MAKING BIBLICAL DECISIONS
STUDY GUIDE 5.3
Lesson 5: The Situational Perspective: Revelation and Situation
Section 3: Strategies Toward Revelation
               

OUTLINE FOR NOTES

III. Strategies toward Revelation

A. Strategy of Laxity

  1. Description

  2. Consequences

  3. Correctives

B. Strategy of Rigor

  1. Description

  2. Consequences

  3. Correctives

C. Strategy of Human Authority

  1. Description

  2. Consequences

  3. Correctives

             
               
REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Name and describe the three erroneous strategies for dealing with the situational character of revelation.

2. Explain the illustration of the house with an open area around it and the wilderness farther out. Explain where the fence is located in each of the three strategies studied in the lesson.

3. Describe the consequences of each of the three strategies explained in the lesson. Mention the examples given in the lesson.

4. Explain Dr. Frame's suggestion for correcting the errors of each of the three strategies.

5. Make sure you are familiar with the contents of the following Bible passages:

Matthew 5:28
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Deuteronomy 29:29
Mark 2:27
Acts 17:11


APPLICATION QUESTIONS

1. Which of the three strategies explained in the lesson tends to be your most common error in making application of the ethical teachings of Scripture? Give an example.

2. What can you do to avoid this error and make better application of the ethical teachings of Scripture?

3. Which of the strategies is the most common error of the Christian community in which you live? Give an example. How can you help avoid this tendency?