I constantly see folks quoting scripture to support opinions that fall far outside of the author’s original intent. In my opinion, the Church needs to get on board with educating parishioners on the importance of reading the Bible using exegesis. What do you think?
How can we determine the theological importance of the Bible if we can’t settle on what it actually means? Using the process of exegesis instead of eisegesis is the first step in developing a more complete understanding of scripture.
Agreed
You mean like “on this Rock…”? A passage constantly interpolated and eisegeted.
Without proper exegesis and context, the scriptures are easily manipulated and twisted.
Agreed especially those who quote scripture ignoring the verse before hand.
#Hermeneutics
Exegesis all the way
Agree 100%! The Word of Almighty God should be revered and exalted. We should read it to understand what It actually says, not what we want it to say.
Absolutely agreed
Exegesis is the way out
Being filled with the Holy Spirit out do any amount of education. You can have all the knowledge but lack Love from on high. Its dece tion and lasciviousness. Its the heart of the matter
Is it possible for the quote to be appropriate and applicable to the current situation without accurately representing the intended meaning?
For instance, I believe I remember my mother quoting Proverbs when she was trying to get me to do something.
Our church strongly encourages all teens to do at least one year of Bible college before attending college or university, so much so we offer financial assistance to those unable to afford it! We also require all those wanting baptism and or church membership to take and pass a “Christianity 101” course at minimum.
I see an awful lot of eisigesis taking place on Facebook. All the Bible scholars are on there and they’re all right
Oh, yes!
Pandoctorate n po ang schling abt exegesis
I agree. Some people argue scripture out of context with passion. When confronted with an exegeses response, they refuse to read it. It does get me frustrated at times. However, we must remember, their attacks are not against us, but against the truth.
That’s the reason why roman catholic want it to stay to latin before the reformation 🙂 so that there will be less heresy in the hands of man who has no ability to exegite the text properly
Proper Exegesis always results in a Oneness Pentecostal position. I agree, lots of proper interpretation is needed
When interpreting scripture, we have to understand that it cannot mean something different from what it meant back then. Otherwise, we run the risk of adding to God’s Word. And if we add to it, then it is no longer God’s word… Some of the commands are more cultural. For something humorous, it says at the end of 1 and 2 Corinthians to greet one another with a holy kiss. Now if a pastor at church (In the US) were to tell the congregation to kiss three people, he is gonna get some looks. But in France or Holland, it’s no big deal. But they will give you looks if you tell them to hug three people.
The pastors are not so educated to teach bible correctly
The result of what you are pointing at is the proliferation of sects and denominations.
I see a potential problem with exegesis. And that is, it can be used to promote the view that Jewish heritage, via blood descent from Abraham and Jacob, is a prerequisite for salvation. And also promote, for those not of biological descent, coversion to Judaism as the way of salvation for Gentiles.
I can see that Exegesis, nullifies the NT and christianity itself, when applied in its pure and strict form, without christian bias, to the OT.
Absolutely.
Both are greek terms..
No… not that, but obeying Yeshua’s commands. Come to me… ask, seek, knock. Believing the attached promises. It’s what Abraham did and is how true knowledge comes.
I like this talk here
People think when authors penned the scriptures it was meant to us. It’s for us not to us think like the recipients and then understand what’s writen
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