06/15/2026
📕 D I D you ever wonder how one person can read a portion of scripture and get a totally different idea of it, as compared to another who reads the same scripture? All of us come to the Word of God with pre-conceived ideas, experiences & prior beliefs. So it's of vital importance we have a wholistic way of study based upon 4 principles.
1. We must base our beliefs on the life, ministry & words of the Truth Person, Jesus Christ. Not on our church, denomination or doctrine. Jesus never used experiences of others as His plumbline. He always spoke the scriptures, the "It is written" & said He came to reveal the Father's will.
2. The New Covenant Jesus wrought on the Cross is now God's Will for humanity. The Old Covenant was a "babysitter" until the promised Messiah (the last Adam) could pay the price for our sin & restore and redeem humanity back to the original plan in the Garden of Eden. So when we read the Old Testament, we realize it is always pointing to the inauguration of the New Creation reality that 2 Corinthians 5 refers to.
3. When we cut and paste the scriptures to form doctrines it will be skewed. We must immerse ourselves in scripture and let it interpret our lives. The context is not the verse, or the chapter, it is the entire letter or book of the Bible.
Once we have context, we can study chapters & then verses.
4. We should study the Bible to
Know God first of all. To be flooded with the light of Who He is. And to study to show ourselves approved by Him. If we are believing & teaching the Bible as God's inspired Word, then signs & wonders will follow.