Observation

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Class: 
How to Study Your Bible
Lecture label: 
NT102-6

How to distinguish between the backbone of a passage over and its support material

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Outline

Basics of Observation

 

I. Introduction

A. Sometimes we don't always see the things around us.

B. The most important aspect of Bible Study is observation because you can't interpret or apply what you don't see.

C. Observation: Doing a very close reading of the text so that we see, become familiar with, and hear the important details of the passage.

 

II. How to observe the backbone over against support material.

A. The two main points of any passage:

1. Determining the backbone

a. Identify the main verb or verbal ideas

i. Main actors - Give action to the ideas.

ii. Connectors - These main verbal ideas are connected in some way.

iii. Conjunctions.

iv. Patterns of verbs that serve like threads

v. Logic relationships

2. Support material

a. How do you identify support material?

i. Prepositions

ii. Pronouns

a) Relative pronoun - who, which

b) These introduce a section with a verb and give us a further description

iii. Adjectives

iv. Adverbs

B. A breakdown of Psalm 1

C. Things to look for in poetry

1. Figures of speech

a. Metaphors

b. Similes

c. Human attributes of God

2. Parallelism

3. Key emotions

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