Be Biblical - Love the Truth

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Be Biblical - Love the Truth

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We must train ourselves to ask, "What does the Bible say?" about every issue, instead of "shooting from the hip" and conjuring up opinions from our imaginations.
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.John 17:17
Scripture interprets scripture.

What are useful rules of Bible interpretation - hermeneutics?
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Hermeneutics

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The following are from an article titled: "Hermeneutics--Principles of Interpretation" by Leland M. Haines on a Mennonite web site.

http://www.bibleteachings.org/interpretation.html
1. THE GRAMMATICAL--HISTORICAL PRINCIPLE

2. A WRITING HAS BUT ONE MEANING. [I disagree with this, many writings have more than one meaning, for example, "God will provide the lamb".]

3. THE PLAN, PURPOSE, AND CONTEXT

4. THE MEANINGS OF WORDS

5. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

6. SCRIPTURE MAY HELP TO INTERPRET SCRIPTURE.

7. THE TWO MAJOR DIVISIONS
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Metaphors, Types, and Foreshadowings

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There are many things in scripture that have more than one meaning!

There many things that are metaphors, types, and foreshadowings.

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Please see a new booklet by Steve Phillips: Truth - Rightly Divided (192 kb pdf)
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