The process: hear understand and act

Facts:	Information

Interpretation:	Conviction

Application:	Action

Fact questions:

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 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.

Question principles

Affirmation

Follow-up Questions

Summarize and Restate

Keep tying back to text

No Agenda

NOW person #2 will be the first to evaluate person #1

CRITERIA

SELF-DISCOVERY

AFFIRMATION

BULLDOG

SUMMARY/REPEATING BACK A PERSON'S UNDERSTANDING

TIE INTO TEXT

FLOW

GOSPEL

FOLLOW-UP

Few come back to the text, "Okay, where are we, let's hear our text again." Hearing the word brings conviction, not discussion, get out of the way so they can hear!

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.