SCRIPTURE TEXT for the DECEMBER 2015 Preaching Clinic Participants

Hi there!

Thanks for being there at the SMX Room 3 last Sunday, December 20, 2015.

Please select from among the TEXTS below for your actual PREACHING TIME on January 2016.

get ready ....

go and preach it!
[mare sure to submit the outline and notes you made to your supervisor trainor]

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THESE SCRIPTURE TEXTS will be used during our NEW BIENNIAL YEARS 2016-2017 at HIS LIFE Nation-Wide and even around the world!

YOU ARE THE FIRST TO PREACH IT!

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CHOOSE BELOW:
happy NEW year
same OLD passion
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Our Biennial Verse/s focus 2016-2017 at HIS LIFE MINISTRIES
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1)  HABAKKUK 2:14 [English Standard Version]
"For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea"
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2)  DEUTERONOMY 28:13 [English Standard Version]
"And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them"
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3)  PHILIPPIANS 1:27 [English Standard Version]
"Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
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OUR 2016 - 2017 Biennial Verse/s

REQUIRED READING

This is a REQUIRED READING BEFORE COMING TO CLASS
PREACHING CLINIC
BORROWED ARTICLE

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The 7 rules of bible interpretation
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"And so we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts. But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation."
(2 Peter 1:19,20 NAS)
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We can't have a "sure word" about the meaning of Scripture (or anything else) unless we have a sure method to interpret the words. The following seven rules are the center of all grammatical interpretation. They have been accepted and used by scholars from Socrates to the present. While my hope is that they will be used to "rightly divide the word of truth" of the Holy Bible, they are equally applicable to legal, historical, and other such language.

Since the Bible teaches that God is not the author of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33), how can the many disagreements today between Christians and the proliferation of the cults be explained since all, or nearly all, claim to use the Bible as the basis of their doctrines?  Nearly all false doctrines taught today by Christians and cultists alike can be traced to the distortion of the meaning of Biblical words. These seven rules are prayerfully offered in the hope that they may help many come to the truth of what God says in His Word.

Guy Duty said in his book Divorce and Remarriage writes:
"When two interpretations are claimed for a Scripture, the construction most in agreement with all the facts of the case should be adopted.  When all the facts of an interpretation are in agreement they sound together in harmony, like notes in a chord.”

"Biblical interpretation is more than knowing a set of rules, but it cannot be done without the rules.
So, learn the rules, and rightly apply them...."
(Divorce and Remarriage, Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1967)

Here are the seven rules:

1) The rule of DEFINITION:
What does the word mean?  Any study of Scripture must begin with a study of words.  Define your terms and then keep to the terms defined. The interpreter should conscientiously abide by the plain meaning of the words. This quite often may require using a Hebrew / English or Greek / English lexicon in order to make sure that the sense of the English translation is understood.    A couple of good examples of this are the Greek words "allos" and "heteros". Both are usually translated as "another" in English - yet "allos" literally means "another of the same type" and "heteros" means "another of a different type."

2) The rule of USAGE:
It must be remembered that the Old Testament was written originally by, to and for Jews. The words and idioms must have been intelligible to them - just as the words of Christ when talking to them must have been. The majority of the New Testament likewise was written in a milieu of Greco-Roman (and to a lesser extent Jewish) culture and it is important to not impose our modern usage into our interpretation. It is not worth much  to  interpret  a  great many phrases and histories if one's interpretations are shaded by pre-conceived notions and cultural biases, thereby rendering an inaccurate and ineffectual lesson.

3) The rule of CONTEXT:
The meaning must be gathered from the context. Every word you read must be understood in the light of the words that come before and after it. Many passages will not be understood at all, or understood incorrectly, without the help afforded by the context. A good example of this is the Mormon practice of using 1 Corinthians  8:5b: "...for there be gods many and lords many..." as a "proof text" of their doctrine of polytheism. However, a simple reading of the whole verse in the context of the whole chapter (e.g. where Paul calls these gods "so-called"), plainly demonstrates that Paul is not teaching polytheism.

4) The rule of HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
The interpreter must have some awareness of the life and society of the times in which the  Scripture was written. The spiritual principle will be timeless but often can't be properly appreciated without some knowledge of the background. If the interpreter can have in his mind what the writer had in his mind when he wrote - without adding any excess baggage from the interpreter's own culture or society - then the true thought of the Scripture can be captured resulting in an accurate interpretation. Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "Our only interest in the past is for the light it throws upon the present."

5) The rule of LOGIC:
Interpretation is merely logical reasoning. When interpreting Scripture, the use of reason is everywhere to be assumed. Does the interpretation make sense? The Bible was given to us in the form of human language and therefore appeals to human reason - it invites investigation. It is to be interpreted as we would any other volume: applying the laws of language and grammatical analysis.

As Bernard Ramm said:
"What is the control we use to weed out false theological speculation? Certainly the control is logic and evidence... interpreters who have not had the sharpening experience of logic… may have improper  notions of implication and evidence. Too frequently such a person uses a basis of appeal that is a notorious violation of the laws of logic and evidence." (Protestant Biblical Interpretation, Boston:W. A. Wilde, 1956)

6) The rule of PRECEDENT:
We must not violate the known usage of a word and invent another for which there is no precedent. Just as a judge's chief occupation is the study of previous cases, so must the interpreter use precedents in order to determine whether they really support an alleged doctrine. Consider the Bereans in Acts 17:10-12 who were called "noble" because they searched the Scriptures to determine if what Paul taught them was true.

