Every text has a context: the sentence, the book, and the whole story of the Bible.
Three questions
- What did it mean to them? Start with the original readers.
- Where does it sit in the story? Creation, fall, redemption, new creation.
- How does it point to Christ? Jesus said the Scriptures "testify of me" (John 5:39).
Reading carefully is a way of loving God with our minds.
