Knowing Scripture:

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Knowing Scripture

• Applying the OT Text

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Revelation 7v9-12 9 After this I looked, and
behold, a great multitude that no one could
number, from every nation, from all tribes and
peoples and languages, standing before the throne
and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with
palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out
with a loud voice, Salvation belongs to our God
who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb! 11 And
all the angels were standing around the throne
and around the elders and the four living
creatures, and they fell on their faces before
the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying, Amen!
Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving
and honor and power and might be to our God
forever and ever! Amen.Who do you see standing
before the throne?
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Existential Manna

• 1 Samuel 3v1-10
• 1 Samuel 15v1-23
• 1 Samuel 17

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Existential Manna
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Biblical Theology
Biblical theology is the study of the big picture
of the Bible, understanding that Gods revelation
is progressively disclosed within salvation
history and reaches its culmination in the person
and work of Jesus Christ.
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• John 5 v39-40
• 39 You search the Scriptures because you think
  that in them you have eternal life and it is
  they that bear witness about me, 40 yet you
  refuse to come to me that you may have life.

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• Luke 24 v25-27 And he said to them, O foolish
  ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the
  prophets have spoken! 26 Was it not necessary
  that the Christ should suffer these things and
  enter into his glory? 27 And beginning with
  Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to
  them in all the Scriptures the things concerning
  himself.

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• Luke 2444-47Then he said to them, These are my
  words that I spoke to you while I was still with
  you, that everything written about me in the Law
  of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be
  fulfilled. 45 Then he opened their minds to
  understand the Scriptures, 46 and said to them,
  Thus it is written, that the Christ should
  suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,
  47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins
  should be proclaimed in his name to all nations,
  beginning from Jerusalem.

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• 1 Peter 110-1210 Concerning this salvation, the
  prophets who prophesied about the grace that was
  to be yours searched and inquired carefully, 11
  inquiring what person or time the Spirit of
  Christ in them was indicating when he predicted
  the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent
  glories. 12 It was revealed to them that they
  were serving not themselves but you, in the
  things that have now been announced to you
  through those who preached the good news to you
  by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into
  which angels long to look.

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• 2 Tim 315-17 and how from childhood you have
  been acquainted with the sacred writings, which
  are able to make you wise for salvation through
  faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is
  breathed out by God and profitable for teaching,
  for reproof, for correction, and for training in
  righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be
  competent, equipped for every good work.

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What does it continue to say to us through
Christ?
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How do we learn how to apply the OT properly?

• NT controls the meaning of the OT.
• Example 1 Psalm 23 ?
• Psalm 16 - Acts 2
• Psalm 2 - Acts 4

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How do we learn how to apply the OT properly?

• NT controls the meaning of the OT.
• e.g. Psalm 23
• 3 levels of understanding/application
• Christ David
• Christ Jesus
• Us in Christ

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How do we learn how to apply the OT properly?

• NT controls the meaning of the OT.
• Example 2 Exodus / Numbers ?
• 1 Corinthians 10 v1-14
• Hebrews 3 4

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Bridges of Application

• Gods holy character, mercy and grace.
• Human character and need
• Gods Purpose to establish His Kingdom
• Gods People, In Gods Place under Gods Rule
  (Goldsworthy).

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Resources
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1 Timothy 4 v15
Practice these things, immerse yourself in them,
so that all may see your progress.