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3 Identifying The Big Idea
3 Identifying The Big Idea
3 Identifying The Big Idea
Implementation
Step 2: Interpretation
What does it mean?
Agree or Disagree: Every
contradict itself.
into the overall message of Scripture? passage is unclear, compare it to clear teaching on the same subject.
James 2:24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
If the meaning of a
Romans 3:28 For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
Matthew 4:8-9 Again, the Devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. And he said to Him, I will give You all these things if You will fall down and worship me.
I know the answer has to be Jesus but it sure sounds like a squirrel to me.
Incorrect Interpretation
Allegorization
Reads a spiritual
Demythologization
Removes supernatural
elements from the text. presumed historical event with a kernel of truth.
Step 3: Generalization
What is the big idea? A single-sentence
Big Idea
Subject
Complement
the lesson.
Big Idea
The Subject
Psalm 1
What is the author talking
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
about?
Subject of Psalm 1:
The Complement
Psalm 1
What is the author saying
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.