DOCTRINE OF THE BIBLE How to Read Scripture

DOCTRINE OF THE BIBLE How to Read Scripture Aloud

WHO NEEDS THIS?

WHY READ SCRIPTURE ALOUD? • Exod 24: 7 Then [Moses] took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient. ” • Deut 6: 6 -7 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

WHY READ SCRIPTURE ALOUD? • Deut 31: 11 When all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place that he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. • Josh 8: 34 -35 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the Book of the Law. There was not a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the sojourners who lived among them.

WHY READ SCRIPTURE ALOUD? • Neh 8: 8 (cf. 8: 1 -7; 9: 3; 13: 1) They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading. • 1 Tim 4: 13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.

WHY READ SCRIPTURE ALOUD? “The most effective way to communicate one’s sense of the importance of the reading of Scripture is to read so as to make the sense of the passage clear. ” - Thomas Mc. Comiskey

VOCAL EVALUATION 1. Listen carefully 2. Pronounce clearly 3. Communicate feeling

VOCAL EVALUATION 1 Chron 22: 2 -5 2 David commanded to gather together the resident aliens who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to prepare dressed stones for building the house of God. 3 David also provided great quantities of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for clamps, as well as bronze in quantities beyond weighing, 4 and cedar timbers without number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought great quantities of cedar to David. 5 For David said, "Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all lands. I will therefore make preparation for it. " So David provided materials in great quantity before his death.

VOCAL EVALUATION t ed ed d d st st st g c b in in in “set stonecutters” “dressed stones” “provided great” “beyond weighing” “and cedar” “must be”

DISCOVER THE MEANING 1. Emphasize the most important element Exod 24: 1 -2 1 Then he said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar. 2 Moses alone shall come near to the LORD, but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him. "

DISCOVER THE MEANING 1. Emphasize the most important element 2. Emphasize contrasting elements 1 Cor 15: 44 b If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

DISCOVER THE MEANING 1. Emphasize the most important element 2. Emphasize contrasting elements 3. Emphasize new characters and ideas 1 Cor 12: 1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.

DISCOVER THE MEANING 1. 2. 3. 4. Emphasize the most important element Emphasize contrasting elements Emphasize new characters and ideas Observe the usual indicators of emphasis Mark 14: 30 And Jesus said to him, "Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times. "

DISCERN BETWEEN GENRES 1. Narrative 2. Poetry

READING IN PUBLIC • Pray • Practice • Interpret • Practical tips