Lesson Seven
This is the final lesson in the series and therefore, we will conclude by demonstrating how to execute a textual detailed study.
Instructions:
Remember the first rule of good observation is “the pencil is one of the best eyes,” and so the textual worksheet is an excellent tool that will help you reveal so much more to you in a text.
The text below is from Hebrews 10. In order to do this exactly as it is being described you will need to print off this text and put the text in front of you on a hard copy sheet of paper.
Then spend the next 15 minutes noting all you can see and making observations on your sheet.
Underline, box, circle, make arrows, and whatever else allows your mind the freedom to see all that God has revealed.
Remember, until you have actually written your thoughts down or made notations, your mind is not free to see more.
Therefore, use your pencils and practice.
Hebrews 10
19 Therefore, brothers,[a] since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
26 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.