CONTEXT - THE KEY TO ACCURATE BIBLE INTERPRETATION (2)

 

 

GOD’S PURPOSEFUL YOUTH (G.P.Y.) ONLINE TEACHING

‘CONTEXT (PART 2)’

Tonight we ask oh Lord for an open mind and a receptive heart to receive the engrafted word of life in Christ Jesus. Amen!

The first is Romans 6, how context help us in understanding the verse 1 of Romans 6

Then we will intently look at y we are not to read our mind into the Bible and y we can Never have our own understanding of a verse different from d way d other brother's understanding, under d umbrella of "that's how d Holy Spirit interpret it for me and it's different from d way he will interpret same to u?"

That's funny!

We are still on Context Sha ooo

Hallelujah oooo

Ok lemme start with this!

Rom.6:1-2

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

Don't forget what context is ooo

If CONTEXT is King and key to understand Bible perfectly and correctly, then we must put ALL our readings and quoting’s in CONTEXT.

I said before today that to know context in the Bible, here is the formula:

PRETEXT + POST TEXT = CONTEXT!

Yesterday we saw how pretext helped us understand d context of "our God is a consuming fire."

Tonight we want to use post text, though we will look at pretext as d two work hand in hand to get a Bible context.

Are we on d same page?

In Romans 6, we should see something that there was a "then" which infers that "base on the things I've said earlier, what shall we say then?"

So it means we have to see what he's saying before arriving at that question

Romans 5

18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. 19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. 20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

How I wish I can take us from chapter 3.

It explained sin as missing d mark and it means fallen short of the glory of God.

And Jesus is that glory of God from Heb.1:3

U can check that

So to say All have sinned is to say All of missed Christ.

Christ is that predestined intention of God for mankind.

Maybe d next series we will touch will be "Man in God's Image"

We will see how Adam was never in God's image, we will see y oooo and we will see who God's image really is.

When d series come we will see it

So in Romans 5, through Adam many were made sinners, but we got righteous from believing the righteousness God gave us by faith

Now.

See the implication of Adam and Jesus in verse 18-19

Adam disobeyed - we became sinners (wait...it's not that we are sinners because Adam sinned o, I touched this when I was explaining SIN last year, that Adam only gave sin an access to the world)

I don’t want to digress tonight please.

So Jesus obeyed - we became righteous by believing in him. (Vs 19)

That should tell us that when we are now explaining sin in this context, it's not at all talking about sin by actions, instead he's talking about sin as a condition of man outside Christ.

I can say it's a nature but it won’t be that correct to extent, but for d sake of understanding what I'm explaining, lets say it's sinful nature of a man who is not in Christ.

So in verse 20, when he said where sin abounded, it will means that man's sin were seen based on d law given. See verse 13.

So it means base on man's disobedience to d law, there is no amount of sinful actions that man committed or let's say there is no how much they have broken the law that grace cannot cover, that is breaking many laws still could not supersede the fullness of the person of grace which is Christ.

Y are they breaking d law?

It's because the nature of sin is in them

It means they are under d Condition of sin leading to death

Hence, from d action and d nature committing d action, which is greater?

The NATURE

THE CONDITION

And that's what exactly Jesus dealt with.

He didn't just die for our sins by actions, instead he dealt with the spring or source of that sin producer.

So if we sin, as a nature, then we should see grace as a nature too and that's what verse 21 emphasized on.

Which obviously suggest that men's sin as condition is what Jesus took away to give us a new nature of grace.

We are now under Righteousness Condition!

Obviously everyone is very aware that even Christians do sin by action, that's correct.

So that people will not begin to read mindset into it that "is Paul now saying we can now be sinning d way we like since Christ has saved us from the nature of sin and punishment of sin?"

That’s y the next verse now suggested it for them and then now start explaining it.

Are you following this Sha?

So, was Paul talking about sin by action in Romans 6?

Obviously NO!

See it again, now see verse two.

He's instructing u on how u should live, now that u are a believer.

That shows us that we are only immune to death, we can't die again but we are not immune to sin.

A believer still commits sin

In the intention to strengthen a believer to not commit sin anymore, he started explaining what happened to him when he received Christ.

So he said, we are already dead to sin, so we should not portray the nature of someone in sin anymore.

That is, since we are saved and we can never be in sin condition again

Sin NATURE!

So he said we should not live like a sinner.

Then verse 3

He said "Know ye not that so so so and so..."

Which means, what a believer that still continues in sin needs KNOWLEDGE of what happened to him in salvation!

I love using this simple analogy:

A lion raised with dogs, and d lion started barking like dogs, it's not barking because he's a dog, he has learned backing from dogs, dogs nature is to bark but he is ignorant of what his nature does, that's y he barks instead of roaring.

How then will he be able to stop barking and start roaring?

Teaching

Impartation of knowledge.

Make him know how lion's nature are and behaves.

Then can he roar, seeing that his species roar and not bark.

Cleared???

So a person who got saved need to be taught and not tortured or threatened with hellfire.

Pastor Onayinka often says: "Salvation is an instant action or event, d moment u Believed, u are saved but discipleship is a process."

So what Paul was initially saying here is about our new nature.

What happened to us!

That's y he's always using "Knowing" in that chapter.

Verse 3, 6, 9,

Then told us to reckon ourselves dead to sin in verse 11,

That is based on d knowledge I have imparted in the previous verses, reckon yourself, then verse 12, let not sin reign in your mortal body.

