The Puritan Biblical Questions

Share with others, list is below: Extracting the Truth: 1) What do these words actually mean? 2) What light do other Scriptures throw on this text? Where and how does it fit in to the total Biblical revelation? Understanding the Truth: 3) What truths does it teach about God, and about man in relation to God? 4) How are these truths related to the saving work of Christ, and what light does the Gospel of Christ throw upon them? According to Pastor Derek Prime this is the most important question that is frequently overlooked. He argues “Our people are not fed until they realize His centrality.” Applying the Truth: 5) What experiences do these truths delineate, or explain, or seek to create or cure? For what practical purposes do they stand in Scripture? 6) How do they apply to myself and others in our own actual situation? To what present human condition do they speak, and what are they telling us to believe and do?