Kelly
06-21-2008, 09:38 AM
We're all trying different methods of reading our Bibles (Read in a year, read through it in 90 days, read a chapter a night, etc....)
But I got a Bible Study from Joseph Rojas from SDS that pretty much sums it up and tells you the best way to read the Bible.....
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” James 1:22 (NIV)
Ever since I can remember, it’s been ingrained in my memory that reading the Bible was the right thing to do. “Read a chapter every night,” people would tell me. Or, “Try to get through the whole Old Testament in a year.” Growing up this portrayed to me that I just needed to read my Bible as quickly as I could. The importance wasn’t placed on understanding and applying as much as it was on getting through it.
It’s hard to know how God wants us to live and act unless we know what He says in His Word. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 tells us, “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (NIV)
There is great purpose to what the Bible says. God doesn’t care how long it takes us to get through it; He wants us to understand and apply. He says, if we read or listen to the Word but do not do what it says, we are deceiving ourselves. So remember that everything we know about Scripture is summed up in a single sentence: Love one another (see Galatians 5:14), and don’t fool yourself; “If you keep looking steadily into God's perfect law--the law that sets you free--and if you do what it says and don't forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.” James 1:25.
But I got a Bible Study from Joseph Rojas from SDS that pretty much sums it up and tells you the best way to read the Bible.....
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” James 1:22 (NIV)
Ever since I can remember, it’s been ingrained in my memory that reading the Bible was the right thing to do. “Read a chapter every night,” people would tell me. Or, “Try to get through the whole Old Testament in a year.” Growing up this portrayed to me that I just needed to read my Bible as quickly as I could. The importance wasn’t placed on understanding and applying as much as it was on getting through it.
It’s hard to know how God wants us to live and act unless we know what He says in His Word. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 tells us, “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (NIV)
There is great purpose to what the Bible says. God doesn’t care how long it takes us to get through it; He wants us to understand and apply. He says, if we read or listen to the Word but do not do what it says, we are deceiving ourselves. So remember that everything we know about Scripture is summed up in a single sentence: Love one another (see Galatians 5:14), and don’t fool yourself; “If you keep looking steadily into God's perfect law--the law that sets you free--and if you do what it says and don't forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.” James 1:25.