The general revelation of God through His creation is enough for man to know He exists and to condemn man. It is the special revelation of God's Word that is needed to know how to be saved from God's judgment and reconciled to a right relationship with God. Understanding God's Word who not only gave the word but created man with the ability to understand what He has said is a matter of having access to it and reading it using the regular methods of understanding and interpreting written language. That literal method of interpretation involves: the historical time, setting, and culture it was written and written to originally. It must be read according to the rules of grammar in the context of the sentence, paragraph, and book. In the reading the Scripture is always consistent with itself so comparing Scripture with Scripture will help explain difficult passages. It must be remembered that the Scripture has one single meaning so there is only one interpretation of a passage recognizing God gave His revelation over time so there is a progress of revelation from Genesis to Revelation. A simple principle to apply is the simplest interpretation will prove most accurate to understand what God meant when He said what has been written.
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In the fall of 1969, Gil began a full-time teaching ministry as Senior Pastor of Indian Hills Community Church. He also earned his Ph.D. from the California Graduate School of Theology. The focus of Pastor Rugh’s ministry is systematic, verse-by-verse teaching of the Bible. As a...