Living by the Book/Living by the Book Workbook Set (123 page)
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Authors: Howard G. Hendricks,William D. Hendricks
Tags: #Religion, #Christian Life, #Spiritual Growth, #Biblical Reference, #General
Again, begin with Scripture itself to see what you can find. Only after you have found what you can about the disease of leprosy and the issue of demon possession, turn to other sources. How did the people in this culture deal with such problems?
And again, what is the lesson for our own culture? We don’t usually see a lot of people afflicted with leprosy or evil spirits. But how can we apply this portion of Scripture to our own lives?
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RINCIPLES
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CRIPTURE
TODAY’S PASSAGE:
Leviticus 16
TIME COMMITMENT:
60 minutes
“Crafting useful and accurate principles requires accurate understanding of the text and perceptive insight into our own context. Here are several questions to help you develop and apply biblically sound principles.
| What can you discover about the original context in which this passage was written and applied? |
| Given that original context, what does this text mean? |
| What fundamental, universal truths are presented in this passage? |
| Can you state that truth in a simple sentence or two, a statement that anyone could understand? |
| What issues in your own culture and your own situation does this truth address? |
| What are the implications of this principle when applied to your life and the world around you? What changes does it require? What values does it reinforce? What difference does it make?” (p. 359). |
