Lesson 9: The Heart of Interpretation
Assignment
The Bible demands that we apply it to our lives.
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Applying the Principle
Vertical Application (Love for God)
In the answer box below, apply your assigned passage vertically by answering these four questions and by drawing on the interpretative principles from lessons 6–8 (especially interpreting with Christ as the key):
Commands: How does this passage teach me what it means to love God?
Means: How does this passage empower me to love God?
Motivations: How does this passage motivate me to love God?
Anchors: How does this passage anchor my love for God in truths about him?
Horizontal Application (Love for Others)
In the answer box below, apply your assigned passage horizontally by answering these five questions and by drawing on the interpretative principles from lessons 6–8 (especially interpreting with Christ as the key):
How does this passage call me to love my church?
How does this passage call me to love my family?
How does this passage call me to live at work?
How does this passage relate to my responsibility toward government?
How does this passage call me to love others (especially the family of believers as well as the poor and marginalized)?