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|Even Paul's doctrines were checked against the Old Testament by the Bereans. <ref>[[Paul taught from the OT]]</ref> <ref>[[Ac 17:11]] These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.</ref> When he had taught, they checked his doctrine against the Old Testament to see if his doctrines were true. For this he called them 'more noble'. | |Even Paul's doctrines were checked against the Old Testament by the Bereans. <ref>[[Paul taught from the OT]]</ref> <ref>[[Ac 17:11]] These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.</ref> When he had taught, they checked his doctrine against the Old Testament to see if his doctrines were true. For this he called them 'more noble'. | ||
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May your heart burn
...as your eyes are opened.
Eyes opened...
I was listening to Alistair Begg on the radio speak of the encounter on the road to Emmaus. [1]
The disciples on the road needed their eyes opened to understand that the scriptures had hidden meaning which prophesied of Christ.[3] |
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Until after the cross...
The riddles concerning Christ were hidden until after the cross.
Only after the cross could he open their eyes to the prophesies and make them understand. [3] |
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Word place in the heart | |
Holy grail of preaching
A good preacher or teacher desires to teach God's word; his intended meaning, not merely his own opinion of scripture. Paul calls it prophesying. [1]
As the disciples thereafter studied the scriptures, they remembered what Jesus taught before the cross, and coupled it with what he taught on the road. The Gospels are snapshots of their learning, over time, of the progress in their understanding. [4] The Gospels are 'updates' of the current teaching in the Jewish churches at ten to fifteen year intervals, given to the Gentile churches which did not study the Hebrew for themselves. [5] |
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A new teaching?
When a man buys a new tool, he may 'put it away where it is not visible' (this is called 'hiding' by some judgemental people) for months before using it. Then when his wife sees him using it and asks if it is new, he can say that it is not new and he has had it a long time. [1]
The new thing was not recognized by the religious experts. They had not yet seen it in the scriptures. [3] |
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The old thing
The new thing was contained and hidden in the old thing. The new teaching is a new view of the Old Testament as seen through the eyes of those whose eyes had been opened. [1]
If you wish to understand scriptures, you must search. [4] And you must be aided by the Holy Spirit. [5] |
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Even Paul's doctrines were checked against the Old Testament by the Bereans. [1] [2] When he had taught, they checked his doctrine against the Old Testament to see if his doctrines were true. For this he called them 'more noble'. |
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No one in that day would have accepted a teaching that began "I have a special revelation and new doctrine from God." [1] Nor should we accept that today. We should pray that our eyes be opened to the new teaching in the old teaching. | |
I have wrestled with how to share the sermon from the road. I have attempted tedious proofs, and explanations. But Alistair convinced me that all my proofs, though valid and appropriate for some audiences, are for naught in the conversion of the soul. [1] | |
There is so much animosity against the mystery teaching of Christ, and some of it rightly so because of gross abuses [1], that a small defense for this work is necessary in sharing the boundaries of this 'eye opening' hermeneutic. Without explaining how free-for-all allegory is eliminated, many will claim that these teachings are nothing but more free-for-all allegory. Many will likely claim this also because of their laziness in applying the rules. |
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Chapter 1 will share the rules which prevent free-for-all allegory. Some will read it and say that the rules are impossible to meet. Exactly so. No man-made system could impose meaning on the scripture and adhere to the rules. Because of the rules, the meaning is self-correcting, verifiable and reproducible. The rules change Bible debate into Bible collaboration. After that, the Bible will be opened for those who can see. |