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There are five points we must examine about ourselves as interpreters: faith, illumination, qualification, humility, and awareness. Which of these six do you believe has the greatest influence on you as you interpret a Bible passage? How does it help you when you interpret a passage? How does it hinder you?
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Humility is the factor that weighs the most on my ability to accurately interpret a passage. When I come surrendered, as a student, I anticipate that there may be conflicts with my preconceived notions. I come with the understanding that I will be taught by the Holy Spirit, led into all truth. I am better positioned to hear a “new” thing. I am better positioned to get rid of an “old” thing. When I am puffed up, I forget to pray, relying on previous successful encounters with God’s Word and thinking that practice makes perfect. While there is a role for discipline, I am consistently reminded that I have nothing that I first did not receive from Him. I have to make submission a discipline too-and in this I require His help.
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[In the “Bible Tools Exercises” section, what new insight did you receive from one particular Bible passage?] How to look at a passage, break it down to further identify the meaning and context it is written.
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[In the “Bible Tools Exercises” section, what new insight did you receive from one particular Bible passage?] I learned how to break it apart, piece by piece, to find the true meaning of the passage.
