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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"GETTING ALL YOU CAN FROM THE BIBLE" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
GETTING ALL YOU CAN FROM THE BIBLE
FOR YOU WHO HAVE NOT READ THE WHOLE BIBLE AND DO NOT HAVE A STUDY PLAN, I RAN ACROSS A TEACHING ON HOW TO READ THE BIBLE AND THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU WHAT I LEARNED. I AM DOING THIS IN HOPES THAT IT WILL BE HELPFUL TO SOMEONE.
FIRST I HAVE TO TELL YOU A FUNNY STORY. SOME OF YOU WILL KNOW WHO I AM TALKING ABOUT. THERE IS A CLASSIC STORY ABOUT A 20TH CENTURY EVANGELIST D. L. MOODY. IT IS SAID THAT A WOMAN APPROACHED HIM AND SAID, "YOU KNOW, I REALLY DON'T LIKE HOW YOU APPROACH EVANGELISM." HUMBLY, MOODY RESPONDED, "I'M NOT VERY FOND OF IT EITHER. HOW DO YOU DO IT?" AFTER SHUFFLING ABOUT AND STUMBLING OVER HER WORDS, THE WOMAN CONFESSED, "WELL, I GUESS I DON'T REALLY EVANGELIZE." MOODY SMILED AND QUIPPED, "WELL, I LIKE MY WAY BETTER." THAT SAME PRINCIPLE GOES ALONG WITH BIBLE READING AS WELL. ANY METHOD OF READING IT IS BETTER THAN NOT READING IT AT ALL.
THERE ARE THREE PRIMARY METHODS TO READING THE BIBLE AND EACH ONE HAS ITS STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES. HOWEVER, TOGETHER THEY FORM A GOOD APPROACH. THE FIRST IS TO SURVEY THE WHOLE BIBLE. ALTHOUGH IT IS MADE UP OF MANY BOOKS, IT IS ONE STORY. IT BEGINS WITH CREATION OF THE WORLD AND ENDS WITH THE DESTRUCTION AND RECREATION OF THAT SAME WORLD. HUMANITY IS BARRED FROM THE TREE OF LIFE AND THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN GENESIS AND RETURNS TO BOTH IN REVELATION. IT IS THE STORY OF GOD INTERVENING AND REDEEMING A FALLEN WORLD. THIS WAY IS QUICK AND YOU CAN READ THE ENTIRE BIBLE IN A YEAR BY JUST READING THREE CHAPTERS A DAY.
SECONDLY, ALONG WITH READING THREE CHAPTERS A DAY, MASTER A SINGLE BOOK. THE BIBLE IS MADE UP OF 66 SEPARATE BOOKS AND EACH ONE IS IN THERE FOR A REASON. SELECT A BOOK THAT YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH OR ONE YOU JUST WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT AND READ IT UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND IT. YOU WILL BE SURPRISED WHAT YOU CAN GET OUT OF IT.
THE THIRD WAY IS WHAT I CALL REALLY STUDYING. THIS TEACHING I AM TALKING ABOUT CALLS IT "MEDITATING ON A SINGLE VERSE OR PASSAGE". NOW DON'T GET THIS MEDITATION MIXED UP WITH THE EASTERN MEDITATION WHERE THE GOAL IS TO EMPTY YOUR MIND OF ALL THOUGHT. BIBLICAL MEDITATION SEEKS TO FILL THE MIND WITH A SINGLE VERSE OR A SHORT PASSAGE FOR BETTER UNDERSTAND OF GOD'S WORD. LET'S COMPARE MEDITATION WITH MAKING TEA. A TEA BAG HAS ALL THAT IS NECESSARY TO GIVE TEA ITS FLAVOR. HOWEVER, YOU CAN'T JUST PUT A TEA BAG INTO A CUP OF WATER AND TAKE IT RIGHT BACK OUT, YOU HAVE TO LET IT STEEP. IT IS THE ACT OF LEAVING THE TEA BAG IN THE HOT WATER FOR A WHILE THAT DRAWS OUT ALL THE FLAVOR OF THE TEA. THE LONGER YOU LET IT STEEP, THE STRONGER THE TEA. BIBLICAL MEDITATION IS THE SAME WAY. YOU HAVE TO TAKE A SMALL PORTION OF SCRIPTURE, THINK ABOUT IT THOROUGHLY AND LET IT STEEP IN YOUR MIND UNTIL YOU HAVE DRAWN OUT ALL THERE IS TO LEARN.
I HOPE THIS HAS HELPED SOMEONE. BY USING THESE THREE METHODS YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT EACH SCRIPTURE FEEDS OFF OTHERS AND YOUR UNDERSTAND OF THE BIBLE WILL SURPRISE YOU AND HOW MUCH YOU WILL ENJOY IT.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
