Pt.3

Ps. 33:4-9“By the word of the LORD were the heavens made”“For he spake, and it was done”

Biblos = “book”Hebrew = 8,674 different wordsGreek = 5,624KJV = 12,143 English words

“a written or printed character or combination of characters representing a spoken word”

Symbols

Bible not written in English

Translators used words to convey sense of the original writing.

Apple

Chair

The Centrality of the Word of God

The John 1:1God

The Centrality of the Word of God

Interlinear of John 1:1

Parts of speech Tenses Punctuation marks

“I will build my Church” Matthew 16:18

“unworthily” 1 Cor. 11:27Adverb = unworthy mannerIf an Adjective = personal unworthiness

“Let him that stole steal no more:” Eph.4:28

Let him that stole, steal.

The B.I.B.L.E.B = BasicI = InformationB = BeforeL = LeavingE = Earth

The Centrality of the Word of God

to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism:

To immerse, submerge, to make whelmed

Church - Matt. 16:18

Ekklesia

# 1537 - Out

# 2564 - Call

The Called Out

Bishop

Episkopos

Epi = upon

Skopeo = to look or watch

Oversee

World

1. Earth

2. People

3. Sin

John 17:24

1 John 2:15-16

John 3:16

Luke 14:26

“hate not his father”

Love Less

Matt. 10:37

Conversation = conduct

Breeches

Espoused

Suffer

Shew

Figures of SpeechFigures of Speech

Literal and Figurative

Genesis

Acts

Sheep

Different

Sheep - Jn.1:29

Lord’s Supper

Lk.13:32 “fox”

Figures of SpeechFigures of Speech“You scared me to death”

“He has tons of money”

“I am starved to death”

“Dog Kicked the bucket”

“Salt of the earth” Mt. 5:13

“Tree planted by Rivers of water” - Ps. 119:103

“The tongue is a fire” Jas.3:6

Matt. 13:24-30 - Sower

Parable - parabole

Para = beside

Ballein = to throw

To throw alongside - Compare

Figures of SpeechFigures of Speech

Figurative Language

Literal unless context forbids it

John 4:14

Figurative when literal is impossible

Luke 9:60 “Let the dead bury the dead”

John 15:5 “I am the vine, ye are the branches”

Ps. 119:1622 Tim. 1:13

783,137words

Pt.3

1. Tools Needed2. Rightly Dividing3. The Words4. The Context

Sermon by Arthur Pigman

Evans Church of Christ

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Evans, Ga. 30809

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Sunday Evening September 16, 2012