KNOWING YOUR BIBLE
jULY 24, 2022: Dear Friends: We are continuing our study on how to learn to use and study the Bible. Our series on learning the Bible started on April 24 and has progressed weekly through today. The purpose of this blog is to help in learning and understanding the structure and organization of the Bible books so that, through reading and studying the Bible, one can acquire the knowledge and wisdom of God as written throughout the Bible.
Returning to the April 24 blog by going to the website, Keegan Books.com, one can begin to understand and learn the Bible. Advance forward from blog to blog, beginning with the April 24th blog, reading and studying each blog to help in learning and knowing the Bible. Some of the blogs might have to be read more than once, even all the blogs might need to be read over and over until one begins to understand and comprehend the teachings on how to learn and know the Bible.
Once one has begun to understand the Bible, there is no stopping in learning and knowing the Bible. Even after years of reading and studying the Bible, in an instant of a second during Bible reading, more of God’s knowledge and wisdom can be grasped and internalized, causing a feeling of joy and surprise to occur in the inner recesses of the mind.
Some ideas may help in learning the Bible: (1.) Consistent Bible reading, daily or 2 to 3 times a week, is necessary in learning and understanding the Bible. (2.) Each person should have their own Bible to read and study. There are several versions of the Bible. (The New Revised Standard (NRS) Version of the Bible is used in this blog.) Asking for guidance from a minister, a family member familiar with the different versions or another church member that one may be acquainted with, can be helpful when choosing a Bible to purchase. (3.) Underlining or highlighting meaningful verses can be helpful when one might want to return to the verse or verses to read and contemplate on the meaning of what is being read. (4.) Realizing early on in Bible study the importance of learning the names and locations of the books of the Bible and learning how to search for and find specific Bible verses. Return to the blogs written May 1, May 8 and May 15, to help in learning the names and locations of the Bible books and how to search for and find specific Bible verses. (5.) Finding a quiet place, preferably being alone, when reading and studying the Bible will enhance concentration on Bible study that will influence learning of the Bible..
The focus of this blog is on continuing our study of how the Bible books are related or connected to each other. Discussion in the past few blogs has focused on how different geographic sites help relate the books of the Bible together and how different words and ideas that transverse through the Bible help bring together the words and ideas that God is trying to teach to us through his Holy Word, the Holy Bible. Return to the blogs written on July 17 to review verses on different words that help demonstrate how words and ideas can help in realizing how the books of the Bible are related or connected to each other. See verses below.
MAY GOD BLESS YOUR BIBLE STUDY THIS WEEK!
Words: STRENGTH: Bible Verses: Deuteronomy, chapter 31, verse 6l Joshua, chapter 1, verse 9: Psalm, chapter 27, verse 14; Isaiah, chapter 51, verses 7-8; Daniel, chapter 10, verse 19; Ephesians, chapter 6, verse 10-11.Colossians, chapter 1, verses 11-12; PRAYER: Bible Verses: Deuteronomy, chapter 33, verses 1-29; 2nd Samuel, chapter 22, verses 1-51; 2nd Chronicles, chapter 6, verses 40 to 42 and chapter 7, verses 1-5; Psalm, chapter 92, verses 1-15; Lamentations, Chapter 3, verses 22-30, a prayer by Jeremiah; Daniel, chapter 2, verses 20-23; Matthew, chapter 6, verses 5-15; Mark, chapter 1, verse 35; John, chapter 17, verses 1-26; Colossians, chapter 1, verses 9-10; 2nd Thessalonians, chapter 5, verses 16-18.