Reading the Bible

Posted : 30 Nov, 2025 02:45 AM

In the journey of Reading the Bible on Your Own, people arrive to different places at different times in their journey of reading the Bible on your own.

People arrive to grace.

People arrive to commands, instruction and laws.

People arrive to sins and calling somethings sins.

People arrive to particular Bible verses and particular explanations.

People see things one way, then see things another.

People commonly understand things some way, then with deeper reading understand it another.

As a young reader of the Bible, I understood some passages one way. Then later, I understood them another.

After studying the Bible more thoroughly, my understanding on some passages shifted.

I understood things with one light, then understood them with another light.

We are taught different things before we begin reading the Bible.

Different people are taught different things and different churches teach different things so the lense through which we see things differs from person to person. People can be sincerely wrong. The idea is that the more we read the Bible, the more we may come to a correct understanding of various teachings in the Bible. We can be right and we can be wrong. It is one big pudding. But the idea is that we correct one another with scripture and that we say our view with scripture. Definitely people see things differently. And not everyone reads the Bible. But those that read the Bible often shift. We go from one view to another. We change our position while we read the Bible. We go from one view to another on many things. Very definitely, I have arrived at different places at different times in my journey of reading the Bible and my understanding. I imagine that anyone that reads the Bible, such is true. People arrive at different places at different times while reading the Bible. It is all part of the journey.

Reading the Bible on your own, people arrive to different places on that journey. Th journey through life and the journey through the Bible. Perceptions often change. Depending on the light that is shined on it, we may go from one view to another. It is all a journey. We are all imperfect beings and we have imperfect views. BUT WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES SAY? I think it is good to reflect on the scriptures. Yet the scripture is not much welcome many places. Students teaching students. No one is a master of scripture. But should we not welcome scripture?

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