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According to the book, anointing oil is not a symbol of the Holy Spirit; it is God's life in a bottle. The Holy Spirit empowers Christians to be Christ's witnesses in all parts of the earth. Luke, a Greek physician, witnessed this enabling power of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the apostles during evangelistic outreaches.

According to Eric Titus, “The specific teaching of the heretical teachers was that the resurrection had taken place. Christianity was on the rise before the canonization of the third section of the Old Testament (ie, the Scriptures) in the first and third centuries (AD). Correct interpretation of Scripture involves understanding the meaning of words in the context in which they occur.

The following is a summary of each session of the six week training (see also appendix 3).

Table 1. The seven sayings of Jesus from the cross 57
Table 1. The seven sayings of Jesus from the cross 57

Assessment of Current Ability in Biblical Interpretation in Biblical Interpretation

Learning principles is great, but without using the principles daily to study the Word, no growth will occur. Every Christian has the responsibility of studying Scripture to grow spiritually as well as to disciple others (Hebrews 5:11-15). In line with the purpose of this project, the goals of the project were appropriate to improve the skill of the adult members in biblical interpretation in CCWW.

The project had three objectives: (1) assess the current ability of selected adult members of CCWW on biblical interpretation; (2) develop a curriculum to train selected adult members of CCWW to accurately interpret the Bible; and (3) improve the ability of selected adult members of CCWW to accurately interpret Scripture. I think the discussion in chapter 2 of this project - which emphasizes that pastors must teach and preach the Word accurately as well as give room for members to learn the principles of biblical interpretation - is in line with the above comment. The exciting part of the pre-course survey is that it exposed the current ability of the mature members on biblical interpretation.

After the pre-course survey, some of the members confessed that they thought they knew how to explain scripture passages, but realized they knew nothing. Also, the members' willingness to learn biblical interpretation is related to the rationale for this project, which was to improve their ability to accurately interpret Scripture as they engage in church ministry. Christian ministry includes the teaching, learning and application of the Bible whether in youth ministry, children's ministry, missions, discipleship, pastoral ministry, Christian education and the like.

Curriculum Development for Training for Training

Further, there was a particular emphasis in the curriculum that good preachers and teachers of the Word should see to it that they understand the passage well according to the author's intent before applying it in their lives. In addition, the curriculum emphasized that it is the responsibility of the readers to first observe the text, then interpret it and finally apply it. Indeed, they have become well equipped to interpret the Bible accurately, and they stand a chance of being used by God to teach others and make disciples of the Christian faith.

Fourth, during the six-week training period in which the curriculum was used, I witnessed the spark and deep hunger and desire of the participants for God's word. They understood the Bible to be about the history of salvation beginning in Genesis and culminating in Revelation. The sixty-six books of the Bible intertwine to tell the glorious story of God's creation, the fall and sinful nature of man, and God's provision for the salvation of his people through Jesus Christ.

The only thing that can explain the deep hunger and longing for the Scriptures is the relevance of the curriculum to Bible interpretation. That reality ties in with the core teaching of chapter 2 about the Hebrew Christians in Hebrews 5:11-14. The Hebrew Christians, despite their years in the faith, preferred to have milk as babies rather than solid food.

Conversely, the participants in the training wanted to learn how to teach others and make disciples about Bible interpretation.

Improvement of Ability to Interpret Scripture Accurately Interpret Scripture Accurately

However, the goal may have been achieved in the long run due to the verbal testimonies and responses of those who participated in the post-course survey. Ultimately, the dissemination of this goal should promote the Holy Spirit and. Fifth, one participant responded to one of the hybrid questions in the post-project survey (“Did you find this class useful? Please explain below”) and said.

Seventh, a curriculum evaluator who responded to item 3 of the evaluation rubric ("The material contains vital information about how to accurately interpret Scripture") said, "Very thorough and comprehensive. Do not abandon the teaching of the Word to do administrative work and other things in The weaknesses of this project are as follows: First, the Sunday school period chosen for the training was not the best due to the duration factor.

Second, the decision to do the training in six weeks was wrong because of the voluminous nature of the curriculum. Fifth, the facilitator's accent was a weakness as he could not communicate like Americans. Sixth, the inability of the participants to complete the pre- and post-project surveys online before the training started led to the surveys being administered during the training days, exposing the participants to undue pressure while completing the survey.

