how can i understand the Bible???

Question

i want to know the Bible from cover to cover, but I cant know it without understanding it...can anyone help me find a way to understand and remember the whole entire Bible...please, no stupid answers...lol...thanks... :-)

this is gonna b hard to pick best answer!!!

Answer 1

Looks like you have a heart blossoming in the beauty of God. Thanks be to Jesus!
You have a lot of good answers, but I'll try to add a few more.
a) The key is not so much to know the whole Bible, but to let the Bible you know, know you. Let it percolate through your thinking.
b) Read - 4 chapters a day will get you through in a year. I read it through twice a year for a decade or so. Everytime God reveals something new. If we could know it all, why would we need to read it to find delicious new morsels for our faith.
c) A good annotated Bible will help. A simplified Bible like Max Lacado will ease the flow through Leviticus etc.
d) Commentaries are available on line and at the library for the level of study you want. Wm. Barclay has a solid series. If you want to go back to the greek and hebrew, let me know and I can recommend some of them.
e) I have just started through again. This time I am reading w/ a friend in NC. I send her explanations and key points from the commentaries each day. I'm enclosing a sample below - if it is something you would like, let me know.
f) Mainly though, your hunger and thirst for God will be filled. You write with the gentle spirit of a butterfly, land gently.
How about a wow experience for Genesis 1 - 6? Bottom line is the Abraham covenant really is what starts Israel as a nation. Everything before that is more or less pro forma material very similar in nature and/or content to Ur of Chaldees stuff. Bottom line is to give the "Pater Familias" a golden background. The geneology length is similar, the 7th name is similar to 7th name in Mesp. list whose reign is also associated w/ 365 and a solar year.
Rather than prejudicial "helpmate" the Heb reads "alongside with"
1:4 and 6 God not only said "Let..." God did the work. I had never seen that before.
ch 1 creation is around cosmology - essentially Ugaritic in nature - the struggle of that science and religion to understand cosmology.
ch. 2 changes to human creatin. Planting the garden in the E in no way precludes other civilizations or peoples...God was working forward. They have a fairly good idea of where Eden was.
Not for us to know evil because creation is the good w/ God.
ch. 3 moves to human viewpoint as both sna,e and God are anthropomorhized.
cherubim are minor deities - which helps explain 1 command.
ch. 4 Abel's name is close to puff as shepherd's are looked upon by settle farmers = cain.
cain's gift was not unstinting = an. died as Abels and thus not acceptable. Love the Lord thy God w/ all...
sin - also = demon and depicted as conquerable
vs. 23 - 24 Song of the Sword
Till end of 4 God was Elohim, now YHWH w/ unknown meaning, only sound.
ch. 5 the life lengths are much reduced from the Mesp. // lists - also w/ 8 - 10 & remember later listing of kings of Seir w/ ? value
ch. 6 120 years as probation bis destruction, / doom
vs. 13 note role/relationship of violence.
ch. 6 the Noahic version of the story is different in having a moral reason for the flood vs. that of the Chaldean et al stories
vs. 18 = note Covenant 1st time, but for all people because not yet to Story beginning - Abraham!

Answer 2

Yes, you definitely need a guide through the Theological and Spiritual jungle that is the Bible.

I suggest finding the Bible with the interpreted commentary that fits best with your denomination from the Amazon.com Bible Store - it is a wonderful source for all types of Bible guides.

I suggest buying the one that you feel most comfortable with and that matches your education and/or knowledge level.

Whatever you do, don't listen to the people who tell you to just read the Bible and interpret it yourself according to your own knowledge and understanding.

That is ignorant because there are men and women out there who have devoted their entire lives to understanding and interpreting the deeper meanings of the Bible so that the average Bible reader wouldn't have to.

Answer 3

There are alot of ways to do that.
Some go to seminary to do it.

However, I like to tell people that they should focus on characters in the Bible, like Abraham.
Many Bibles have a concordance to search words or names.
Look up Abraham, see what chapters and verses it shows up in.
then read the entire chapters that contain his name.
Gather all the information you can on Abraham who was previously Abram, and write a bio about him.

Then take another character, maybe Joseph and do the same.
Get to know the characters as if they were your nextdoor neighbor. You will begin to piece the Bible together by doing this.

If you are serious, I can help you.
http://www.kingdom-principles.org
We could get a dialog going through my website.
Actually that is one of the things I want to put on my website oneday.
However, if you go there you will find I have a lot to do to accomplish my goal for that website as a single source for everything Biblical.

grace2u

Answer 4

Before I read each day I start with a prayer that the Holy Spirit help me to learn what God has for me today. Then I open the bible to an undetermined page and read for 10 minutes. Once done I pray again. Later that day I come back to the same text and read it again. It amazes me each time how I find something new.

