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Richard D:
Anthony

Thanks Anthony you say the foundational truths go hand in hand. I’ll read that after no doubt. This is incredible stuff to me each day I’m more aware of the wealth of information at my disposal.

A few months ago I would have not thought this possible, you know, all this truth that is settling in me becoming a part of my thought process. Everyday becoming apparent between the working of Christendom and the difference truths brings.

Thanks once again Richard. 

Martinez:
Hi Richard

Be patient, I find that when read or study the scriptures that I don't generally see all that much.
I tend to be given revelations out of the blue here and there.

For example, I'll be just doing something completely unrelated and then I'll just start thinking about a particular subject and boom! all the pieces just fall into place with practically no effort, and that's when I know I being given something rather than using my "wisdom" to work things out.

Martinez:

I should add, that it does seem to be a lot like connecting the dots and a revelation doesn't have to come from a biblical source, it can also come when you're reading something about history, nature or anything like that, eg.

I was reading something about the hanging gardens of Babylon on the net and they mentioned how that Babylon was actually built out of mud bricks because there is precious it in the way of rock and stone on the plains of Mesopotamia and bingo a revelation!

OBrenda:
Ohhh....I get it.

Babylon not built with "rocks"....foundation sand mud......Cool  8)

Dave in Tenn:
I can't add anything to the above in answer to your question.

But if I was talking to somebody fairly new to the Bible, I'd suggest they just sit down and read it--cover to cover, as they say--first.  Get an easy to read translation so you don't have to wade through dense King James English unless you like to.  Get a sense of what's in there--the flow of the narrative, so to speak.  It's all one story.

If you get bogged down in, say Numbers or Dueteronomy, scan it.  Just get a sense of what the content is and move on.  Take note of stuff you never heard in church, but don't struggle too much to understand it.  That comes later.  

You'll start to see some parallels and spiritual matches, you'll be inspired, and you'll be disturbed.  But at least you'll have a good overview of the surface of scripture.

I first read the NT (sans Revelation) over a 3 day school holiday, reading intensely like it was a novel.  The OT took longer, because I didn't have such a holiday to hunker down in it.  Others may not like this approach, but it served me pretty well in the early days.

Some other thoughts that have served me well, through much judgement.

1.  Internalize, don't externalize.  That is to say, learn for the sake of learning not for the sake of teaching.

2.  See it as what it is...the Word of God.  While you are judging  it, He is judging you too.

3.  Understand that it's much more important what He has to say to you than for your questions to be answered.  The Bible is not a vending machine.  I think of the people who crowded Christ in His earthly ministry seeking healing.  The scripture says 'He healed them all'.  And He did...but how many followed Him afterwards?  Not many.

4.  Don't build doctrines around what you think the Scripture is saying.  That's what the churches do.  

"Brother Boney, would you read today's scripture from I Corinthians 13:1?" sez Pastor Paunchy

"Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal."

"Thank you, Brother Boney.  I believe we can clearly see two things from this passage.  The first is that God wants us to speak in tongues.  If He didn't, He wouldn't have told us to right there."

"The second thing is, that God doesn't want us to have no sounding brass or tinkling cymbals.  God told me that I am supposed to fire half our rythm section today, so Sister Brassy and Brother Tinkly, get down off the stage or be in danger of Hellfire."

And the people said, "Amen."

      

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