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Sebastien Braxton

How to Study the Bible- Part 2

We talked yesterday about why is it difficult to study the Bible or to love to study the Bible.

We talked about what you should do before you study the Bible.

And then we talked about how to know what to study.

This is a big part of reviving your devotional life.

When you think about a preacher that you typically enjoy, you think about the fact that what they're preaching about is relevant to your life.

When a preacher gets up and starts talking, back in my day, we used to walk 10 miles to school and you know, da da da da, now these young people taking the bus, you're thinking this is not relevant to my life.

That's great that you used to walk 10 miles.

But the message is not necessarily relevant.

But when someone starts talking about issues you're actually facing in your actual life, then you start, your ears perk up.

You're thinking, how did this man know what I'm dealing with?

It draws you into the word of God, into the message, into the story, because of its relevance.

So with Bible study, relevance is fundamental to making sure that we grow in our love for the Bible and understanding how to study, because as long as you have interest, your mind will be focused.

Now, we left off yesterday talking about the different kinds of literature in the Bible.

So when you study the Bible, you have to recognize, after you find your topic, you say, oh, I found it in this book of the Bible we said with Proverbs.

Proverbs is a type of poetry in the Bible.

So an understanding, I want to talk to you about some basic genres in the Bible and some pointers to how to really begin to dive into that particular genre of the Bible.

All right, so let's start with Hebrew poetry.

Now, let it be known that these genres sometimes overlap.

So when Adam saw Eve in Genesis chapter 2, and he says, this is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh, that was poetry.

You know, this is what happens when a brother sees a fine woman, right?

And so In the same sense, studying that part of Genesis, you really need to understand some pieces of poetry.

This is now bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh.

You see, in Hebrew poetry, it is not about the repetition of sound, but the repetition of thought.

So in English poetry, we'll say roses are red, violets are blue, I love Sebastian Braxton, and so do you.

And it was poetic because the sounds rhymed.

There's even preachers who preach that way.

So if you don't want strife, feed on the bread of life.

That's what we say, because he's rhyming.

Now there is a big difference between poetry and hip hop, but that's for another seminar.

But regardless of the fact is that in Hebrew it is not about the repetition of sound, it's the repetition of what?

Thought, just to make sure you're still with me.

So in a Hebrew context, right, this is now bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh.

He's repeating the same thing in different ways.

Or you plan to buy the book, so either 1.

So this is bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh.

So is there a difference between bone of my bone or flesh of my flesh?

It is the same thought repeated in different words.

To be specific, there's 3 kinds of parallelisms you want to look for in poetry.

The first parallelism is called a synonymous parallelism.

So it's the same idea in different words.

So another example of a synonymous parallelism, let's say it would be trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding.

If you trust in the Lord with all your heart, You're not leaning to your own understanding because trust and leaning are related So now you see how the Bible writer is equating these concepts in the Bible So we say what does it mean to have faith in God?

So it means to lean upon him Are you following that and That's how the poet is trying to express this particular biblical truth.

So as you understand these concepts, you begin to see the Bible come out to you.

Even the prophets use poetry to do their things, right?

He's repeating the same concept in different words.

Is there a difference between Lord of Lords and King of Kings?

And this is also how you can begin to prove how, let's say, the angel of the Lord is God, just by understanding these parallelisms in the Bible.

The second type of parallelism is what we call contrasting parallelism.

So what that means is, the first 1 is contrasted by the second 1.

So sometimes things are made clear by bringing up the opposition.

We have a saying, you know, when you deal with people who are afraid to confront their issues in life.

Soon as things get stressful or tight, a little steamy, they're like, yeah, I got to pull out.

So you go into a conversation, and someone raises their voice, you just, all right, have a good afternoon.

Or you know, I said I would show up at 10, but it's 11.

You just decide, you know, I'm just going to not show up at all.

Because I don't wanna deal with the conflict of what's gonna happen when I show up.

Well, in the same sense, we say contradiction is the mother of clarity.

When you have 2 opposing things, Sometimes it helps things to be clear.

For example, sometimes young people come and say, I want to know God's will for my life.

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