Sublime

We might summarize these four major points like this: God, man, Christ, and response.

Question: What is the theological principle in this text?

Until we have determined a passage’s purpose, we are not ready to preach its truths, even if we know many true facts about the text.

2 Corinthians 5

So we are confronted here with an old problem.

But the distinction remains at the heart of knowing how to preserve a biblical understanding of God.

The gospel is a stark message, and it intrudes into the world’s thinking and priorities with sharp, bracing truths.

The greatest danger you will face is that you will focus too narrowly or too quickly on certain features of the text and, by neglecting surrounding details, will misinterpret the whole.

4. Choose a translation that is appropriate for your own particular purpose at the time.