{"id":818,"date":"2011-08-07T08:52:39","date_gmt":"2011-08-07T12:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bottlerockettheology.com\/?p=818"},"modified":"2011-08-07T08:52:39","modified_gmt":"2011-08-07T12:52:39","slug":"surround-gods-words-with-gods-words-not-ours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/?p=818","title":{"rendered":"Surround God’s words with God’s words, not ours …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Excerpt from Living by the Words of God, Part Two, Chapter Ten<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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As I reviewed my notes attempting once again to grasp an overview of what I was presenting in\u00a0this study, I realized that I had not addressed context as directly as I could have and should have. \u00a0I do believe that the importance of context has been implicit in the study. The inductive\u00a0approach I pursue relies on context. Reading and writing build context. A disciplined approach\u00a0to reading the entire Bible is all about context. But it seems I need to make a bigger statement,\u00a0so I am.<\/p>\n

My next thought then was location: Where do I put this information? Do I tack it on the end for\u00a0convenience or do I find a more appropriate place somewhere earlier in the study?\u00a0As I thought this through over the course of several days I now believe that focusing on context in\u00a0the last lesson is actually a good choice. It is in fact possibly the best way to end by asking a\u00a0question that many neither consider nor understand: Do I surround God’s words with God’s\u00a0words or my words? If you haven’t asked yourself that question, and it seems many people have\u00a0not, then you are missing it. If we are truly interested in what God has to say, and if we trulybelieve the value of God’s words as we so vehemently profess, then we will be more than willing\u00a0to do anything to discover the pure milk of God’s words, even if it means limiting our own words.<\/p>\n

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