One does not need to memorize the bible to get the most out of it. Pray, read, contemplate and then put what you have learned into action in life.

God bless,

Answer 5

Patience. I remember trying to read the bible by speed reading.It didn't work and I was too freaked out at the time.I was told to use logic in understanding the bible.If you understand how math problems work and psychology it's a big clue. Examples are for teaching logic and patience.Many people fail to relate how bible lessons are applied to everyday events.Personally I prefer to listen to these stories than read them. There are audio Cd's of the bible and of course the documentaries also. Take it slow and easy. Rome wasn't built in a day and rejected Christianity harshly in the beginning.

Answer 6

i'll only quote some scriptures . 2 Cor 4:4 4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so as that they can't see the gentle of the gospel of the massive distinction of Christ, who's same to God. a million Cor a million:26-31 26 Brothers, think of of what you have been once you have been stated as. not lots of you have been sensible with the aid of human standards; not many have been influential; not many have been of noble start. 27 yet God chosen the silly problems with the international to disgrace the sensible; God chosen the vulnerable problems with the international to disgrace the reliable. 28 He chosen the lowly problems with this international and the despised issues—and the flaws that are actually not—to nullify the flaws that are, 29 so as that no one might boast until now him. 30 it is because of the fact of him which you're in Christ Jesus, who has grow to be for us know-how from God—it incredibly is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 hence, because it incredibly is written: "enable him who boasts boast interior the Lord." John 6:40 4 no possible come to me until the daddy who despatched me attracts him, and that i'll strengthen him up on the final day. Matthew 5:5 5 Blessed are the meek, for they are going to inherit the earth. No point out of guidance, lifestyle, station in existence, or ethnic team not with the flexibility again to precise understanding .

Answer 7

If you want to understand it, I would suggest that you get a good education. Pay particular attention to forms of writing. Study the Greek and Hebrew languages, the history of the land, texts of other books written in those ages, the customs of the people then and the people now. Study what Christ and his apostles did and don't just rely on what preachers and people say as some have their own agendas or simply don't know what they are teaching. If you are a Christian, accept the guidance of the Holy Spirit also.

If you come to know Christ, His word will be written in your heart. Although you may not remember every word at every moment, what you need will be given to you in the hour you need to say it.

Love, Hope, Peace, & Christ Be With You,

Cal-el & Black Canary

Answer 8

Well any seasoned Christian knows you can't just comprhend and remember the entire Bible. Learning the Will of God as seen in Scripture is a lifelong process. Read a Scripture, or a Chapter, or a Book, try to memorize key verses. Try to apply maybe just one aspect of that section of Scripture to your life. Once that becomes habit and just a normal part of your life move on! God has purposed us to become like his Son. This is a lifelong journey of ever increasing maturity.

If you want help, PLZ PM me. I appreciate your heart. May you continue to increase in your wisdom and knowledge of His Word.

And oh yeah! Don't forget to pray!

Answer 9

It takes a lot of reading/studying. But not even the most serious scholars completely understand or have complete knowledge of the entire Bible. There's just too much to it.
Just study it and ask God to help you understand.

Answer 10

The first thing you need to do to understand the Bible is to be born again by calling upon God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, asking Him to forgive you and accept you into His family. Jesus said unless you are born again, you cannot see (perceive) the Kingdom of God.
To be born again, you must accept the testimony of God, that God became a man in the person of Jesus Christ and died on a cross for your sins, and was raised up again on the 3rd day. You cannot be born again without accepting these essential truths.
The apostles even had to be born again. This happened on the day of the resurrection. At that time Jesus appeared to them and breathed on them saying "Receive the Holy Spirit" (John 20:22). It is this same Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, who will lead you into all truth. (see John 14:26; and 16:7-15)
The same event, recorded in Luke's Gospel, chapter 24:36-49 tells us "Now He said to them "These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms (that is, the whole Old Testament) must be fulfilled." THEN HE OPENED THEIR MINDS TO UNDERSTAND THE SCRIPTURES."
God wants to give you His Holy Spirit. Call upon Him today, asking His forgiveness in the name of Jesus Christ, and He will give you the gift of forgiveness and send His own Spirit into your heart to teach you.
Then start reading! Begin with John's Gospel - then the other 3 Gospels, then the rest of the New Testament; and then the Old Testament. Be patient, be humble, and He will lead you into all truth.