IO ISRAEL ONLY on Romans 10:9-10

 IO ISRAEL ONLY on Romans 10:9-10

When reading a piece of literature, it’s always good to identify the 

AUDIENCE RELEVANCE 

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY HOW

and when reading the BIBLE identify the antecedent of “YOU” because Paul isn’t writing TO YOU or FOR YOU!  Lol

W.H.O. INTERPRETS THE BIBLE

W ords of the text, in context. All words have meaning. The Bible’s words communicate the God of Scripture’s thoughts to us! Genre-The type of literature. Accordingly particular rules of interpretation will apply to each kind of writing; Historical Narrative, poetry and wisdom, or prophetic writings.

H istoric setting.  The time of the writing, the writer and his purpose, and those to whom the message was addressed must be considered! *Audience relevance is so important because the Bible was NOT written “to” us in 21st century or “for” us. Many readers are very egotistic in that they constantly read themselves into the text or insert themselves into Israel’s redemptive story. 

O ther Bible Texts. The Bible has unity of doctrine. We must compare Scripture with Scripture to see the whole picture (This is known as the analogy of faith.).

Here’s a great acronym for interpreting Scripture: HAT HAT

H ermeneutics 

A udience Relevance

T ime Statements

H istorical Context

A pocalyptic Language

T ypology