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We are reading the Book of  1 Corinthians we are looking at the 6th chapter.  As you read it I want to encourage  you to get a pen and paper and make notes on your thoughts. 

Four Question for Interpretation:

1. What did I learn about God? 

God is our main character of the Bible, so he should be our starting point. Every passage of Scripture reveals somthing about God, even if he's not specifically mentioned.

2. What did I learn about people?

As the pinnacle of God's creation, humans are at the center of his purposes.  Think through what the passage reveals about our identity as devine image bearers. Look for  the fallen condition - the sinful unbeliefs, attitudes, feelings, actions, or tendencies mentioned in the text.  Consider what the passage reveals about living as those who've been redeemed through the work of Christ.

3. What do I learn about relating to God?

Loving God with our whole being expresses itself in a variety of ways.  Start by looking for reasons to praise God. Consider what sin you need to confess and repent of.  Identify any promises God calls us to believe.

4. What do I learn about relating to others?

God created us to be in community with one another.  When he saves us from our sins, he makes us a part of the body of Christ.  Start by considering what the passage shows about interacting with others - family, friends, roommates, coworkers, classmates, neighbors, fellow believers, and no-christians.  Look for what the passage teaches about reconciliation with others.  Reflect on what the passage teaches about loving, serving, and caring well for others.

Based on that foundation, we can ask four simple questions to help us apply the passage to our lives.

Four Questions For Application:

1. What does God want me to understand/think?

God has given us the mind of Christ, but we are still tempted to think the way we did before we knew Christ. Deep and lasting transformation begins with the renewal of our minds.  Reflect on any wrong ways of thinking that the passages expose.

2. What does God want me to believe?

We may understand a truth at an intellectual level without letting it shape how we live.  Consider what false beliefs the passage reveals and what the Gospel promises you need to believe.  Jesus make this destinction in the parable found in Luke 8:15.

3. What does God want me to desire?

This question targets the affections - the combination of desires, inclinations, feelings, and will that are the spring of our actions.  God calls upon us to desire him above all else, but apart from the gospel we will desire what's evil.  Reflect on how you see the sinful desires mentioned or implied in the passage show up in your own life, as well as the kind of Godly desires you should be cultivating.

4. What does God want me to do? 

When God's word changes how we think, what we funtionally believe and what we desire, it will produce tangiblechange in what we do and don't do.

I tell people read the paragraph below it and then just answer the questions... that helps us to dig on our own with an understanding of what God is taking us through.