It's a lengthy, time-consuming process, but it's the only way to be sure your interpretations are correct. If you hurry through the basic stages of Bible Study, you could come to wrong conclusions and improper applications. Now, let's move on to Interpretive Answers. I will list the main subjective and objective elements necessary to understand this process. In view of this, Biblical exposition should never be conceived as purely mechanical or intellectual.
Spiritual sense is made possible by the presence of certain characteristics.
Among them are teachableness, sincerity, and an intimate knowledge of God. The more one possesses these, the more profound will be one's insight into Biblical truth. For they make possible receptivity to God's Spirit, who, having motivated and guided the experience of Scriptural authors, is also their best interpreter. As a result they look for trick or magical explanations. Imagery is taken literally, and literal statements are construed figuratively.