We are all taught to read the bible, the Word of God Himself. We are told to read your bible. But no one ever tells us how. I remember reading my bible and expecting to understand and get His message so easily. To a degree, I did. I read the laws and understood, don’t do this or this is the punishment. I read Psalms and sort of got it. I read the chronicles, and Kings, and Judges, and well, I got a history lesson. I read the prophets and saw the messages from God to His people but did not see how that pertains to me or the time I live in. To a degree, I did. I read the laws and understood, don’t do this or this is the punishment. I read Psalms and sort of got it. I read the chronicles, and Kings, and Judges, and well, I got a history lesson. I read the prophets and saw the messages from God to His people but did not see how that pertains to me or the time I live in.
I then moved to the four gospels and the story of Jesus. His birth, His preaching and teaching as well as His death and resurrection. How through this and my acceptance I was saved. I read the apostles letters and teachings. I read Revelation and what was to come. Each time I read I learned something, and sometimes questioned what I thought I knew.
After I finally learned how to read the bible, I mean really read I began to understand. As if I had read the word but finally understood. I began to read more and to understand even more clearly. It was then that I began to study and as the His word became clear, my life changed. For example take a passage or verse and see what it is teaching. The Lord is always teaching in all that is written. First I pray that the Holy Spirit will give me wisdom and knowledge to understand His word.
Psalm 40:2 in the NKJV reads: "He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps."
As we read this one we can see what is being said. We have all had times in life that was full of desperation, we felt lost or in despair. The Lord has taken us from being in despair by His grace and love. His promise is to save us from this situation and fear in our lives. The Lord is saying, trust in Me, turn to Me, cast your cares upon Me and let me lift you from this mire you are in and set you upright.
When you understand that the psalmist is writing about what the Lord has done for him. The Lord has given this person direction and light to see his path. This is demonstrated in other verses in the bible to back up what has been written For instance1 Peter 5:7 says, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
2 Corinthians 12:9 says And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
This was told to Paul as he was asking the Lord to take this thorn from his side. Paul was plagued by the devil continually reminding him of his past. This grieved Paul, remembering all the sins against the Lord he had committed. But God told him that the grace of God Himself had already forgiven him and wiped away all his sins. He was free and his past no longer mattered.
Hebrews 8:12 says, For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”
2 Chronicles 7:14 says, If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
As you can see, when you read you begin to understand from this that the lord is teaching us that he is always available and ready to forgive us of our sins and give a new life.
We are all taught to read the bible, the Word of God Himself. We are told to read your bible. But no one ever tells us how. I remember reading my bible and expecting to understand and get His message quickly,.
As we read this one we can see what is being said. We have all had times in life that was full of desperation, we felt lost or in despair. The Lord has taken us from being in despair by His grace and love. His promise is to save us from this situation and fear in our lives. The Lord is saying, trust in Me, turn to Me, cast your cares upon Me and let me lift you from this mire you are in and set you upright.
When you understand that the psalmist is writing about what the Lord has done for him. The Lord has given this person direction and light to see his path. This is demonstrated in other verses in the bible to back up what has been written For instance1 Peter 5:7 says, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
2 Corinthians 12:9 says And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
This was told to Paul as he was asking the Lord to take this thorn from his side. Paul was plagued by the devil continually reminding him of his past. This grieved Paul, remembering all the sins against the Lord he had committed. But God told him that the grace of God Himself had already forgiven him and wiped away all his sins. He was free and his past no longer mattered.
Hebrews 8:12 says, For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”
2 Chronicles 7:14 says, If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
As you can see, when you read you begin to understand from this that the lord is teaching us that he is always available and ready to forgive us of our sins and give a new life.
As you can see, the Lord has given us a continuing message of His care and love. His willingness and desire to save us. The lord has always, even from the beginning been about saving us. He only requires that we believe in His word and obey. He will act for our benefit in every way as He has promised, we only need to turn to Him.
John 11:25 says, Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
Remember when the Lord told Abraham to take and sacrifice his son to the Lord?
This tells us that the Lord wants to be the most important thing in your life.
Matthew 19:21 says, Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
When Jesus said in "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men" is a famous biblical phrase spoken by Jesus to his first disciples, Simon (Peter) and Andrew, as recorded in Matthew 4:19 and Mark 1:17.
What does all of this have in common? He Lord is asking each to choose what is more important in your life, the Lord or earthly things.
In Abrahams position, he followed the command of God and showed that the Lord was more precious than even the son he waited so long for. But the Lord did not take his son, but rewarded Abraham for his faithfulness. I the young rich mans situation, he chose his wealth over the Lord. He doesn’t know whether the Lord would have even allowed him to lose all he had, it may have turned out as it did with Abraham but we will never know because he did not choose the Lord.
All we are asked tp do is to choose the Lord always, in our life and belief. Our faith in the Word of God allows us to be free from fear and cares, depending on His love and guidance. This is what we can learn as we read verses from the bible. I wakening leads to another and another. I hope this helps someone to get a better understand on how to rad your bible and get the true word of God.
I have been called to preach and teach, but I will only teach the word of God. That is why I always say, don’t take my word for anything, look it up and see what the Lord is saying.
But to do so, you need to kow how to read the word. I teach the truth as the Lord has commanded me, preach the gospel of salvation as the Lord did. AMEN!