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1 | Messages within bible | 2 Tim 3:16 | Ellemen | 84307 | ||
How can we find direct answers to our questions, situations etc in the bible? Do we just open it and read and try to think laterally or are we guided more directly to certain passages? I've just joined a church and am trying so hard to do things properly from the start. Ellemen |
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2 | Messages within bible | 2 Tim 3:16 | Hank | 84308 | ||
Ellemen, the Bible says that "all Scripture is given by inspiration of God (the Greek word is theopneustos and it literally means "God-breathed"), and is profitable for doctrine (teaching), for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect (complete in all details), thoroughly furnished unto all good works. (2 Tim. 3:16,17). The preferred way to study God's word is systematically, a book or a theme at a time, not by randomly opening the Bible and reading it haphazardly. Your pastor or a Bible teacher at your church can help you with answers to your specific questions. Since you say that you recently joined a church, may I assume it to mean that you have recently been saved? If this is so, I can understand your wanting to do things properly right from the beginning of your new life in Christ. But don't be discouraged to find that trials and temptations will come your way, but you have the Lord's promise that He will be with you always. Trust in Him always, and may God richly bless your work with Him. --Hank | ||||||
3 | Messages within bible | 2 Tim 3:16 | Emmaus | 84326 | ||
Ellemen, In addition to Hank's good advice, may I suggest you get a Bible with good footnotes and crossreferences for when one passage of scripture refers to, quotes or alludes to another passage of scripture. In addition, below you will find some good quidelines for the study of scripture. "The senses of Scripture 115 According to an ancient tradition, one can distinguish between two senses of Scripture: the literal and the spiritual, the latter being subdivided into the allegorical, moral and anagogical senses. The profound concordance of the four senses guarantees all its richness to the living reading of Scripture in the Church. 116 The literal sense is the meaning conveyed by the words of Scripture and discovered by exegesis, following the rules of sound interpretation: "All other senses of Sacred Scripture are based on the literal."[83] 117 The spiritual sense. Thanks to the unity of God's plan, not only the text of Scripture but also the realities and events about which it speaks can be signs. 1. The allegorical sense. We can acquire a more profound understanding of events by recognizing their significance in Christ; thus the crossing of the Red Sea is a sign or type of Christ's victory and also of Christian Baptism.[84] 2. The moral sense. The events reported in Scripture ought to lead us to act justly. As St. Paul says, they were written "for our instruction".[85] 3. The anagogical sense (Greek: anagoge, "leading"). We can view realities and events in terms of their eternal significance, leading us toward our true homeland: thus the Church on earth is a sign of the heavenly Jerusalem.[86] 118 A medieval couplet summarizes the significance of the four senses: The Letter speaks of deeds; Allegory to faith; The Moral how to act; Anagogy our destiny.[87] " The Catechism Emmaus |
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