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OABS
FALL SEMESTER HERMENEUTICS
I Class
3 August 17, 2002
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The Inductive Method
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Inductive Method Summing up the result of 1a) All facts are reported; a conclusion 1b) Facts of truth harmonize when a body of evidence is analyzed. 1c) Induce Analyze 1d) Jesus used the inductive method to teach 1e) The devil quoted the scriptures out of context 1f) Men ASSERT without evidence; unproven statements as truth. 2) Law of Analogy 2a) Harmony is the first 2b) It
is IMPOSSIBLE for contradiction to exist where 3)
All facts must be reported and allowed 3a) All facts that are attainable ( Some facts may not be accessible). 3b) It is a great privilege to now have all the revelation from God!! 4) Inference (Implication) may be used legitimately in the 4a) A logical effort to know facts (NOT 4b) Associating ALL facts and logically tying them together to reach logical conclusions. 4c) Did the New Testament church partake of the Lords supper EVERY first day of the week? (What verse explicitly states this fact?) 4d) Acts 20:7; I Cor.16:1-2; 5) BIBLE assumptions are equal to 5a) Anything
God takes for granted is 5b) Gen.1:1 Did God Exist? 5c) Acts 17:30 Does man have the ability to repent? 5d) **Caution Do not be mistaken as to what God has assumed! 5e) Acts
17:30 everywhere 6)
When one speaks of a result that is COMMONLY attributed to several
causes, though NO cause is listed, -- It is 6a) Plan of salvation according to Jesus John 8:24 Believe in Him Matt.10:32-33 Confess Him Luke 13:3 Repent of sin Mark 16:16 Be baptized Rev.2:10 Live faithfully 6b) Acts 2 Did the people confess faith in Jesus as the Christ? ( it is stated that they Repented and were Baptized; it is implied that they believed, receiving the word; 6c) Acts 8 Samaritans Did they Repent? They Believed and obeyed vs.12. 7) Religious truth may be gathered from approved precedent. 7a) We learn from example by authorized (right) conduct of men led by the Holy Spirit 7b) **IF the will of God has not changed (it has not); then what WAS His will IS His will now! 7c) To
be religiously RIGHT we must be A) NO ONE can be religiously Right and B) NO One can be religiously WRONG and C) No One can be TAUGHT wrong and 7d) **Caution A) The inspired men were not inspired all the time B) Know the difference in PRECEDENT and INCIDENT or ACIDENT B1) (PRECEDENT approved example done under the eyes of an Apostle B2) (INCIDENT NOT germane to the event C) People of the first century did not do everything 8) Know the authors purpose 8a) Writing is a purpose driven result 9) CAUSES = that which upon ALL facts agree 9a) IF any fact denies it then 9b) Investigate the evidence; align the facts; find the cause / s 10) Do NOT reject a cause for want of PHILOSOPHY when a MIRACLE is present. 10a) ONE single divine statement settles any controversy on which it speaks. 10b) Joshua 6 Jericho 10c) II Kgs.5 Naaman 11) Contrary or Negative facts may be used to establish truth. 11a) Mark 16:16 Believeth NOT = Believe / Luke 13:3 Except you repent = REPENT 11b)
WRONG use Heb.11:6 w/o faith it is impossible to please God
// 12) To find the cause/s list all the facts in order of intensity 12a) Reasoning from the cause to the effect; then from the effect to the cause. 12b) **Caution watch that NO modifying forces are introduced. 12c) Small amount of medicine gives small positive result; greater amount gives greater result; this medicine only has this effect on one kind of illness; therefore the illness is identified. 12d) Greater worship attendance and participation causes one to become stronger in faith; Full attendance and participation causes one to become strongest in faith (all things being equal). 13) A PARTICULAR fact cannot be derived from a GENERAL statement when other than the cause mentioned can cause the result. 13a) Acts 8:4 They went everywhere preaching the word |