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Can you describe how each step builds on the previous one?
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You have to decipher the content before applying meaning to the words and phrases as God sees them.
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Your read carefully by reading and Obersving then you interprete in ones head and them apply it into your life.
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They must be in the proper order of observation, interpretation, and application. Each skill must be accurate to invoke growth in the next step.
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Observation draws out the details, allowing for a more potent interpretation. Interpretation draws out the meaning from the details of the text, allowing for a clear application.
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When we truly observe what is going on in the text and interact with it with questions and understanding what is actually being said and shown to us, only then can we interpret the meaning. So much of the Bible builds off of what was previously said, and unless we notice these parts and see how they are connected and what they mean together, we cannot interpret the full meaning. Additionally, we need to understand the cultural references and how readers would have interpreted the text. If we do not fully understand the text, we cannot live it out in our lives, or rather, we will be too timid to live out what we don’t quite understand or we we will be living out a lie with false confidence.
