Can't improve on Scripture
A thorough understanding of Scripture is a key to a thorough understanding of Jesus' heart which can then translate into an incarnational representation of true faith in real life. That is authenticity!
Notice I said a thorough understanding, not just a knowledge. Some of us know Scripture but we might not recognise Jesus!
While memorisation is best, it's important to get a grip on Scripture. . . to have a grasp of it that is close enough that we can point people to the right place . . . love those concordances. . . . I call them search engines but ones where you gotta turn the pages yourself.
If we just spout Scripture word-for-word without understanding and application, we might as well be a recording that is impersonal and relatively remote. People can download those!
So your inhalation of it, your consuming Scripture, can't help but transform you.
Romans 12:1-2
A person transformed by the power of God, will live & speak in ways consistent with the book the Holy Spirit inspired. Seems like I've come full circle. The teachings of the book will transform you and your life will confirm the power and presence of the Holy Spirit who wrote the book.
You need not speak like a donkey, fall down in a heap, or have unexplainable experiences as others report.
We already have Balaam. The only falling we really need to do is on to our knees at the foot of the Cross, and more and more in love with Jesus. Unexplainable experiences? Well, it is really quite unexplainable that a man would take on my punishment. It is also quite inexplicable the change in me, from what is natural to what is definitely the fruit of God's Spirit.
Now there's more to it than just getting the gist of it. Studying for a thorough understanding doesn't come easily.
Reading a text involves far more than reading words and sentences. Read more from J.P.Louw
Check out robbymac discussing similar topics.
A thorough understanding of Scripture is a key to a thorough understanding of Jesus' heart which can then translate into an incarnational representation of true faith in real life. That is authenticity!
Notice I said a thorough understanding, not just a knowledge. Some of us know Scripture but we might not recognise Jesus!
While memorisation is best, it's important to get a grip on Scripture. . . to have a grasp of it that is close enough that we can point people to the right place . . . love those concordances. . . . I call them search engines but ones where you gotta turn the pages yourself.
If we just spout Scripture word-for-word without understanding and application, we might as well be a recording that is impersonal and relatively remote. People can download those!
So your inhalation of it, your consuming Scripture, can't help but transform you.
Romans 12:1-2
A person transformed by the power of God, will live & speak in ways consistent with the book the Holy Spirit inspired. Seems like I've come full circle. The teachings of the book will transform you and your life will confirm the power and presence of the Holy Spirit who wrote the book.
You need not speak like a donkey, fall down in a heap, or have unexplainable experiences as others report.
We already have Balaam. The only falling we really need to do is on to our knees at the foot of the Cross, and more and more in love with Jesus. Unexplainable experiences? Well, it is really quite unexplainable that a man would take on my punishment. It is also quite inexplicable the change in me, from what is natural to what is definitely the fruit of God's Spirit.
Now there's more to it than just getting the gist of it. Studying for a thorough understanding doesn't come easily.
Reading a text involves far more than reading words and sentences. Read more from J.P.Louw
Apply yourself wholly to the text.
Apply the text wholly to yourself.
-Johann Albrecht Bengel
Apply the text wholly to yourself.
-Johann Albrecht Bengel
Check out robbymac discussing similar topics.
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