SOMEONE ELSE WHO IS BOTHERED BY THE COMPLETE NEGLIGENCE OF CONTEXT!!! This has been bothering me for awhile . . . I even wrote a post about it awhile back.
I have to agree with everything you just said! And the sad thing is, most, if not all, of those things on this list are blatantly ignored by the mainstream church.
It is a sad thing to see where our world is heading, especially since a lot of it has to do with the weakening of the church as a whole. We need to pray that the Lord will light a fire within the hearts of His people.
The refining fires are at the door as is the falling away Jesus told us would come.
For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. 19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Revelation 3
You can’t know the counterfeit without knowing the true bill.
That requires the I.C.E. principle when studying the scriptures and being able to spot the counterfeit teaching.
ICE:
Isagogics-Historical Context
Categorization of Doctrine-Studying by allowing scripture to illuminate scripture.
Exegesis-Tearing the Word apart down to the original languages, the Bible was not written in English. You want to know what the writer was thinking at the time the verse was penned, you have know the words he was using, and what they mean in the original language.
Once it’s taught correctly it’s up to the disciple to metabolize it and apply it, or of their own free will, reject it.
We have the mind of Christ (His Word). The question is are you, as a Christian, willing to trade your mind, for His.
If you want to read the Bible in one year, there are lots of reading plans or Bibles divided into daily reading plans.
I'm currently reading a chronological Bible divided into 365 sections. It puts the Bible verses into chronological order so you can see how things relate in time and more easily compare the Bible passages about the same events.
That was kind of you to offer your experience. Putting a deadline on the reading ( "read the Bible in one year".) does not make sense to me. I take my time, sometimes even just part of a chapter--e.g., Luke 1 contains three 'stories"--v 1-25, 26-56, 57-30, and I gave a day to each of them.
It is handy to read the Bible start to finish, do you can see the big picture. Every word is true and useful and some parts are difficult to understand if you haven't read all of it. After you have read Genesis through Revelation multiple times, it is useful to dig deeper and slow down. I've read a small book every day for a month. I've read a chapter or passage every day for a week, but looking at it from a different point of view each day. What does it say about God? What does it say about Jesus? What does it say about me? How does it relate to the rest of scropture? How can I apply it to my life?
Many people discount or treat Genesis, especially the first 11 chapters, but it is the foundation the rest of the Bible is built on. If you don't understand Genesis, you can't fully and rightly understand the rest, so don't avoid it.
Yes, this is my experience. I never appreciated the real narrative until this last year. Began reading the B at age 7 but only at age 73 (April ‘23) began to read it (well, I made a short-lived effort at age 10) as one whole. Only at Luke 5 now. Since some time in June I took advantage of my phone’s program, have added to the KJV 1611 which I was reading, the Giovanni Diodati 1649 and Louis Segond 1911. I find that reading the same verse in three languages provides me a meaning, an understanding, far beyond the words themselves. never felt rushed in this reading, but am going even more slowly now. (It’s also helping me to see where some hard-to-remember French or Italian adverbs/constructions came from). I wish I could add two other languages, but they aren’t an option on my phone’s program. Husband gave me the 1560 Geneva for my birthday this summer—but the point is so small I cannot read it! Using a head magnifier is really awkward. So finding a more suitable printing is on the task list. For the present I am well content with using phone and having three columns.
Agree that reading in multiple translations can be handy for comprehension, but it then makes it harder to memorize verses because you mix up the translations together. I have an old Geneva Bible, too, and it has the same issue with small print that makes it hard to use as a daily reader.
Well, I don’t think that problem (mixing up translations) would apply because they are in different languages—which is not to say that I have not infrequently begun a sentence in one language and found myself in another some words later.
SOMEONE ELSE WHO IS BOTHERED BY THE COMPLETE NEGLIGENCE OF CONTEXT!!! This has been bothering me for awhile . . . I even wrote a post about it awhile back.
