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vs.1 Blessed
 Means happy in an inner I want to be blessed/happy


 spiritual way I will … (do what?)





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3 things to avoid: 
 


 

Means ChrisEans must not I must be so careful of the
(1) Does not walk in the
listen to the worlds counsel. counsel I receive so I will
counsel of wicked
Follow aHer counsel of God. always do the will of God. I

 will get my counsel from

World is filled with it's
counselors and can lead

 (you answer)
ChrisEans astray.
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(2) Nor stand in way of There is a pathway of sin
sinners which ChrisEans must flee.
Sin can be so tempEng and
cause us to stand in it's path,
which leads to destrucEon.
APPLICATION
I/We must be so careful not
to get caught in the path of
sin. I need to walk in
righteousness by…


(you answer)
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(3) Sit in the seat of scoffers
INTERPRETATION APPLICATION
(Note the progression from I/We can never be happy or
walking to siTng.) blessed if we mock and make
fun of others. I will guard my
heart and mouth by …

Scoffers = mockers
(you answer)
Cultural Issues
 Cultural Issues
There Is A Cultural Gap
Understanding the Bible
properly requires that we clear
our minds of all ideas of our
own day.
 Cultural Issues
Cultural Background
•Nahum – you need some
knowledge of Nineveh
•Habakkuk – you need some
knowledge of Babylonians
 Cultural Issues
What Do We Mean?
The total pattern of human
behavior like: thought, speech,
action, and artifacts, and as -
the customary beliefs, social
forms, religious, etc.
 Cultural Issues
The 11 Categories Of Culture
Political, religious, economic,
legal, agricultural,
architectural, clothing,
domestic, geographical,
military, and social
Roy Zuck
Author, Pastor
Cultural Issues
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Culture: Political
Why did Jonah not want to go
to Nineveh?
 Cultural Issues
Culture: Political
Why did Boaz go to the city
gate to talk with town elders
about Naomi’s land? (Ru. 4:1)
 Cultural Issues
Culture: Religious
Why did Moses give the
strange command, “Do not
cook a young goat in it’s
mother’s milk”? (Ex. 23:19;
34:26)
 Cultural Issues
Culture: Religious
Why did Elijah suggest Mount
Carmel as the site of his
contest with the 450 Baal
prophets? (1 Kings 18:19)
 Cultural Issues
Culture: Economic
Why did Elimelech’s closest
relative give his sandal to
Boaz? (Ruth 4:8, 17)
 Cultural Issues
Culture: Economic
Why did Eliphaz accuse Job
of demanding "security from
your brothers for no
reason?" (Job 22:6)
 Cultural Issues
Culture: Legal
In 2 Kings 2:9 when Elisha
said to Elijah, “Let me inherit a
double portion of your spirit”
was he asking for twice as
much power?
 Cultural Issues
Culture: Legal
Does "Firstborn over all
creation" mean that Christ
was created? (Col 1:15)
 Cultural Issues
Culture: Agricultural
What is so unusual about
Samuel calling on the Lord for
rain at the time of the wheat
harvest in 1 Samuel 12:17?
 Cultural Issues
Culture: Agricultural
Did Jesus make an error
when He said the mustard
seed was the smallest? (Matt
13:31-32)
 Cultural Issues
Culture: Architectural
Why did the disciples meet in
an upper room? (Acts 1:13)
 Cultural Issues
Culture: Architectural
How could Rahab have her
house on a wall? (Josh 2:15)
 Cultural Issues
Culture: Clothing
What is meant by the
command, “Gird up your loins”
in Job 38:3, 40:7, 1 Peter 1:13
 Cultural Issues
Culture: Clothing
What is meant by the clause,
"scoop fire into his lap"? (Prov.
6:27)
 Cultural Issues
Culture: Domestic
Why did the man in Luke 9:59
say he wanted to go bury his
father before he could follow
Jesus?
 Cultural Issues
Culture: Domestic
Why were the five virgins
foolish for having taken lamps
but no extra oil? (Matt.
25:1-13)
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Culture: Geographical
Why did Jesus speak of a man
going “down” from Jerusalem
to Jericho when Jericho is
located northeast of
Jerusalem? (Luke 10:30)
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Culture: Geographical
Why did the message to the
Laodiceans say that the
people of the church "were
lukewarm - neither hot nor
cold"? (Rev 3:1)
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Culture: Military
Why did Paul say in 2
Corinthians 2:14 that God
“always leads us in triumphal
procession in Christ?”
 Cultural Issues
Culture: Military
Why did Habakkuk say that
the Babylonians "heap up
rubble to capture cities"?
(Hab. 1:10)
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Where Do You Find This Info?
•Manners and Customs in Bible Times
•IVP Bible Background Commentary
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Dangers - Extrabiblical Info
One must always ask: Did the biblical author
really assume that his readers would know
this fact?
 Building a 

Reference Library
Richard Baxter
Puritan Preacher
Building a Reference Library
10 Recommended Books

#1 The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

#2 The New Unger's Bible Dictionary
#3 Nave’s Complete Word Study Topical Bible
#4 Halley’s Bible Handbook
Building a Reference Library
10 Recommended Books

#5 Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

#6 Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary
#7 Manners and Customs in the Bible
Building a Reference Library
10 Recommended Books

#8 Moody Atlas of Bible Lands

#9 Parallel Bibles
#10 Commentaries

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