Secret Church

David Platt continues an overview of how to study different genres of Scripture, giving specific examples and opportunities to practice from the Old Testament Narratives and the Law.

David Platt continues an overview of how to study different genres of Scripture, giving specific examples and opportunities to practice from the Gospels, the Parables, and Acts.

After you observe, understand, and relate the text, you then must learn to apply it responsibly. First, you meditate on the truth, then relate it to today, and finally practice it. The episode ends by moving into how to use these methods across Scripture as a whole, specifically noting different genres and how they affect our study, starting with the New Testament letters.

In studying God's Word, we must honor the way and time in which God chose to communicate. This book wasn't written just for us; it was written for His people throughout history. We must understand God's Word in this way to understand its meaning for us today.

In this episode, David Platt finishes walking through step 1 in the practical approach to Bible study and transitions to step 2: Understand their home (What does it mean?). Another way to put it, we move from exploration to interpretation of the text.

After overviewing a guide to a dependable approach to Bible study, David Platt walks through each step using specific examples from Scripture, beginning with step 1: Observe their home (What do I see?).

Four practical steps to approaching Bible study can be compared to going on a mission trip: Observe their home (What do I see?), Understand their home (What does it mean?), Bring it back home (How does it relate?), and Apply it in your home (What do I do?).

The Spirit-inspired Word of God is alive today. This means that we must approach the Word carefully to discern its true meaning.

The Bible, though written by multiple authors, was ultimately written by one divine Author to you and me. These 66 books of ancient history are relevant to each of our lives today.

The New Testament only make sense in the context of mission. If the church does not advance the kingdom of God, we cannot understand His Word. His kingdom does not exist for us; we exist for it. And we hope in the kingdom that is to come. Are you advancing His kingdom, and are you anticipating it?