The origin of our beliefs needs to be questioned.

They need to be founded and identified in scripture.

We ought to examine what we know as doctrine to make sure it is of God.

Source of Knowledge raises the question; What is the origin of your hope and trust?

Doctrine is any command of God.

Doctrine is any description of God.

Doctrine is any expression of Who God is and His commands.

Doctrine is God’s will expressed within a teaching or informative context.

Doctrinal scriptures are chunks of truth. Smaller pieces of the context within which they are found.

Doctrine can be described as Literal or Figurative.

Narrative scriptures deliver a series of events to the reader.

Narrative scripture tells a story using a list of chronological events.

Narrative scripture can be described as a Historical Account.

The Word is understood as Doctrinal or Narrative.

Purpose

Highlight other scriptures which add to the understanding to be grasped from the scripture.

Method

Asks the questions who, what, when, where, how, why.

Purpose

Transfer Understanding

Allows the understanding gleaned from “Application” or from past bible readings to bear on any related scripture.

For example: The following scriptures highlight the meaning to be grasped from the word “faith”.

Romans 10:17

Hebrews 11:1

James 2:26.

Allow the cumulative description of a topic found in the Word to bear on that same topic wherever it is mentioned in the Word.

Time underpins events within our reality that is precieved through our 5 senses.

Time marks off the unfolding of events; when they begin and when they end.

Th marking off of time has a beginning and an end.

(Genesis 1:14, Revelation 22:5)

The Word was written from either an eternal vantage point or a mortal vantage point (Time).

The difference between the two is: events viewed from time can be plotted on a timeline, while events viewed from eternity can not.

The nature of eternity views time as started and completed; a closed volume. There is no past, present nor future, no marking off of time.

Consider the Almighty, Who is eternal, as He is described in Revelation 1:8. “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Purpose

1. Identify the work that each salient point is doing within the verse.

2. Identify the individual/s carrying out the work in each salient point.

Method

1. Identify the immediate context of the verse.

2. Identify salient points within the context.

3. Note the impact each salient point has on the context.

4. Note the relationships between each salient point.

5. Compile a summary of your notes.