Bible Reading Questions:

• What is God saying? Summarize
• What does this text teach us about God?
• What does this passage uniquely reveal?
• What did it mean to those in the text?
• What did it mean to those who first read the text?
• What does this text mean to you?
• How does this text point to the Gospel?
• How does this text push against worldly/fleshly thoughts and actions?
• How should you respond?

Hermeneutic Principles:

• It cannot mean anything to us that it did not mean to them
• Scripture interprets scripture
• The clear interprets the vague