2. Psalm 119:97-105

3. Psalm 119:97-105 PARABLES

4. Psalm 119:97-105 PARABLES Matthew 13:1-3,10-13

6. Matthew 13:1-23 Sower + Soils

7. Matthew 13:1-23 Sower + Soils Luke 11:5-10 Friend in Need

8. Matthew 13:1-23 Sower + Soils Luke 11:5-10 Friend in Need Matthew 21:28-32 Two Sons

9. Matthew 13:1-23 Sower + Soils Luke 11:5-10 Friend in Need Matthew 21:28-32 Two Sons Luke 10:25-37 Good Samaritan

12. 1. DON’T look for proof texts.

13. 1. DON’T look for proof texts. EISEGESIS

14. 1. DON’T look for proof texts. EISEGESIS Literally, “to lead into” To interpret based upon a subjective, non- analytical reading; bringing one’s own ideas to the text, or reading one’s own meaning into the passage.

15. 1. DON’T look for proof texts.  Matthew 15:1-9

16. 1. DON’T look for proof texts.  Matthew 15:1-9  John 5:37-40

17. 1. DON’T look for proof texts.  Matthew 15:1-9  John 5:37-40  Romans 10:1-3

18. 1. DON’T look for proof texts.  Matthew 15:1-9  John 5:37-40  Romans 10:1-3  2 Peter 3:14-16

19. 1. DON’T look for proof texts.  Matthew 15:1-9  John 5:37-40  Romans 10:1-3  2 Peter 3:14-16  2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

20. 2. DO honestly search for truth.

21. 2. DO honestly search for truth. EISEGESIS

22. 2. DO honestly search for truth. EXEGESIS

23. 2. DO honestly search for truth. EXEGESIS Literally, “to lead out of” To interpret based upon a critical examination of Scripture based upon its historical setting and meaning to its original readers.

24. 2. DO honestly search for truth.  Who wrote the passage?  What kind of writing is it?  To whom was it originally written?  What was their world and culture like?  What is the context of the passage?  What would those first readers have thought?  How would they have interpreted it?

25. 2. DO honestly search for truth.  Deuteronomy 5:12-15

26. 2. DO honestly search for truth.  Deuteronomy 5:12-15  To whom was this command given?

27. 2. DO honestly search for truth.  Deuteronomy 5:12-15  To whom was this command given?  Deuteronomy 5:1-5

28. 2. DO honestly search for truth.  Deuteronomy 5:12-15  To whom was this command given?  Deuteronomy 5:1-5  Acts 17:11 “They received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily, to see whether these things were so.”

29. 3. DON’T be deceived by false teaching.

30. 3. DON’T be deceived by false teaching. 2 Corinthians 11:3-13 Paul was greatly concerned that the church in Corinth might be led away and deceived… “For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ."

31. 3. DON’T be deceived by false teaching. Ephesians 4:14 Some are "children, tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming."

32. 3. DON’T be deceived by false teaching. 1 Timothy 4:1 "But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons."

33. 3. DON’T be deceived by false teaching. 2 Timothy 4:3-4 "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate to themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires; and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn aside to myths."

34. 4. DO pray and ask God for wisdom.

35. 4. DO pray and ask God for wisdom.  James 4:2 We don’t take time to ask.

36. 4. DO pray and ask God for wisdom.  James 4:2 We don’t take time to ask.  James 4:3 We ask with wrong motives.

37. 4. DO pray and ask God for wisdom.  James 4:2 We don’t take time to ask.  James 4:3 We ask with wrong motives.  James 1:5 “But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives generously to all and without reproach...”

38. 4. DO pray and ask God for wisdom.  James 4:2 We don’t take time to ask.  James 4:3 We ask with wrong motives.  James 1:5 “But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives generously to all and without reproach...”  Acts 8 – Ethiopian treasurer

39. 4. DO pray and ask God for wisdom.  James 4:2 We don’t take time to ask.  James 4:3 We ask with wrong motives.  James 1:5 “But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives generously to all and without reproach...”  Acts 8 – Ethiopian treasurer  Acts 10 – Cornelius and his family

41. 1. DON’T look for proof texts.

42. 1. DON’T look for proof texts. 2. DO honestly search for truth.

43. 1. DON’T look for proof texts. 2. DO honestly search for truth. 3. DON’T be deceived by false teaching.

44. 1. DON’T look for proof texts. 2. DO honestly search for truth. 3. DON’T be deceived by false teaching. 4. DO pray and ask God for wisdom.

45. Ephesians 3:3-5

46. Ephesians 3:3-5 “By revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief. And by referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit.”

47. Ephesians 3:3-5 “By revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief. And by referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit.”

48. I am resolved to Follow the Savior Faithful and true each day Heed what He sayeth Do what He willeth He is the living way