{"id":444,"date":"2020-04-29T21:23:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T21:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/?p=444"},"modified":"2020-04-29T21:23:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T21:23:11","slug":"how-to-use-the-four-questions-to-study-the-bible-and-make-sermon-outlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/?p=444","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO USE THE \u201cFOUR QUESTIONS\u201d TO STUDY THE BIBLE AND MAKE SERMON OUTLINES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By John Walz &#8211; Missionary to Taiwan <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Question One<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014What is the Historical-Literary background necessary to understand this passage?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Explain the necessary background of the biblical themes in this passage&nbsp;<em>ie. How does the Bible previously develop themes such as Rest, Judgement, Forgiveness, etc?<\/em><\/li><li>Mention any details from the local context as well as from the Bible\u2019s history timeline.&nbsp;<em>Ie. What happened in the last chapter that sets up events in this chapter?<\/em><\/li><li>Everything you say here should have the purpose of setting up the understanding of the observations you are about to make, serving as an introduction.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Question Two<\/em><\/strong>\u2014 What Observations about God can we determine?\u2014make observations about God\u2019s attributes, plans, desires, character, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Make your assertion\u2014say in your own words what you observed about God from the text.<\/li><li>Explain your assertion from the text\u2014give the verses in this passage and explain.<\/li><li>Show how the Bible has developed and collaborates your observation\u2014<em>The bible develops its own theology, no true observation is without other scriptures developing it, so show us how God has communicated this truth about Himself from the beginning.&nbsp;&nbsp;Leave the reader on the edge of his seat to see the climax of this observation. Stop just before the cross to allow your next question to be the big reveal.<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Question Three\u2014<\/em><\/strong>How is this passage fulfilled in Jesus and the Gospel?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>All of your points under&nbsp;<em>Question Two<\/em>&nbsp;should be finished here.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>If you leave something up there but don\u2019t address here, it isn\u2019t finished.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Everything in the Bible points to Jesus in three major ways:<ul><li><ul><li>Themes\u2014Laws, Love, Anger, Justice, Peace, Righteousness, Death, Sin, Mercy, etc.<\/li><li>Roles\u2014Priest, King, Prophet, eschatological figures, Joseph, Joshua, etc.<\/li><li>Rituals\u2014washings, sacrifices, temple, holy days,\u00a0 Sabbaths, baptism, circumcision, etc.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Present the Gospel through the theme, role, or ritual being presented in the passage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tie the loose ends up you left in question two and show how the Jesus and Gospel fulfill all the mysteries of God. Use language that reflects the high point of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Question Four<\/em><\/strong>\u2014How do I apply this to my life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Take a minute to think of something very specific that you can do to obey\/apply the truths presented in your passage.&nbsp;<\/li><li>What will you change?&nbsp;&nbsp;What will you do? Who will you speak to? What will you give?<\/li><li>Make a plan to obey the call of the Gospel either in trusting where you haven\u2019t before or to respond in a way you haven\u2019t before.<\/li><li>There can be a dozen applications, but choose a specific one to write down so that it will be an example for others.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By John Walz &#8211; Missionary to Taiwan Question One&nbsp;\u2014What is the Historical-Literary background necessary to understand this passage? Explain the necessary background of the biblical themes in this passage&nbsp;ie. How does the Bible previously develop themes such as Rest, Judgement, Forgiveness, etc? Mention any details from the local context as well as from the Bible\u2019s&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/?p=444\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":445,"href":"http:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions\/445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}