THE
BIBLE CONTAINS BUILT-IN RULES OF INTERPRETATION: H.I.C.E.E.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
I)
THE PROPER METHOD OF INTERPRETATION
A)
INTRODUCTION:
1)
THE BIBLE IS TO BE INTERPRETED MUCH IN THE SAME WAY ONE READS THE
NEWSPAPER
a)
THROUGH INDUCTIVE REASONING
b)
AS LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
c)
WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF NORMATIVE RULES OF LANGUAGE & CONTEXT
d)
REQUIRING STUDY
e)
AND INSTRUCTION FROM OTHERS
2)
TRUTHS THAT ARE RELAYED IN EACH PASSAGE ARE INCONTROVERTIBLE, ABSOLUTELY
TRUSTWORTHY - IRREFUTABLE. THEY ARE THEREFORE NOT EVER
CONTRADICTED, CHANGED OR MODIFIED INTO
SOMETHING DIFFERENT BY INFORMATION ELSEWHERE IN SCRIPTURE OR OUTSIDE OF
SCRIPTURE
3)
THE WORD OF GOD IS TO BE INTERPRETED BY ITS DIVINELY INSPIRED MESSAGE
AND NOT BY HOW IT IS APPLIED
B)
INDUCTIVE RATHER THAN DEDUCTIVE REASONING IS REQUIRED
1)
Deductive Reasoning Defined:
2)
Inductive Reasoning Defined:
3)
A Deductive Approach to God's Word Means Presupposition & Often Bad
Interpretation
4)
On The Other Hand, Approaching God's Word Inductively Means Taking A
Risk
5)
An Accurate Interpretation By And Large Must Be Done By internal
Evidence, Not External
II)
THE H.I.C.E.E. RULES OF INTERPRETATION
A)
INTRODUCTION
Hermeneutics, ('H"),
Isagogics, ("I"),
Categories, ("C")
Exegesis, ("E")
Etymology, ("E").
B)
H.I.C.E.E EXPLAINED IN DETAIL
1)
HERMENEUTICS
a)
(HERMANEUTICAL RULE #1)
LET
THE WORDS OF SCRIPTURE SAY WHAT THEY NORMATIVELY MEAN
1)
INTRODUCTION
i)
[Ro 7:21-25]:
ii)
[Eph 2:1-2]:
iii)
[Compare Ro 12:2]:
iv)
[Compare 1 Jn 2:15]:
v)
[Ro 1:18-20]:
2)
The Normative Rule Defined Relative To Scripture: The Normally Expected
Meaning Using The Established Rules Of The Language Of The Time
a)
[Ps 138:2]:
3)
A Perspective Of The Normative Rule As The Method By Which Men Are To
Understand The Bible:
a)
Following the normative rule is to follow the example of our Lord when
He explained what the Scriptures meant. That is the method that He used
i)
[Mt 24:29-30]:
ii)
[Isa 13:9a, 10, 13]:
iii)
[Compare Ez 32:7]:
iv)
[Compare Joel 2:10]:
v)
[Mt 24:29-31]:
vi)
[Compare Zech 12:11a]:
vii)
[Compare Dan 7:13b]:
viii)
[Lk 22:37]:
ix)
[Compare Is 53:12]:
x)
[Mk 7:6-13]:
b)
Following The Normative Rule Results In A Single, Perfect,
Non-contradictory Interpretation
c)
Otherwise Men Could Plead Ignorance At Judgment - But With The Normative
Rule They Are Without Excuse
d)
