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Flame - Context
(from the album Rewind)
© copyright 2006, Cross Movement
Verse1: The first task of the interpreter is called
exegesis/(extra Jesus)/ naw I said exegesis man/ it’s a
Latin word don’t be scared/ matter of fact I laughed when I
first heard it too/ its spelled e-x-e-g-e-s-i-s/ guarantee
you learn this process and you’ll be blessed/ exegesis is
the careful systematic/ study of scripture for the Christian
this should be a habit/ but to discover the original
intended meaning/ of the author to his audience is
exegeting/ but to do this man you need some tools/ so let me
recommend a couple of things you should use/ aight cool/
first man you need this book/it’s called a commentary and it
helps you to further look/ into some essential things you
need to check/ in order for you to properly interpret the
text
Hook: With this skill this should keep you from heresy/ and
keep you from going through theological therapy/, the words
of God will change your life/ if you Keep the text in its
context/ with this skill/ this should keep you from heresy/
and keep you from going through theological therapy/ the
words of God will change your life/ if you keep the text in
its context
Verse 2: You need some more books I know its gettin’ scary/
but you need some definitions get a bible dictionary/to go
without these tools you can’t afford it/ that’s why you need
this book called a concordance/ and every time you start to
think this is too much to do/ I recommend you reflect on 2
Timothy 2/and 15/and you’ll see what I mean/ simply because
the serpent is lurking to glean/ those who don’t read/ and
those who don’t study/ to keep a lock on this treasure/ from
unlocking the pleasure/ cause God’s word is lovely/ that’s
why we hold it as precious as pearls/ to let our exegetical
work reflect to the world/ in accuracy/ hoping that you
happy to see/ the very words God breathe handle accurately/
yeah so many take text out of context/ and come up with mess
and more nonsense
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Verse 3: What you don’t wanna do is called eisegesis/(I see
Jesus)/ naw I said eisegesis man/ you a silly dude its Latin
too/ and that’s just the act of when your adding to/ or the
process of reading one’s own meaning/ into the text and
that’s just eisegeting/ don’t fret I know these words are
new/ and phrases to/ but it’s cool to go back to school/ its
spell ei-se-gesis/ guarantee you learn this process and
God’ll be vexed/ a text can never mean what it never meant
before/ to its original reader or author/ so if you run into
a difficult passage and you know the Bible never contradicts
itself/ then turn the pages to a parallel passage and just
let the scriptures interpret itself
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