Seventh, the PowerPoint slides had a lot of information to understand in a short time, and sometimes the font size of the slides was so small that the elderly.

Would Do Differently

Definition of Hermeneutics

Biblical exegesis, narrowly defined, is a personal discovery of what the biblical authors intended their texts to mean. Instead, the biblical authors, under God's guidance, deliberately wrote down words with a specific meaning and purpose. We must read carefully what the Lord gives us through His human servants in the Bible.

Why Hermeneutics

The absence of the Holy Spirit in a person's life makes it difficult for him/her to understand the things of God, including the ability to accurately interpret the Bible. Apostle Paul adds: "But the natural man does not accept what is from the Spirit of God, because it is foolishness to him and he cannot know them because he is spiritually discerned" (1 Cor 2:14) and "because the word about the cross is foolishness to dying, but for us who are being saved, the power of God" (1 Cor 1:18). In any case, God speaks first to the reader/interpreter when he shows his dependence on God through prayer to understand the text and produce transformational results in his life and the life of the church.

Therefore, prayer and dependence on the Holy Spirit and the use of the principles of interpretation must be engaged in order to interpret the Scriptures accurately. We remember Paul's warning in 1 Tim. 4:16 regarding the negative effects of an imprecise interpretation of Scripture on man. A good preacher/interpreter of the word makes sure that he understands the passage very well according to the author's intent before applying it.

If the author's message is not understood; the interpretation of the text and the application will be wrong. Besides prayer and dependence on the Holy Spirit, letting the text speak for itself, and having a good understanding of the passage. The sixty-six books of the Bible intertwine to tell a glorious story of God's creation, man's fall and sinful nature, God's provision for the redemption of His people through Jesus Christ.

The biblical story ends with Christ's victory over evil on earth and the restoration of Eden, destroyed by sin, with a new heaven and a new earth.

Conclusion

The Bible is one big (true) story of events, not a single book that stands by itself. The information completes the whole and the whole helps to understand the details (single books). The biblical writers communicated to their original audience in a way they understood by using communication language and standard without any secret code, except on a few occasions they used parables, riddles and symbols to communicate to their audience.

Indeed, in ideal conversation one understands the discourse without conscious effort due to the wealth of experience in knowledge and words gained. However, when it comes to the Bible, it is difficult to understand it without conscious effort because it is written in a foreign language, for people who lived long ago in different places in the world with different ways of life. Therefore, what is automatically clear to the initial audience will not be clear to us and what is easy for them to understand will require serious effort from us to understand it.9.

Most importantly, interpreting the Bible is a task that needs the right tools for the job. It's a simple fact of life; the right work requires the right tools. To interpret it accurately, literary tools must be used, as they enable the reader to understand the Bible, sharpen his thinking to discover ideas and truth, and become literarily competent.

The Bible correctly.11 The main goal of biblical interpretation is to discover the meaning of the biblical text.

Literary Context

TEST: PAIRED TWO SAMPLE FOR MEANS

Interpreting the Old Testament in Africa: Papers from the International Symposium on Africa and the Old Testament, Nairobi, October 1999. The Pastoral Letters: Commentary on First and Second Timothy and Titus. The Work of the Spirit in the Interpretation of Scripture from the Perspective of a Charismatic Biblical Theologian.” Journal of Pentecostal Theology 18, no.

John Stott on the Bible and the Christian Life: Six Lectures on the Authority, Interpretation, and Application of Scripture. The Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy.” In The Interpreter’s One-Volume Commentary on the Bible: Introduction and Commentary for Every Book of the Bible Inclusive Apocrypha with General Articles, edited by Charles Laymon, 889-91. The need was born out of the importance and current situation in society regarding the way preachers and lay people treat the Bible.

In light of such usage, this project examined the biblical and theological basis for accurate interpretation of Scripture, the canonization of Scripture, the basic principles of interpreting Scripture, and the principles of interpreting Old and New Testament narratives.

Gambar

Table 1. The seven sayings of Jesus from the cross 57
Table 2. Completed curriculum and training evaluation
Table A1. Pre- and post-project survey results  Pre-test

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