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Overview & Review: Application - Coggle Diagram
Overview & Review: Application
Process of Application
Note: Always have an attitude of dependence on God throughout the application process.
Know yourself.
Be honest about your strengths and weaknesses.
Be open to the perspective of others.
Be teachable.
Identify if the applications are transferable across time and space to other audiences.
Is it a broad theological or moral principle??
Consider cultural context. Does it have the same significance as it did then?
Find appropriate applications that embody the broader principles.
Memorize it.
Write it down somewhere.
Problem with application.
Mistaking interpretation for application.
Only applying in the area of behavior.
Responding to emotion only.
Procrastination.
Frustration.
Identifying if the specific teaching in Scripture applies to oneself or if the general principles applies.
Teachings of the epistles directly apply to us.
Teachings of narratives and Old Testament laws indirectly apply to us via a general principle.
How to practice application.
Be specific.
Be prayerful.
Set appropriate goals and courses.
Establish accountability.
Evaluate your own progress.
Definition of application.
The purpose of the Scripture is to change people through their spiritual life.
Putting the truth of Scripture into practice is the ultimate goal of Scripture in general.
Finale: The process of discovering the principles of truth in Scripture that are meant to affect one's belief and behavior and diligently putting that truth into practice in one's life.