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The importance of observation.

INTRODUCTION

WHAT DO JASON BOURNE & A STUDENT OF THE BIBLE

HAVE IN COMMON?

INTRODUCTION

ANSWER:THE POWER OF OBSERVATION

THINGS TO LOOK FOR IN SENTENCES

1. Repetition of Words

Look for words that repeat.


“But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

I Peter 1:15-16

Questions: 1)How many times is the word “holy” used?

2)Is “holy” the same part of speech in each occurrence?


1. Repetition of WordsHow many times is this word repeated in the immediate context?Is this word repeated in the wider context?Does the repeated word always serve the same function? Does the repeated word utilize the same meaning each time it occurs?


“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”

Proverbs 15:1

Questions: 1)What word indicates a contrast?

2)What two items are being contrasted?


“For you were once darkness, but now you are the light in the Lord.”

Ephesians 5:8

Questions: 1)What word indicates a contrast?

2)What two items are being contrasted?


2. ContrastWhat word signals the contrast?What ideas, individuals, or items are being contrasted?


3. Comparisons

Look for items, ideas or individuals that are compared with each other.


“Like a muddied spring or a polluted well are the righteous who give way to the wicked.”

Proverbs 25:26

Questions: 1)To what 2 items are the righteous compared?

2)How are the righteous “who give way to the wicked” like a “muddied spring” or “polluted well”?


3. ComparisonsWhat ideas, individuals, or items are being compared?What similarities are being drawn upon?


4. Lists

When you observe more than two itemized things, then you are observing a list.


“God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.”

Exodus 2:24

Questions: 1)What 3 items are in this list?

2)What is the order of this list?


“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”

Galatians 5:22-23

Questions: 1)How many items are listed in this passage?

2)What is the order of this list?


4. ListsHow many items are in the list?What items are in the list?Is there any significance to how the items are grouped or listed?


5. Cause and Effect


“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”

Proverbs 15:1

Questions: 1)What is the first cause-effect relationship in this verse?

2)What is the second cause-effect relationship in this verse?


“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Romans 6:23

Questions: 1)What is the cause-effect relationship in this verse?


5. Cause and EffectDoes the cause have one effect or more than one?Have you clearly labeled the cause and the effect?


6. Figures of Speech

When images are communicated with words that are being used in a sense other than the normal, literal sense.


“You word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”

Psalm 119:105

Questions: 1)What is the figure of speech in this verse?


“I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.”

I Corinthians 3:6

Questions: 1)What is the figure of speech in this verse?


6. Figures of SpeechWhat word or phrase is being used in a sense other than its normal literal sense?


7. Conjunctions

Conjunctions hold our phrases and sentences together.


“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Romans 6:23

Questions: 1)What conjunctions do you see in this verse?

2)What purpose does each conjunction fulfill?


“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”

Colossians 3:12

Questions: 1)What conjunctions do you see in this verse?

2)What purpose does each conjunction fulfill?


7. ConjunctionsWhat function does the conjunction serve?

Connecting (and)

Contrasting (but)

Concluding (therefore)


8. Verbs

Verbs communicate the action of the sentence.


“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.”

Colossians 3:1

Questions: 1)List the verbs in this verse?

2)Identify the voice for the verb “have been raised”.

3)Identify the voice for the verb “set”.


“So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.”

Galatians 5:16

Questions: 1)What is the tense of the verb “say”?

2)What type of verb is “live”?

3)What is the tense of the verb “will not gratify”?


8. VerbsWhat is the tense of the verb? (present, past, future, perfect)What is the voice of the verb? (active or passive)Is the verb an imperative?Who is the subject of the verb?Does the verb have a direct object or indirect object?


9. Pronouns

Pronouns take the place of nouns.


“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.”

Ephesians 1:3

Questions: 1)Identify the pronouns in this verse.

2)What is the antecedent for each pronoun?


9. PronounsWhat is the antecedent of the pronoun?Is the pronoun personal or possessive?What is the person (1st/2nd/3rd) and number (singular or plural) of the pronoun?

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