We all know that the Holy Bible is a word of God to his people and believers. God communicates to us when we read the Holy Bible. The learnings of character building, upright living, piousness, holding firm faith, doing good to others, and learning the meaning of our existence. All this, we learn from the Holy Bible. And it wouldn't be wrong to say that our entire life is to be structured after reading and comprehending the basic meaning of it.
So the people who say that the Holy Bible is difficult and they couldn't understand it must realize that the essentiality lies in each of the verses and scriptures. It is understandable that reading and understanding the Holy Bible is complex, and people have to spend several years of their lives in order to get the adequate learnings and messages it unfolds with each new verse.
Yet anyone can, in God's mercy, cultivate a deep and ever-deepening knowledge of the Bible, as long as they pursue such knowledge wisely. But you have to cultivate your interest with whole-heartedness and alter the perspective of simple reading into reading and understanding.
How Reading And Understanding, The Holy Bible, Transform Us?
The Holy Bible is a standalone book itself, and it leads one towards the end of our life – the one that God Almighty has asked prepared for us.
The Holy Bible Builds Us Spiritually
The Holy Bible is so unique and different from all the other books because it ultimately states the word of God. Therefore, it is paramount to read, understand, and implement the teachings in our lives. These teachings will strengthen us, show us the right way to pass our lives, and infuse us with the divine message of God Almighty for us all.
In the following verses, we get to learn that the Holy Bible is breathed our by our Heavenly Father, and to understand it, we have to believe in the Holy Spirit.
“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness.”
(2 Tim. 3:16)
“For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.”
(2 Peter 1:21)
For understanding the Holy Bible, it is pivotal to have a spiritual heart as the lacking would result in a miserable failure of genuinely benefiting from reading and understanding.
“The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.”
(1 Corinthians 2: 14)
The Holy Bible Builds Is Jesus Christ-Centered
The Holy Bible expounds the big story and is mainly centered on Jesus Christ's coming into this world and sacrificing His life for our redemption. Both the Old Testament and the New Testament shed massive light on the existence of Jesus Christ and His life as a human.
“You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me.”
(John 5: 39)
“And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.”
(Luke 24: 27)
The Holy Bible Tells About God’s Purpose For Us
The Holy Bible sheds light on the purpose that God has for us before even the creation of this world. God Almighty had already chosen us all to be His through our union with Christ and also with His love. The greatest purpose that underlies the Holy Bible is to make us children of Him and Christ.
Moreover, with this purpose, we get the gift of salvation. Even we ignore God, Christ, and His teachings multiple times because of our association with materialistic desires and actions. Still, the love of God never alters for us. And upon reading and understanding the Holy Bible, we can learn how essential it is to have firm faith in God and the teachings in the Holy Bible for overcoming our committed sins. From God, we get the ultimate forgiveness that can lead us to our rightful life in this world.
“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
(Romans 10: 9)
The Final Takeaway
If we read and understand the Holy Bible with sincere faith in God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit, we will grow as faithful readers of God's Holy Word. This word of God will come into our lives and makes us a new person inside. So, in a nutshell, comprehending and implementing the teachings of the Holy Bible will give us the gift of salvation and redemption and make us live an exemplary life.
About the Author:
'Cletus McMurtry, an exceptional and prominent author, shares the complete map that people can study in order to navigate through the complexities of their lives in his book, ‘Is That Really In The Bible?'
The author did not write the book with religious purposes but has described and elucidated the teachings, sayings, and lessons of the Holy Bible for every Christian in this world. According to him, the Holy Bible is a word of God and is the most notable and divine book to ever read and comprehend for our good. He crushed all the baseless claims of discrimination in this world and has expounded how any religious follower in this world can read the Holy Bible and get the incredible benefits from it. The author also elucidated the exceptional and unmatchable positive results in our daily lives through reading the words of God and establishing the sacred relation.
Moreover, the writer expatiates on his real-life story and experiences and mentions God's call for maintaining close relationships with the teachings in the Holy Bible. In his life, he studied the Holy Bible like a manual to live a healthy and pious life. For readers who wish to connect with the word of God and the teachings, this book is a must-read for you.
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