By your understanding of your nature in Christ now regulates your daily activities and actions.

So in short, what Paul asked in Romans 6:1-2, was answered by him in the next 23 verses of that chapter?

The pretext helped us know y he said so, then d post text now helped us to know d solution to the message.

That's CONTEXT MA.

Are you getting this?

Any further questions should be asked at d end of the teaching.

Ok now, coming to this guy's post...

This guy actually accused us of teaching the Holy Spirit the scriptures.

Is that not funny?

Forgetting that the reason we were able to even understand bible in CONTEXT is still the holy Spirit at work

This guy is initially saying CONTEXT is not the yardstick to understand Bible.

Ok fine, let's see something, if context is not, then it means I can use d verse the way I like, since I'm a believer and I have d holy Spirit, hence I can twist it for my own advantage

Now, this oga has just said the Holy Spirit can unlock sound health in 1Cor.3:16-17, let's see the place.

1Cor. 3:16-17

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

Now, without even knowing context before, how has this verse got to do with unlocking sound health for a believer?

That's even if sound health is locked in a room with padlock and needs to be open!

Okay, let's say ur Holy Spirit can unlock sound health for u in this verse, then it means d holy Spirit can also destroy my enemies for me with this verse.

Abi?

I can raise an enemy destroying prayer with this verse,

How?

Oh Lord my God,

I am your temple and u have said in your word that any man that defiles your temple u will destroy it,

Oh God of Elijah, the consuming fire.

Can we see any man born of woman that wants to defile me, father destroy them in Jesus name

PRAAAAAYERRRRR???

I told d guy, i said

The holy Spirit does not speak out of context else he's planning to author confusions among saints

See ehn,

To not agree with Bible context is to agree with different opinions from people's ideology.

In fact one of my friends once said to my mentor, "must every Bible verses be context and context at all times?"

Can't we just read it as the spirit interpreted it to us?

Look at the last part of what d guy even said, good stuffs all around.

So he is saying now that good stuffs are more important than context?

That shows a very selfish heart and money mindset person.

All he cares about is the good stuffs of the Earth, sound health, money and many other physical good things.

There was another place where the same guy said the Holy Spirit can use John 3:16 to give u financial breakthrough.

I was just wondering where these guys emanated from, and he's even a pastor and many even shouted rhema

I mean What other good stuffs can be much more greater than God in Christ died for our sins and making us Righteous before God?

As in, u have not even know everything about soteriology that is u know nothing about salvation given to u in Christ and yet all u see is financially breakthrough and sound health.

I mean all these are good but even unbelievers have financial breakthrough and sound health.

D likes of Dangote, Bill Gates or Mark of Facebook.

These people are not even Christians yet they are financially great.

That shows that to be financially bouyant is not hinged on u being a Christian.

Anything u can get without necessarily being a Christian can NEVER be what salvation gave us

Even when Jesus was teaching the Pharisees and quoting scriptures, he never quote any out of context.

None of the apostles did d same.

They always quote the Old Testament in context.

Exegesis is what Jesus did from his declaration to ministry at Jordan by Paul till his death.

After resurrecting he continued exegesis with his disciples for 40days stretch without stopping, things concerning himself from the Old Testament.

Exegesis is what Jesus taught his disciples and that's what the apostles taught us and we ought to follow them!

To discard exegesis which means to explain Bible verse in CONTEXT, is to discard the apostles doctrines or teachings.

I have a lot to say concerning this but lemme just close it.

As I close this, lemme stress more on the posture of our mind when reading Bible

 To my own opinion

 In my own perspective

 To my own understanding

 The way me I see it

 To me oooo

 The way the spirit interprete this to me

 In my own interpretation

 

...all these (are they phrases or clauses?)

When anyone starts a reply of a Bible question with any of them, please just be careful of what they say afterwards.

Most are not correct

They are just trying to be indifferent in answering, and this Spurs laziness and reluctance to study Bible, that's y if we now quote other verses for them, they will now be looking.

They are trying to justify their laziness or unwillingness to study Bible diligently with thorough labour.

Remember where we started from

2Peter 1:20-21

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

So if scriptures was written with no private biasness, then it should not be explained with private interpretation.

No it should not be.

My time is up already.

Hence if someone teach u something and u could not disprove his explanation because he taught the place in context!

My brother, just humbly succumb, or if not. Ask questions because u want to learn, not because u want to attack d person.

Listen to how he explained it, and he was able to clearly show u that it's in context and correct, then just humbly receive it or else go for more study on your own

We unlearn to relearn oooo

Arrogance is when we show u a place clearly and explain to u in CONTEXT and yet u still didn't agree, then u are not just ignorance, u are arrogant with your ignorant.

That's y I do advise ppl to get sound doctrine mentors

Do not read your mind into the Bible!

Instead read CONTEXT!!!

We renew our minds by understanding the context of a verse we have be reading

See ehn, as we continue our series to come, I'll be touching CONTEXT in all my teachings.

I can't finish explaining it.

CONTEXT can never be over emphasized!

CONTEXT IS KING SIR

Don't say a verse can mean many things, depending on the way holy Spirit interpret it to us base on situation around.

NO!

Always learn to read in context. It's d only way that u can get a correct understanding of the Bible and that's when light can flood your heart.

Please go through it again...

Thanks to those that followed well.

Good night Saints

QUESTIONS are welcome anytime any day.

I call you blessed!

K_Hosanna loves y'all

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