Lecture Question Module #7 Joseph Workman
Lecture Question:
Please pick two of the "Theological Perspectives", explain them, and give an example of how it would affect the interpretation of scripture.
The “Scripture interprets Scripture” perspective sates that the “obscure passages in Scripture must give way to the clear passages”. This means that the single verses like: 1 Corinthians 15:29 and John 3:5, that have seemingly obscure meanings, should not be the passages we build our doctrines around with our “funny” interpretations. Instead we take passages like Romans chapters 1-3 and use it to help build doctrine on sin. Simply it is taking the clear, laid out passages of scripture and using them as foundation to help clear up the passages that seem obscure.
This can affect interpretation of Scripture in a very negative way if obscure texts are taken and doctrines are built out of them. The passage in Luke 2:36-38 is an example as it was taken and used by the Roman Catholic Church to justify the doctrine of nuns.
Scripture’s purpose is to be God’s immediate earthly instrument for spiritually affecting mankind. 2 Tim. 3:16 indicates all the things Scripture is to do to man. Under this “Theological Perspective” that there is a movement from interpretation to application. The principle is that there is one interpretation, but there can be many applications of this principle. The key to this perspective is that the primary meaning of the text is established concerning the applications of the text.
This can affect the interpretation of Scripture in a good way because it stretches the person teaching, preaching, or the one using the scripture, to keep the two matters separate. The meaning is one thing and the range is another. This I believe will keep us from the errors of devotional temptation, the discussion of last weeks lecture question, because it brings balance.
Please pick two of the "Theological Perspectives", explain them, and give an example of how it would affect the interpretation of scripture.
The “Scripture interprets Scripture” perspective sates that the “obscure passages in Scripture must give way to the clear passages”. This means that the single verses like: 1 Corinthians 15:29 and John 3:5, that have seemingly obscure meanings, should not be the passages we build our doctrines around with our “funny” interpretations. Instead we take passages like Romans chapters 1-3 and use it to help build doctrine on sin. Simply it is taking the clear, laid out passages of scripture and using them as foundation to help clear up the passages that seem obscure.
This can affect interpretation of Scripture in a very negative way if obscure texts are taken and doctrines are built out of them. The passage in Luke 2:36-38 is an example as it was taken and used by the Roman Catholic Church to justify the doctrine of nuns.
Scripture’s purpose is to be God’s immediate earthly instrument for spiritually affecting mankind. 2 Tim. 3:16 indicates all the things Scripture is to do to man. Under this “Theological Perspective” that there is a movement from interpretation to application. The principle is that there is one interpretation, but there can be many applications of this principle. The key to this perspective is that the primary meaning of the text is established concerning the applications of the text.
This can affect the interpretation of Scripture in a good way because it stretches the person teaching, preaching, or the one using the scripture, to keep the two matters separate. The meaning is one thing and the range is another. This I believe will keep us from the errors of devotional temptation, the discussion of last weeks lecture question, because it brings balance.
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