermeneutics are the rules you would understand and follow before you enter the crime scene.
Exegesis is the application of those rules (what process will you follow)
Pg 340, “Therefore, as a basis for doing theology, we agree with Klein, Blomberg, and Hubbard in the premise that “valid theologizing must follow the sound exegesis of the appropriate biblical texts.”
The opposite of exegesis is eisegesis which literally means “to guide in”
The Exegetical Scale
We tend to be eisegetical by nature (in our sinful anthropology)
We believe we are intrinsically knowledgeable and able to reason all on our own (like a young person who understands what you’re teaching them without listening to everything you have to say)
Our hearts are deceitful above all things, Jeremiah 17:9
We tend to trust in our own understanding, Proverbs 3:5-6
We also have a tendency to believe that “faith” can take the place of good exegesis
[Side note on commentaries - there are two different kinds]
Some are “exegetical,” other are less than exegetical
Proof-Texting is not Exegesis
Proof-Texting is when you use isolated scripture passages or quotes out of context to support a specific viewpoint or argument, often without considering the broader context or intended meaning of the text.
What we say should always be biblical:
We don’t use the Bible to prove what we’re saying (even if what we’re saying is a biblical truth).
We say things to demonstrate what the Bible is saying (even if we don’t like it).
Inductive (Method)
Inductive (Method)
How does Köstenberger explain Inductive and Deductive?
Without getting bogged down in the theoretical, it’s important at this point to consider the merits of inductive, or evidence-based, study vis-à-vis (in relation to) deductive, or assumption-based, study.
Bible study and Theology includes both, but at different times for different reasons.
Inductive begins with details (particulars) and moves to assertion (universals)
Deductive begins with an assertion (universals) and moves to details (particulars)
Specifically, Inductive Bible Study aims to move from the text in its context to an understanding and application. The steps of this method include Observation, Interpretation, and Application.
And as we trace our own personal histories of preaching, teaching, and writing, we’re quite certain that there are cases where we, too, have not allowed the Bible to speak for itself, where we have imposed our own understanding upon the text before discovering its meaning through the process of inductive p 38 study. Nevertheless, we’re convinced that induction, as a driving force in Bible study, is superior to deduction and can produce more accurate and reliable results.
Homework
Homework
Read from Inductive Bible Study
“Unit 1: Introduction: Sizing up the Task” (p.1-4)
“Bridging the Gaps: Facing the Challenges to Understanding” (p.4-5)
“Gaps Related to History” (p.6-14)
Interact with this summary from page 4. The Bible is an ancient, human book and it is the divine and relevant Word of God.
List the two biggest historical gaps you will have with your passage for this summer.
If you have time, watch "June 5, 2022 ARICM 2022 Sunday PM” from minute 1:28:50-2:09:10
https://www.youtube.com/live/5I4gZ9Nn9Co
