Learning to Study the Bible

 

I grabbed a few pictures of our experience with the scriptures on Wednesday.  

 

Hebrews 4:12  -  What God has said isn’t only alive and active! It is sharper than any double-edged sword. His word can cut through our spirits and souls and through our joints and marrow, until it discovers the desires and thoughts of our hearts.

 

 Dr. Bob served as our guide through the experience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many people consider unread scriptures to be like a song unsung.

No doubt.

There is a similarity.

If you don't download a song, you won't hear it and you certainly won't be able to share it with those you love. And yes, you pay a price for every song you play; you pay for the privilege of experiencing all that music pulsing through those awesome little earbuds you're wearing. Your playlist is yours, right? You wanted those songs in your life so you picked them and you paid for them. And if you didn't pay for them yourself, someone else certainly did.

A song that's availible for download, that never streams through your audio system, doesn't have a big impact your life. Similarly, the words of scripture have more influence when they are experienced than when they are locked away in an unopened book that has a place on your bookshelf (because every sophisticated person has The Works of Shakespere and a beautifuly bound Bible somewhere in their library).

Most certainly.

Our real-life experience of the scriptures is much more influencial than a vague awareness of their existence.

The scriptures are available to us because a lot of people paid a huge price so we can access them. Others preserved them. Others translated them. Others experienced their worth and passed them along as the first and finest "retweets" ever posted by a user.

The scriptures aren't mere words inked onto paper; they are The Song that makes life worth living. If you don't download scriptures, you won't hear them and you certainly won't be able to share them with those you love. The scriptures influence our lives as they are experienced. 

So ... we're learning how to experience the scriptures as we study the Bible together.

 

Hebrews 4:12  -  What God has said isn’t only alive and active! It is sharper than any double-edged sword. His word can cut through our spirits and souls and through our joints and marrow, until it discovers the desires and thoughts of our hearts.