----------------> tryReadNit: Luke 1

Read Gods Word in context!

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So, how do we know if we are reading the Bible properly? If whenever your reading the Bible and it bothers you and troubles you and sometimes even makes you angry, chances are your beginning to understand it. Hang in there with reading it because the Bible is filled with amazing blessings but to get to them we must travel through some muddy waters.

I guess I began wondering if there were other Christians raised in the church who one day realized decades later that they never really read the Bible . They have no clue what it says. They only know what someone else told them it says.
A funny thing happens when you read Gods Word as it was meant to be read. In context from beginning to end. Cover to cover. You soon discover that what you were told doesn't square with what it actually says.

This blog chronicles my journey from when my eyes began to open since my first time thru the Bible. I examine how so many passages of scripture get twisted to fit someone's agenda. I talk a lot about "context." Quite often I sound critical and judgmental. This cannot be avoided. My goal is to promote discernment. My goal is to encourage others to research what the read and listen to . So many believers have no idea why they believe what they do.
The main idea of this blog is context. Read Gods Word as a book. Not rocket science. It will take some time. It wont happen over night. Comparing what we "thought" the Bible says to what it "actually" says can be frustrating but the blessing of understanding Gods Word in context is worth the effort.
Acts 17:11b

I recently purchased a chronological Bible that I truly love and I think it could help those who struggle reading the Bible .
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Todays reading is in Luke 1 . I will post the video asap.
Today I am in Indiana visiting family. I am in the woods (you probably can hear the song of many birds this morning) It is very peaceful here.
I will read thru Luke and then John and so on.
This is the best way I know of in having truth revealed to us these days. Having Gods truth revealed to us is not as complicated as many make it. It is no more complicated than if you were to take a hand written note from a friend in New York and deliver it to a friend in California. When you got to your friend on the west coast you would then proceed to read the entire note to them.
This is the nature of the Bible.
I realize that Gods revelation does not come to us all in the same way as we grow spiritually and in the Holy Spirit. But at least once in our lives we should see what God says completely.

The account of Jesus and His birth should constantly be front and center in our thinking. It is a balancing perspective as we are continually reminded daily of why Jesus was even born. a balance between our sin and Gods salvation. But only on this earth will these need to be balanced. We will be made complete in eternity. But here on this earth it is easy to forget the basics. So many times my mind wants to go off on its own , to explain or account for all the things going on in this world. The details of the fulfillment of hundreds, thousands of years of prophecies always bring me back to where I need to be. It should humble us every time we read these details surrounding the birth of Jesus. Unfortunately, due to the familiarity of the account , it becomes routine to many. Never let that happen to you.
I love reading Mary's song as well as Zechariah's.

Till next time - tryReadNit!