What Does It Say?

Woman: I read the Bible every day, but sometimes I have no clue what I just read!

Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth: Before we can interpret and apply God’s Word, we need to understand what it says. Here are a few ways you can answer the question, “What does it say?”

One is to summarize.

Woman: One: discussion about suffering and sin. Two: blind man healed. Three: . . .

Nancy: Write the passage in your own words.

Woman: It just so happened that Jesus healed this guy on Saturday, and it made some people . . .

Nancy: Or you can ask questions, as if you were writing a news story. Who wrote this?

Woman: The apostle John.

Nancy: What happened?

Woman: He made mud with His saliva.

Nancy: When was it written?

Woman: I'm going to have to look that one up.

Nancy: Where did this happen?

Woman: It looks like just outside the Temple in Jerusalem.

Nancy: How did it happen?  Why was this written?

Woman: He recorded all the miracles to help us believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.

First, discover what the passage says; then don't forget to apply it to your own life.

With Seeking Him, I'm Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth.