Jn. 14.

1-6 • Living the faith

Jesus, The Way, The Truth, and The Life • Values
14 “Do not be worried and upset,” Jesus told • live a good life and avoid evil
them.
“Believe[a] in God and believe also in me. 2 Cult(Dasal)
There How do we worship? What do we pray?
are many rooms in my Father’s house, and I am • The worship
going to prepare a place for you. I would not tell • celebrating the fsith
you • Liturgy
this if it were not so.[b] 3 And after I go and
prepare Is. 40:6-11
a place for you, I will come back and take you to
myself, so that you will be where I am. 4 You The Word of God Endures Forever
know 6 A voice cries out, “Proclaim a message!” “What
the way that leads to the place where I am message shall I proclaim?” I ask. “Proclaim that
going.” all human
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know beings are like grass; They last no longer than
where wild
you are going; so how can we know the way to flowers.
get 7 Grass withers and flowers fade When the Lord
there?” sends the
6 Jesus answered him, “I am the way, the truth, wind blowing over them. People are no more
and enduring
the life; no one goes to the Father except by than grass.
me. 7 Now that you have known me,” he said to 8 Yes, grass withers and flowers fade, but the
them, word of our
“you will know[c] my Father also, and from now God endures forever.”
on 9 Jerusalem, go up on a high mountain and
you do know him and you have seen him.” proclaim the
good news! Call out with a loud voice, Zion;
Lesson 2: Domain of faith announce the
Highest form of love is offering yourself to a good news![a] Speak out and do not be afraid.
friend Tell the
Faith is Abstract towns of Judah that their God is coming! 10 The
Sovereign Lord is coming to rule with power,
Domains of Learning Bringing
Natututo buong buo(holistic) with him the people he has rescued.[b]
Know| Understand | Do 11 He will take care of his flock like a shepherd;
he will
Objectives gather the lambs together and carry them in his
• Cognitive (Know) (theory, knowledge) arms; he
• Affective (Understand)(heart) will gently lead their mothers.
• Psychomotor(Do, Output)
lesson 3: Bible Reading
Holistic Faith The word of God
Believe,live and worship •The source from which catechesis draws it
message
Domains of Faith is the word of God (GDC 94)
• Creed (truth) •Bible reading may help unpack the content of
• Code (the way) the
• Cult (life) subject matter
1. Word – Creed • Can also serve as opening prayer for the class
2. Work – Code • The inspired books teach the truth
3. Worship – Cult • Choose the appropriate bible reading for your
❖ Father – truth topic
❖ Son – Way 3 Factors
❖ Holy Spirit – Life • Relevance
• Translation
Creed(Aral) • Context
• What do we believe?
• Summary of our faith 2 Timothy 3:10-16
• the word 10 But you have followed my teaching, my
• theology conduct,
• bible and my purpose in life; you have observed my
• sacred scripture faith,
my patience, my love, my endurance, 11 my
Code(Asal) persecutions, and my sufferings. You know all
How do we live?what is good?what is bad? that
• Work happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra,
• Morality the
terrible persecutions I endured! But the Lord  Ground - Anyone who hears the
rescued word of God.
me from them all. 12 Everyone who wants to live  Be careful to not force a meaning on all
a the little details of the parable - we must
godly life in union with Christ Jesus will be not make the parable say more than it
persecuted; 13 and evil persons and impostors says.
will
keep on going from bad to worse, deceiving
others Neo-orthodox Method
and being deceived themselves. 14 But as for  This is the "what it means to me" method.
you,  Eisegesis
continue in the truths that you were taught and  This method is prone to errors.
firmly  Ex. Same Sex Relation?
believe. You know who your teachers were, 15  They kissed one another, and wept
and one with another, until David
you remember that ever since you were a child, exceeded. (1 Samuel 20:41b)
you  It was common for men to kiss as a
have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able form of greeting during their time
to and in their culture, Isaac kissed
give you the wisdom that leads to salvation his son (Gen 27:26), Samuel kissed
through Saul (1 Sam 10:1).
faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is inspired by  This passage does not justify same
God and is useful for teaching the truth, rebuking sex relationship.
error, correcting faults, and giving instruction for
right living,  We don't impose our meaning on what
God said, we work to discover the
Lesson 4: Bible Exposition meaning He initially and eternally
Eisegesis Vs. intended.
Neo-orthodox Method
• This is the “what it means to me” method. Literal Method
• Eisegesis  This is the right way to interpret the Bible -
• This method is prone to errors. to read it carefully and normally as
Exegesis possible.
Literal Method• This is the right way to interpret  Literal does not mean "letterism"!
the Bible –  We must let Scripture mean what it means
to read it carefully and normally as possible. based on what the words say.
• Literal does not mean “letterism”!
• We must let Scripture mean what it means The Bible Setting
based on what the words say.  Time
Schools of Interpretation  Language
 Allegorical Method  Culture
 Neo-orthodox Method  Geography
 Literal Method  History

Allegorical Method Hermeneutics

 Interpreting the Bible based on the hidden  It is the principles by which the Bible is
or symbolic meaning. interpreted.
 Ex. The Good Samaritan (Lk 10:25-35)  comes from the Greek verb hermeneuo
 The traveler who was attacked  refer to bringing someone to an
represents a person seeking understanding of something.
salvation
 The robbers represent Satan Three Steps in Bible Interpretation
 The Good Samaritan is Christ
 The oil and wine the Samaritan 1. Observation
administered to the injured man's a. Exegetical Statements
wounds picture the Holy Spirit and
forgiveness 2. Interpretation
 The donkey is the Gospel because b. Theological Statements
it was the vehicle that carried the
injured man to the inn 3. Application
 The inn is the church where the c. Homiletical Statements
man recovered.

Parables
 A parable is an earthly story with a Job 12:7-12
heavenly meaning. ⁷“But ask the animals, and they will teach you, Or
 Sometimes, the interpretation is given. the
 Ex. Parable of the sower (Mt. 13:18- birds in the sky, and they will tell you; ⁸ or speak
19) to
 Seeds - The Word of God
the earth, and it will teach you, Or let the fish in
the
sea inform you. ⁹ Which of all these does not
know
That the hand of the Lord has done this? ¹⁰ In his
hand is the life of every creature and the breath
of all
mankind. ¹¹ Does not the ear test words as the
tongue
tastes food? ¹² Is not wisdom found among the
aged?
does not long life bring understanding?
Lesson 5: reflection
Experience & Learning
[Link] that digs into their experience
• What did you experience?
• what did you feel?
[Link] that generates learnings from their
experience
• What did you learn?
• what will you do?
4 levels that we can ask
1. Experience
2. Emotion
3. Realization
4. Action