I have to agree with everything you just said! And the sad thing is, most, if not all, of those things on this list are blatantly ignored by the mainstream church.
It is a sad thing to see where our world is heading, especially since a lot of it has to do with the weakening of the church as a whole. We need to pray that the Lord will light a fire within the hearts of His people.
The link for the Bible Study:
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The link for the Bible:
https://ko-fi.com/s/004fbd802c
Two questions, since I’m intrigued by your upcoming course.
(1) Since I’m a woman, is this course in any way created just for men?
(2) Who are you, where can we find your bio, and do you have formal training in Bible studies?
Send me a DM. And yes it’s open for all and yes I have had formal training. Thanks
How do I send you a “dm”? What is a dm? I want to know more about this course.
The refining fires are at the door as is the falling away Jesus told us would come.
For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. 19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Revelation 3
You can’t know the counterfeit without knowing the true bill.
That requires the I.C.E. principle when studying the scriptures and being able to spot the counterfeit teaching.
ICE:
Isagogics-Historical Context
Categorization of Doctrine-Studying by allowing scripture to illuminate scripture.
Exegesis-Tearing the Word apart down to the original languages, the Bible was not written in English. You want to know what the writer was thinking at the time the verse was penned, you have know the words he was using, and what they mean in the original language.
Once it’s taught correctly it’s up to the disciple to metabolize it and apply it, or of their own free will, reject it.
We have the mind of Christ (His Word). The question is are you, as a Christian, willing to trade your mind, for His.
And "read the Bible in one year"? What?
If you want to read the Bible in one year, there are lots of reading plans or Bibles divided into daily reading plans.
I'm currently reading a chronological Bible divided into 365 sections. It puts the Bible verses into chronological order so you can see how things relate in time and more easily compare the Bible passages about the same events.
That was kind of you to offer your experience. Putting a deadline on the reading ( "read the Bible in one year".) does not make sense to me. I take my time, sometimes even just part of a chapter--e.g., Luke 1 contains three 'stories"--v 1-25, 26-56, 57-30, and I gave a day to each of them.
It is handy to read the Bible start to finish, do you can see the big picture. Every word is true and useful and some parts are difficult to understand if you haven't read all of it. After you have read Genesis through Revelation multiple times, it is useful to dig deeper and slow down. I've read a small book every day for a month. I've read a chapter or passage every day for a week, but looking at it from a different point of view each day. What does it say about God? What does it say about Jesus? What does it say about me? How does it relate to the rest of scropture? How can I apply it to my life?
Many people discount or treat Genesis, especially the first 11 chapters, but it is the foundation the rest of the Bible is built on. If you don't understand Genesis, you can't fully and rightly understand the rest, so don't avoid it.
Yes, this is my experience. I never appreciated the real narrative until this last year. Began reading the B at age 7 but only at age 73 (April ‘23) began to read it (well, I made a short-lived effort at age 10) as one whole. Only at Luke 5 now. Since some time in June I took advantage of my phone’s program, have added to the KJV 1611 which I was reading, the Giovanni Diodati 1649 and Louis Segond 1911. I find that reading the same verse in three languages provides me a meaning, an understanding, far beyond the words themselves. never felt rushed in this reading, but am going even more slowly now. (It’s also helping me to see where some hard-to-remember French or Italian adverbs/constructions came from). I wish I could add two other languages, but they aren’t an option on my phone’s program. Husband gave me the 1560 Geneva for my birthday this summer—but the point is so small I cannot read it! Using a head magnifier is really awkward. So finding a more suitable printing is on the task list. For the present I am well content with using phone and having three columns.
Agree that reading in multiple translations can be handy for comprehension, but it then makes it harder to memorize verses because you mix up the translations together. I have an old Geneva Bible, too, and it has the same issue with small print that makes it hard to use as a daily reader.
Well, I don’t think that problem (mixing up translations) would apply because they are in different languages—which is not to say that I have not infrequently begun a sentence in one language and found myself in another some words later.