Wouldn’t
it be wonderful to interpret the scripture just as Jesus did? Wouldn’t it be
helpful to use Jesus hermeneutic in all biblical interpretation? Is it possible
to understand and employ Jesus hermeneutic? If Jesus had a specific hermeneutic
and, if we could understand it, why wouldn’t the followers of Jesus use his
hermeneutic only? The answers to all of these questions should be a resounding
yes/of course. Jesus most definitely taught his followers a unique distinctive
hermeneutic so I will try to uncover it.
Looking
at Jesus and his followers presuppositions:
#1 Jesus
and his followers redefined the phrase/term word of God, word, word of truth,
word of the truth, from scripture to either Himself the living word or the
gospel.
I
have already written several posts on this subject. I will list them all below
so that you can look at them one by one. I would suggest that before you do
that you read through this post completely so that you do not need to be
clicking backward and forward.
- The Scripture and The Word of God; are these terms interchangeable? Part I
- The Scripture and The Word of God; are these terms interchangeable? Part II
- What Did Jesus Teach His Followers About Scripture?
- The Scripture and the Word of Truth are These Terms Interchangeable?
- What About 2 Tim 3:16?
- Is the Scripture the Sword of the Spirit or, is it the Gospel and Jesus?
If you read these posts you will see that
overwhelmingly Jesus and his followers defined the phrases word of truth, word
of God, word of his grace and word as the gospel or Jesus the living gospel. So
here is the point of this post…. If Jesus and his followers defined the word of
God, word of truth and word as the gospel or himself the living word… why would
his followers define the word of God, word of truth, word as the scripture?
The fact is that this presupposition changes our
view greatly. First, not every message of the scripture has equal value. Some
messages of the scripture take precedence over others. Even the Pharisees
taught that. For them, Mose and the five books of the Torah had preeminence and
precedence over all others. Interestingly, the book of Hebrews, chapter three
overthrows the preeminence of Moses. So then, Moses has to be viewed through
the lens of Jesus and his followers.
Not taking anything from Moses, but Christ is greater than Moses. The problem is that some are stuck in the Old Covenant (The Old Testament. They are not believers of Jesus Christ (the gospel). Yes Moses led many out of Egypt, but Jesus led us all out of the bondage of sin by shedding His blood!
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