Otherwise God Would Have Conspired To Restrict The Knowledge Of His Word
To Only A Chosen Few
i)
[2 Pet 3:9]:
e)
Otherwise God Would Have Deliberately Confused Mankind By Permitting
Multiple False Interpretations
f)
Otherwise God's Word Is Made Subject To Whatever Rules Of Interpretation
Mankind Can Dream Up With The Aid Of The Devil, The World, And The Sin
Nature
i)
[But compare Ro 1:21-22]:
g)
A Violation Of The Normative Rule Indicates That The Holy Spirit Is Not
Involved In The Interpretation. Any Violation Of The 'Normative' Rule Is
Therefore Not Communication From God
i)
[1 Cor 14:33a]:
ii)
[Rev 22:18-19]:
h)
Proof Of The Validity Of The Normative Rule Is That It Results In An
Inerrant Interpretation Absolutely Without Contradiction
i)
And We Can Have Confidence In Versions Which Have Been Normatively
Translated Into The World's Languages
b)
(HERMENEUTICAL RULE #2):
ALL
PASSAGES IN SCRIPTURE ARE INSPIRED BY GOD AND WORTHY FOR INSTRUCTION
c)
HERMENEUTICAL RULE #3
IF
IT IS THE TRUTH HERE THEN IT IS THE TRUTH EVERYWHERE
i)
[Jn 3:16]:
d)
HERMENEUTICAL RULE #4
SCRIPTURE
DOES NOT CONTRADICT ITSELF
e)
HERMENEUTICAL RULE #5:
LET
THE CLEAR PASSAGES IN SCRIPTURE DICTATE WHICH DIRECTION THE DIFFICULT
PASSAGES SHOULD TAKE
i)
[Mark 16:16a]:
ii)
[Eph 2:8-9]:
f)
HERMENEUTICAL RULE #6:
TAKE
THE ENTIRE PASSAGE INTO CONSIDERATION
i)
[Mark 16:16b]:
g)
HERMENEUTICAL RULE #7:
RULING
OUT THE NONESSENTIAL
i)
[Mk 16:16]:
ii)
[Compare Jn 6:40]:
iii)
[Mk 1:4]:
iv)
[Gen 15:4-6]:
v)
[Mt 10:5-7, 32]:
vi)
[Acts 16:30b]:
vii)
[Acts 16:31]:
h)
HERMENEUTICAL RULE #8:
CONSIDER
ALL THE POSSIBLE INTERPRETATIONS AND RULE OUT THE FALSE ONES
i)
[Phil 2:6 K.J.V.]:
i)
HERMENEUTICAL RULE #9:
CONTEXT:
WHO, WHAT, WHY, WHERE, WHEN, HOW, TO WHOM DOES IT APPLY
i)
[Heb 13:8]:
ii)
[Heb 13:5-8]:
j)
HERMENEUTICAL RULE #10:
SIMILARITY
DOES NOT PROVE IDENTITY
i)
[Mt 24:30-31]:
ii)
[Jn 14:1-4]:
iii)
[1 Cor 15:51-52]:
iv)
[Compare 1 Thes 4:16-17]:
v)
[Mt 25:31-46]:
k)
HERMENEUTICAL RULE #11:
DISTINGUISHING
FULFILLMENT IN DETAIL FROM POINT OF IDENTITY COMPARISONS
i)
[Acts 2:4-16]:
[Compare
Joel 2:1-2; 28-32a]:
ii)
[Mt 27:1-10]:
[Zech
11:4-13]:
[Jer
19:1-13]:
[Jer
19:4]:
[Mk
1:2-3]:
[Gal
4:22-31]:
l)
HERMENEUTICAL RULE #12:
LET
SCRIPTURE CORROBORATE SCRIPTURE
i)
[Gen 15:6]:
[Ro
4:1-5]:
ii)
[Gen 4:3-5]:
[Heb
11:4]:
iii)
[Gen 5:22-24]:
[Heb
11:5-6]:
iv)
[Gen 6:14-22]:
[Heb
11:7]:
v)
[Gen 12:7]:
[Gal
3:16-19]:
[Compare
Jn 14:6]:
2)
ISAGOGICS
A)
[Acts 19:2a, 5-6]:
