The Bible expresses such profound truths in such simple ways that we read them and think we already know this truth, when in reality we do not know what we know! If these words intrigue you, then permit me to use God’s simply words to illustrate this. I vividly recall an experience from our early days in New Zealand in 1962. As…

In Paul’s letter to Rome, he uses an interesting phrase. He said, “Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand” (Rom. 13:11-12). Contextually, he may have not been talking about their…

Have you ever been afraid of Bible verses?  Maybe you weren’t afraid of the verses BUT afraid that someone would bring them up?  When I was a kid, I attended a religious school that did not teach what the Bible teaches about salvation from sins.  I was that kid in the back of the room, who frequently raised my hand to say,…

We are learning how to understand the Bible. In this series, we have been looking at the way God authorizes in the Scriptures. God gives us direct commands and He gives us implied commands. But, there is one more way in which God authorizes. Throughout the sixty-six books of the Bible, God gives us a tremendous amount of examples of how men…

There are paragraphs in the Bible which as we read we understand, but when we read them more carefully there are profound truths we may have overlooked. This is true of Hebrews chapter nine. In these verses, God talks about the tabernacle/temple with its two rooms. That second room, described in this chapter as “the second part,” was hidden from almost every…

How quickly could you read through the entire Bible?  Depending on your reading speed, it would take most people around 65 to 80 hours.  So, if you did nothing else for three days straight (without sleeping), you could read it.  Or, if you took two 40-hour work weeks, you could read it. Of course, that is not the way that folks normally…

In Part 1 of this series, we learned that in order to understand the Bible, you need to know some principles of interpretation. The first principle is that God speaks with direct commands. However, this is not the only way God gives us commands. The next principle is implied commands. These are directives that God gives us that logically follow from the…

When we look at our Bible, we are so blessed even though we may not realize just how blessed we are to have our own personal printed copy of God’s will for us. Our Bible is divided into books, and it was God who determined these divisions. He sent His Spirit upon chosen men to give us a record of so much…