Christi Darling calolive@psnw.com

Art Andres artandres@aol.com

Interpretive questions:

Question of context--designed to shed light on your text by using some words from your text in the question itself.

What is it I want the hearers to understand about our text?

Example: Jn 14:1

What condition of mind does Jesus address? Troubled hearts

And how does he phrase his concern? Let not your hearts be troubled (gk marinda--translated anxiety or stress).

What profound understanding does Jesus remind his disciples that they already possess? "You believe in God." What radical and profound condition does Jesus urge on His disciples? "Believe also in me."

Question of Context:

In chap 13 Identify 3 developments that take place which could cause the disciples to become troubled in their minds.

1. Footwashing and Peter's reaction,

2. prediction of Judas' betrayal--Jesus was troubled

3. Prediction of His going somewhere soon where Peter couldn't follow and the prediction of his denial

Very quickly why would that make them anxious

1. They weren't looking to be following a servant

2. They were worried they were implicated and Jesus was troubled because He was not sure His disciples were receiving the Father because they weren't receiving Him

3. Leaving soon instead of reigning

Application:

Identify the fears associated with the different incidents, failure, abandonment, fear that Jesus would commit suicide.

Question of Comparison:

One fact is compared to another fact in the wording of the question--the question must contain parts of at least two of your facts.

The answer can come from the context.

Using facts 2 and 3 Example

By his use of the word also, what claim is Jesus making regarding His relationship with God? or

By urging His disciples on one hand to (fact 1) believe in God, while on the other hand to (Fact 2) also believe in Himself, what claim is Jesus making for Himself?

How would this understanding of Jesus' statement apply to the fears we saw before?

How do you handle a conflict Jn 14:10 w/ Jn 14:28? Go back and establish the facts. Whenever we have an apparent discrepency in scripture go back and establish the facts. How can it be that Jesus says, I and the Father are one, and "The Father is greater than I"? Establish facts and discover the God/Man!

Break

Assignment:

Your challenge going back to the Eph text, develop 2 questions of interpretation, context and comparison.

Where does the summation of all things in Christ begin?

List the (conditions) events that must be in place for the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth in Him.

Verse 4 Chose us in Him before the foundation of the World that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love

Verse 5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace which He bestowed on us in the Beloved

Verse 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace which He lavished on us.

Verse 8 In all wisdom and insight He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times

For what purpose did He make known to us the mystery of His will?

Why did He make known the mystery of His will to us?

To be put into effect when the times have reached their fulfillment.

Given that God wants the summing up of all things

Question principles

Affirmation

Follow-up Questions

Summarize and Restate

Keep tying back to text

No Agenda

Ephesians 2:14,15

For He Himself is our peace who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall,

by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances,

so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace

The Facts:

Who is our peace?

What did He do to both groups?

How did He do it? and what is that enmity?

What was the final effect for the two groups?

Interpretation:

Context:

Who are the both (the two) groups being united?

How did He abolish in His flesh the enmity?

v. 16 Through the cross, It ended the law in ordinances which had been used as a separation.

Comparison:

What is it about the commandments in ordinances that led Paul to equate them with enmity?

Application:

(What sorts of commandments in ordinances do we use to make distinctions? Vegetarianism?)

Application questions:

1. Don't ask for a decision regarding something the people aren't feeling convicted about already.

Is there conviction in the room regarding the body?

2. Make your call very specific

3. Measurable response

Take out a sheet of paper and write down the following things

1. w/ yes or no indicate are you a currently a member of a small group that could be called a body or a community of believers?

2. Indicate the three steps that you plan to take when you leave this seminar that will move you into full body participation, which would include regular attendance, affirmation of your gifts, putting to work of your gifts together with other gifts in the body.

3. Identify the person by name that you would be willing to have hold you accountable to take these steps.

Have people share these things in the room!

On habits in Romans

ID one habit you are addicted to and announce it to the body.