Application

Application is very important for Christian believers

The Bible was given to us so that it could produce change in our lives and cause us to be more like Christ.

Scripture helps us live our lives

Scripture helps us know God more

Scripture is practical

Two types of Application

Specific Direct Application

General Indirect Application

A general overview or main theme that can be taken from Scripture and applied to our lives

A command that can be directly applied to our lives

Culture and Context

Readers need to consider culture and context because certain applications are specific to the culture and context that that the Scripture was written in.

Certain passages apply to certain groups in Scripture

In the Epistles, some passages are directed towards men, women, children, and slaves. Not every verse can be applied to one person.

Readers need to look for a particular passage in other places of the Bible

Is the message of the passage written about elsewhere in the Bible?

How does a particular application apply to my relationship with God? With myself?

How do other characters in the Bible apply the Scriptures? For instance, in the Old Testament, how did certain Biblical characters apply the Scripture to their lives?

Pray and ask God to help you apply Scripture

God may reveal something to you that is different than what someone else may have gathered and understood while reading a text.

Scripture can impact each person in a different way.