How to Principlize the Text & Find Good Applications(Poetry)

Time: 77 Minutes
Date: 2011
Logos Version: 4 (compatible with all versions of Logos)

Passage: Psalm 103:1-5
Pre-Work: You have studied a Passage and know what it means.
PRINCIPLIZING THE TEXT
Step 1: Identify the Major theme of the passage
Step 2: Identify the Subject/topic of the passage (morphology can help sometimes)
Step 3: Identify the Action
Step 4: Identify the effect/result/purpose
Step 5: Choose the direction of the application (man to God, man to man)
Step 6: Create the application formula (subject + action + effect)
Step 7: Generalize the Subject, Action, effect/result/purpose from steps 2-4
Step 8: Write and refine the principle
Step 9: Two Important tests
Step 10: Practical guidelines