7) The rule of INFERENCE:
An inference is a fact reasonably implied from another fact. It is a logical consequence. It derives a conclusion from a given fact or premise. It is the deduction of one proposition from another proposition. Such inferential facts or propositions are sufficiently binding when their truth is established by competent and satisfactory evidence. Competent evidence means such evidence as the nature of the thing to be proved admits. Satisfactory evidence means that amount of proof which would ordinarily satisfy an unprejudiced mind beyond a reasonable doubt. Jesus used this rule when he proved the     resurrection of the dead to the unbelieving Sadducees in Matt. 22:23-33.
Learning these seven rules and properly applying them will help keep any interpreter from     making errors and will hopefully alleviate many of the disagreements unfortunately present in Christianity today.

"A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: to understand a proverb, and the interpretation." (Proverbs 1:5,6)
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A Special READING ARTICLE for all LTS  Students of  His Life Ministries PHILIPPINES.

Delivery in Preaching

PREACHING Delivery
COMPILED NOTES FOR LEADERSHIP TRAINING SCHOOL

The Preacher’s Preparation:

1. Be a witness in everything.
2. Have a love for the work of God and for souls
3. Learn to speak as eloquently and correctly as possible, not using vulgar phrases and expressions.
4. Use a dictionary constantly, learn some grammar.
5. Study daily and prepare yourself in the Word.
6. Study books, chapters, passages and people.
7. Apply your message to your own personal life first.
8. Learn by heart those verses, which will help you in your message.
9. Learn by heart the books of the Bible.

Expressions and Actions

1. General observations:

• Keep your own personality.
• Resist the temptation to become an actor.
• Digest and imbibe borrowed thoughts before preaching them.
• Have something to say and be confident that it's worth saying
• Eat moderately before preaching.
• Get into the habit of correcting your own faults.

2. The Voice:

• The voice is the orator's instrument and you should know:
• The minimum and maximum range of your voice.
• The volume.
• The melody, sweetness and flexibility.

3. Improve your voice:

• Sing notes.
• Read out loud.
• Get into the habit of pronouncing with care.
• Do vocal exercises.

4. Using your voice to speak in public:

• Don't begin in a very loud or very low voice.
• Do not allow your voice to decline in the final words of a sentence.
• Be aware of when you pause for breath, and learn to breathe using all the strength of your lungs.
• Frequently fix your eyes on the hearers who are furthest away,  to ensure that they can all hear you.
• A monotonous tone destroys eloquence, as does too much shouting.

5. Do not read too many Bible passages, keep a balance:

• Reading the Bible in public.
• The selected passage should relate directly to the message.
• Announce the passage clearly two or three times .
• The reading may include responses.
• Ensure that you have read the passage previously so that you can read it with power and clarity.
• Learn to read well, slowly and clearly, emphasising the important words and phrases

TEXTS you may choose from FOR YOUR PREACHING CLINIC 2015

Hi there!
please select from among the TITLES for your PREACHING CLINIC!
get ready ....
go and preach it!

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THESE ARE TAKEN from the A.D. series that we will be using
this 2015 at HIS LIFE MINISTRIES
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CHOOSE BELOW:

SERMON: THE GRAVE ROBBER
(By Mark Batterson) Scripture: John 11:25-26
Main Idea: Everyone wants a miracle. But here’s the catch: No one
wants to be in a situation that necessitates one! Of course, you can’t
have one without the other. The prerequisite for a miracle is a problem,
and the bigger the problem, the greater the potential miracle.
He is the God who can make your impossible possible!

SERMON: THE REALITY OF THE RESURRECTION
(By Wilfredo “Choco” De Jesús) Scripture: John 20:26-29
Main Idea: It matters how we treat the resurrection. It either entertains
us or propels us forward. Jesus’s resurrection is meant to
be real in our everyday lives—not tucked away in some nice little
story, but living, breathing, and powerfully stirring our lives just as
it was in the lives of the disciples.

SERMON: THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
(By Dr. George O. Wood) Scripture: Acts 2:1-4
Main Idea: The Holy Spirit’s arrival at Pentecost fulfilled Jesus’s promise in Acts chapter 1, resulting in great revival and a worldchanging
missions movement that is still happening today.

SERMON: STAND
(By Herbert Cooper) Scripture: Acts 4:18-20
Main Idea: Every day for the rest of our lives, we will face circumstances
and situations where we have to choose whether we will
stand for Christ. Peter and John had every reason in the world to not
stand for Christ. They were imprisoned, threatened, and their lives
endangered, but they chose to stand and God did powerful things in
and through their lives.

SERMON: YOU CAN’T STOP THE UNSTOPPABLE
(By Christine Caine) Scripture: Acts 5:29-32
Main Idea: God used the martyring of Stephen to bring about
growth, expansion, influence, and eternal life. What seemed to be
an impossible situation and a dead end became the beginning of
new life and the pathway to salvation for many.

SERMON: THE PEBBLE PLAN
(By Phil Hopersberger) Scripture: Acts 1:8
Main Idea: Start making a concerted effort to share the Gospel
and be involved in the Great Commission right where God has you
today, in your Jerusalem, and be open to “ring out” even farther to
your Judea or Samaria, or even to the ends of the earth.

SERMON: THE DRAGON DILEMMA
(By Phil Hopersberger) Scripture: Romans 8:28-29
Main Idea: Just as was true for the believers in the early Church,
God has a purpose for trials and persecution in each of our lives.

SERMON: UNDENIABLE: WHAT EVEN SKEPTICS BELIEVE
(By Dr. Rice Broocks) Scripture: Acts 9:1-16
Main Idea: In a court of law, the burden of proof is “beyond a
reasonable doubt,” not “possible doubt.” Skeptics say things like
“Isn’t it possible that His disciples stole His body and then went out
to preach He had been resurrected?” Yes, that’s possible, but it’s
not reasonable. To make a rational, reasonable decision, we don’t
really need 100 percent certainty about anything. In the same way,
God has given us enough evidence to believe.