How Do We Read And Actually Understand the Bible? CQ Podcast Highlight
The Bible is a complex book, so how can we begin to understand it? Listen to this podcast highlight to hear the answer and listen to the full conversation here: https://christianquestions.com/character/1278-faith/
The Bible teaches us to prove our faith. It doesn't teach us to be incredulous, to have credulity, remember gullibility, but it teaches us to prove our faith. One scripture, there's loads of scriptures, we're just going to deal with one today. First Thessalonians five 19 to 22.
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Do not quench the spirit. Do not despise prophecies. Test all things hold fast. What is good? Abstain from every form of evil.
want to really focus on test all things hold fast. What is good? That's a requirement for Christians. How do you do that? We have to learn what the word of God says. And look, it's nice to learn by listening to others. But it's better to learn by listening to others, by fellowship and by studying ourselves, by delving into the word of God ourselves. And when we do, we need to understand the importance of the context of what we're reading. The Bible needs to be understood and not just read. There's lots of pieces to understanding the scriptures. The Bible, if you haven't noticed, is a really big book. It covers thousands of years of history. It's got prophecy, it's got parables, it's got, it's got all kinds of accounts. It's got miracles, it's got sayings it and it needs to be put in context. So Jonathan, four quick points on the importance of understanding the word of God.
When and to whom are the words spoken or written?
Right? Who's being spoken to those words, the particular words you're reading right now. The next point, what are the circumstances of the words that were needing to be spoken or written? What was happening that those words were written? That's important to know so we can understand the meaning.
The next point, why and when In what age are the words spoken or written? And when do they apply?
So everything doesn't apply all the time.
