Application
Is this directly applicable to me?
How do I make disciples?
Meaning and Application
Meaning is the author intent
:Application is the response of the reader to the meaning of inspired text.
Timeless proposition
Jesus gave his disciples a great commission to go an make the disciples of all nation
Challenges to correct application
relevance to my life
Jesus is with me to the end of the age
Jesus calls me to make disciples of all nation
Different between the original and us
Culture
Some practice and commands in Scripture reflect an ancient practise or custom that was unique to the author's culture but foreign to our modern culture
In some cases only the principle behind the ancient custom is authoritative.
In other cases the ancient practice may be appropriate, even though it is foreign to secular culture
Two Kind of Application
Guidelines for Applying Scripture: Implicit
General principle can be derived from direct commands (easy & hard)
implicit actions and statements found in narratives (harder)
The consequence implies that it was or not commendable.
The supposed principle is explicitly taught in the New Testament
The action or statement is commended (right) or Correct (wrong)