The first Guideline was to keep in mind that there are no painless methods for grasping the meaning of God’s Word and that there is nothing magical about Greek exegesis. The New Testament was written with the Wisdom from God which makes it a tough read and in which it has been studied for years. Black’s second guideline is a warning; he stated that preaching from the New Testament using Greek comes with temptation of spiritual pride. Greek takes on a life of its own and the knowledge of Greek can cause the minister, preacher, teacher, etc to forget that when teaching you have to be able to communicate God’s word as clearly as possible. Black went on to state that using Greek too much can cause the user to become fleshly. I agree with Black because as a new convert I experienced going to a church where the preacher preached a wonderful service but it would go over the heads of some of the congregation because some people were not able to comprehend on that level due to lack of ability to for one reason or another. Learning this rule I feel has equipped me to understand that it is beneficial to learn what God is originally saying to his people but to also be aware of how the knowledge of my wording can make or break how the message is preserved by the …show more content…
In chapter 2 I learned that there are ten recommended points of reference that could help in studying Greek in ministry: An English Bible, this should be a bible that is regularly used for personal study; A modern Edition of the Greek New Testament, this book is used to examine the English passage in depth; An Exegetical Guide, this will help the interpreter read Greek text and produce a provisional translation; A Greek-English Lexicon this book helps give a precise meaning of a word in a given passage; A Greek word Study Dictionary; a concordance of Greek Words; A New testament Greek Grammar; a textual commentary; a synopsis of the gospel and the Septuagint which is the Greek Old Testament. This information has taught me that I need to increase my library. I often study using my King James, Concordance and NIV, but after studying thus far I have learned that there are a lot more resources that will come in handy when trying to go deeper in the Word of God to gain a deeper understanding of who God is and what he is trying to tell his