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72 P r e a c h i n g a n d Te a c h i n g Application 6. The Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30–37) was given a) in response to a lawyer’s question: “‘Who is my neighbor?’” b) because the question of “how to be a good neighbor” had been asked by the Twelve. c) to a teacher who did not understand community responsibility. It is important to understand the circumstances under which the books of the Bible were written. For instance, the book of Romans was written with Paul’s desire to visit the church at Rome weighing heavy on his heart (Romans 1:8–15). The Corinthian letters were written in response to what Paul had been told and what the people had written to him about the needs and problems of the church at Corinth (1 Corinthians 1:11; 7:1, 25; 8:1; 12:1). Words or phrases in the text sometimes suggest a major division or turn of events. For example, at Caesarea Philippi Jesus began a new phase in His ministry to the disciples (Matthew 16:21). What caused this major change in His teachings? The answer is found in the context when Simon Peter said, “‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God’” (Matthew 16:16). Jesus had spent nearly half of His ministry teaching them He was the Messiah. When that truth was understood, He immediately began to teach them that as the Messiah He must suffer, die, and be raised again. Seeing this major turn of events will help us understand the emphasis on His death, which is given in the following chapters of Matthew. Sometimes the divisions of a book can be detected by the repetition of phrases or words. For example, see 1 Corinthians 7:1; 7:25; 8:1; 12:1. Two of the major shifts in ministry in the book of Acts are recorded in Acts 8:1 and Acts 13:46. Certain words or phrases repeated emphasize meanings to the passages. One of the repetitions of Matthew’s Gospel is the idea,
P r e p a r e t h e M a t e r i a l 73 “All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet.” This is repeated in Matthew 1:22; 2:15; 2:17; 2:23, etc. Ask yourself questions about the setting of the Scriptures you are studying. Some of those questions might include: What are the circumstances? What caused this to be done or said? Why are these words repeated? To whom is this spoken, written, and why? Go to the context for the answers. It will enrich your understanding of the passage and give you examples and illustrations to use in preaching and teaching. Application 7. Describe how the setting of Scripture helps us to interpret Bible passages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Who Is Speaking? “‘Curse God and die!’” (Job 2:9). If these words sound strange coming from the Bible, it is because you may not know who said them and under what circumstances. Job’s wife made this statement when she saw her husband’s terrible condition after he lost all but his life. The context shows that Job rejected her words and remained firm in his faith in God. It will help you to correctly interpret the statement if you know who is speaking and under what circumstances. Identify a speaker as a godly or a wicked person, for both are recorded in Scripture. The words of the devil (Genesis 3:1–5; Matthew 4:1–11, etc.), along with the words of evil men like King Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 4:28–30) and Haman (Esther 3:8–9), are in the Bible. Obviously, you would consider the words of wicked people differently from those of the godly. All Scripture is inspired by God, but all the people who speak in the Bible were not intended to be our examples. For this reason it is important to know who is speaking.
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