Friday, September 26, 2014

A General Overview On The Explanation Of The Bible Scriptures

By Elsa Noel


The Bible scriptures are open and elaborate for us to decipher and have always withstood the centuries tumultuous times and seasons. They are Gods word expressly laid out for us to earn wisdom and teaching. The teachings in the scriptures are consistent and can be relied on for spiritual nourishment of the soul. Different people come up with closely similar explanation of the Bible scriptures but the interpretations might be different.

There are many people today who can boldly claim to know the whole Bible and have it all figured out. This may not necessarily mean that they do understand it to a point that they can relay the teachings to someone else. Many can affirm that continuous reading of the scripture can provide one with different interpretations.

Nowadays we do live in troubling times where Christianity is on a path of recession. The love of God is being substituted more by the desire for pleasures and observation of outward formalities. Many Christians are learning from guest speakers, attending seminars, holding Bible studies, teleconferencing, C. D ministries, radio programs and television shows.

This however this does not necessarily mean that they are closer to the truth. A son of God can overcome this type of preachers and their mass appealing sermons by grasping fast to the scriptures as referenced in the second book of Timothy 3:14-4:4. Which better place to get candid information than from particular source itself.

The holy book scripture are a strong weapon against temptation and trials in life. In the New Testament particularly in the book of Mathew 4, Jesus when confronted by temptation used scripture from the book of Deuteronomy to fight it off. This was an ideal defense against Satan temptations.

The scripture can also be largely misinterpreted by the religious leaders. This happened back then and also in our modern day society. Nicodemus belief in literal primary definitions made him not understand how he could get back into the womb of his mother. We also see in modern society how preachers take a single ambiguous scripture and create a sermon that hardly relates so as to be able to come up with a sermon that is acceptable among faithful.

Understanding the scripture comes with great benefits to one spiritually. We do see many instances whereby the Jews had knowledge of these scriptures but they did not understand their meaning. Instances are such as in Mathew 9:13; 12:7; 22:23-33; Acts 13:27. A lot of people have given up on the holy book claiming that if learned scholars themselves have not been able to amicably arrive at a common stand on scripture, then the truth is totally elusive.

The Holly spirit provides guidance on exactly how the Bible scriptures can be understood. In the book of Nehemiah 8:8, there is a reference to all students to ensure that they understand while reading and get the sense of what the scripture is trying to relay. We should refrain from identifying what is popular and politically correct in the scripture and can solicit a wide following of popularity among carnal Christians and general unbelievers in society. Instead a clear understanding and application of this teaching in scriptures in life will make one more fruitful.




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