I do not hold "an earned Th.D., M.A., and M.Div," as does Bob Reid, but by the Holy Spirit I do know enough to take exception to his post about "rules of interpretation."  Call mine an "earned HS.D."

Yes, context is usually important, especially in historical and doctrinal studies, but he overlooks an important point typically overlooked by theologians and "scholars" who sometimes know too much for their own good.  That is, God often speaks to us "out of context," with a rhema word.  It has happened to me on many occasions, and at least twice isolated verses totally out of context brought an instant and dramatic physical healing, once at home and once in church.

We cannot box in the Holy Spirit with our human "rules of interpretation."  If we do, we will be full of carnal head knowledge and lacking Spirit revelation.  God's Word, in or out of context, is "quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow" (Hebrews 4;12).

Jim