Biblical Hermeneutics

PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL HERMENETICS ; M. M. NINAN
PRINCIPLE #7:
THE CHRISTO-CENTRIC PRINCIPLE
In John 5:38, Jesus said, "Search the Scriptures for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and
they are they that speak of me."
Bible is the record of God unfolding His plan of redemption for man.
In Genesis 3:15 God explains to Satan, “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman,
and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”
This is the first Messianic prophecy of the coming of the Lord Jesus.
Jesus being the contact between Man and the Divine realm as the Second Person in the
Trinity, He appears at various points in the salvation history of Mankind in Person and also in
every symbolism.
A. This principle is defined by six points:
1. The mind of Deity is eternally centered in Christ;
2. All angelic thought and ministry are centered in Christ;
3. All Satanic hatred and subtlety are centered at Christ;
4. All human hopes are, and human occupation should be, centered in Christ;
5. The whole material universe in creation is centered in Christ;
6. The entire written Word is centered in Christ.
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