B)
[Gal 3:2b]:
C)
[1 Cor 12:29-30]:
D)
[Acts 19:3-4]:
E)
[Lk 11:5-10]:
3)
CATEGORIES
A)
[Isaiah 28 NIV]:
B)
[Isaiah 28 YLT]:
C)
[Isaiah 28 Darby]:
D)
[Isaiah 28 NASB]:
E)
[Isa 28:9-10]:
F)
[Isaiah 28 KJV]:
G)
[Gal 3:22]:
H)
[Isa 64:6]:
I)
[Ro 3:23]:
J)
[Ro 11:32]:
K)
[Mark 16:16]:
L)
[Jas 5:13-20]:
1)
[Compare 1 John 5:14]:
2)
[Compare Phil 2:25-31]:
3)
[Compare 2 Tim 4:20]:
4)
[2 Cor 12:7-9]:
5)
[Compare Jas 1:12]:
6)
[Dan 10:12-14]:
TESTING:
7)
[1 Cor 10:13]:
DISCIPLINE:
8)
[Heb 12:10-11]:
9)
[Eccl 3:1-2]:
10)
[Acts 3:2-8]:
11)
[Compare Mt 12:22]:
12)
[Mt 5:45b]:
13)
[Jas 5:14]:
14)
[1 Cor 11:30]:
15)
[Acts 20:35]:
16)
[Rom. 6:19]:
17)
[Rom 14:1]:
18)
[1 Cor 8:9-12]:
19)
[Heb 12:3]:
20)
[Jas 5:14-16, 19, 20]:
21)
[Compare 1 Cor 11:28-30]:
22)
[Jas 5:15]:
23)
[Jas 5:16]:
24)
[Compare 1 Jn 1:9]:
25)
[Jas 5:17-18]:
26)
[Jas 5:19-20]:
27)
[Compare Pr 11:19]:
4)
EXEGESIS
A)
[Isa 28:9-10]:
B)
[Acts 2:1, 4]:
C)
[Acts 10:44]:
D)
[1 Cor 12:28-30]:
5)
ETYMOLOGY
A)
[REPENT = TO CHANGE THE MIND]
1)
"In 2 Timothy 2:24-25 we find the particular object that produces
repentance. Paul writes...
B)
REPENTANCE RELATIVE TO SALVATION MEANS TO TURN FROM A BELIEF SYSTEM
WHICH IS NOT SOLELY IN CHRIST ALONE TO ONE WHICH IS
1)
[Compare Acts 19:4]:
2)
[Compare Acts 10:43]:
3)
[Compare Acts 3:19]:
4)
[Titus 3:5]:
5)
[1 Thes 1:9]:
C)
REPENTANCE RELATIVE TO SALVATION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE IS A SYNONYM FOR
FAITH
1)
[Compare 2 Pet 3:9]:
2)
[Acts 3:37-38, 10:43]:
3)
[Mt 3:2]:
4)
[Mt 3:8]:
5)
[1 Thes 1:8-10]:
D)
THE CONCEPT OF REPENTANCE FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT POINT OF VIEW IS THE
SAME AS IT IS FOR THE NEW TESTAMENT
1)
[Mt 3:2]:
2)
[Mt 4:17]:
3)
[Mt 5:20]:
4)
[Mt 21:43-44]:
5)
[Mt 23:37-38]:
6)
[Acts 2:36-38]:
7)
[Acts 3:19]:
E)
REPENTANCE IN THE LIFE AND EXPERIENCE OF THE BELIEVER
1)
[2 Cor 7: 8-10]:
F)
REPENTANCE RELATIVE TO SALVATION DOES NOT INCLUDE SORROW/REMORSE FOR
ONE'S SINS
1)
[Mt 27:3]:
2)
[Mt 27:3]:
3)
[Mt 21:28-31]:
4)
[2 Cor 7: 8-10]:
5)
[Acts 16:29-31]:
AIONIOS:
A)
[Ezek 37:26]:
B)
[2 Cor 4:18]:
C)
[Ro 16:26]:
D)
[1 Tim 1:17 - predicative case]:
E)
[2 Cor 13:11 - predicative case]:
F)
[Ro 16:26 - the attributive case]:
G)
[Mt 25:46]:
H)
[Mt 25:26]:
I)
[Ro 16:26]:
J)
[Heb 9:12]:
K)
[Compare 1 Ti 6:16]:
L)
[Jn 3:15-16]:
M)
[Compare 1 Cor 15:53]:
N)
[Compare 2 Cor 5:1]:
O)
[Compare Heb 9:14]:
P)
[Lk 1:33]:
Q)
[Compare 2 Pet 1:11]:
R)
[Eph 2:6-7]:
