The more you read the more you know

[Guest lnj]

Hey African Brother, the more you read the Bible, the more you will learn how God reveals Himself to you and what He requires of you. I've been a Christian only since 2001 and reading the Bible now to me is toatally different to back then. I pray for discernment and wisdom and understanding as I read, and God is faithful. To get to know Him, you must read, read, read your Bible. There is no other Book like it I assure you! : ) LNJ

[Arben]

Hey African Brother, the more you read the Bible, the more you will learn how God reveals Himself to you and what He requires of you. I've been a Christian only since 2001 and reading the Bible now to me is toatally different to back then. I pray for discernment and wisdom and understanding as I read, and God is faithful. To get to know Him, you must read, read, read your Bible. There is no other Book like it I assure you! : ) LNJ

Hi Inj, I'm not an African Brother, but I will comment on that. I do agree that we should study the Bible daily; it is also very important that we know how to put things in perspective, or we can get very confused. Here is a link to a pdf that I believe is a great little help with that.

http://www.pmabcf.org/key.pdf

[Candi770]

Inj,

You've Got it, reading is very important. Lets take it alittle farther:

**We must go to Him in prayer daily.

(If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you John 15:7)

**We must obey God

(He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. John 14:21)

**We must trust him with every detail of our life

(Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy path Proverbs 3:5-6)

(Casting all your care upon Him, for he careth for you. I Peter 5:7)

(The just shall live by faith Galatians 3:11)

**Allow the Holy Spirit to control and empower our daily life.

(This I say then, walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. Galatians 5:16-17)

**Being witnesses of Christ by life and word

(And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men Matthew 4:19)

(Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. John 15:8)

[Guest ManicSmiley]

Yes i know that u need read bible.That reading it,u become closer in ur relationship with him.All i wish was that it was short.That how it is,so that how ill read it.Hope i get done before i die,lol.

I'm going have fun reading the bible.Mean both ways,literally and sacarcally.Sacarcally part just cause ive just started and bearly read and verse are confusing me.So hope they get easier read and get as i keep reading.

Peace out

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Suppose be head get it

Edited May 21, 2006 by ManicSmiley

[NikNak4700]

Just a suggestion - if you don't have the time to sit down and read the Bible, why don't you consider getting the Bible on tape or CD...then you can listen as much as possible when in your car...it is not quite as focused as studying, but it would be a great starting point for getting into the Word.

Just an idea!

[crab3]

Don't forget, that reading the Bible is one thing, but understanding is another. My preacher truly believes that he has a gift of God for understanding what is meant to be taught from the Bible, and interprets it in a way that will convey the proper teachings to his congregation. I do read the Bible every day, along with a lot of other books on subjects contained in the Bible. What i meant by 'understanding is another thing,' the understanding of the Word of God is given to us upon baptism, along with the gift of the Holy Spirit, but before you start reading you should pray for understanding of the great text. This is how all the different 'thoughts' came up, like omillenial (sp), replacement theology and ideas of the like. Replacement theology cannot be true, due to Isreal becoming a nation in 1948!!! Maybe if they would have prayed for understanding as they read, Isiah, for instance, they would have seen that.

peace

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[Arben]

Don't forget, that reading the Bible is one thing, but understanding is another. My preacher truly believes that he has a gift of God for understanding what is meant to be taught from the Bible, and interprets it in a way that will convey the proper teachings to his congregation

Yes, reading is different from understanding, but please don't rely only on what your preacher says. We all need to take the responsibility to learn and understand for ourselves. May I recommend you to a page of my website? The links provided there will give you a good education on Dispensational Theology.

God bless.

[Brandli5]

Read your bible, even if you do not understand it.

God will one day will show you what the meaning is.

Its like he opens your eyes and shows you what you have been reading.

The more you read and pray the more knowlege, wisdom you gain to see.

[crab3]

I meant that he prayed for understanding, and recieved it, it was an example. trust me i very much take things as i take them, and we talk sometimes when i have a difference of opinion. i wouldn't take someone else's word, only His.

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thanks for the link

[crab3]

I have some issues with the link by the way, the tounges part, but there is a thread on that already, i am working on my reply right now......

and the baptism part, just to get it straight before i would defend any side, are you saying that water baptism, as in immersion isn't neccessary for salvation, i'll start a new thread if its debatable......

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