a bible question?

Question

okay i haven't been able to read the bible lately but there is something i want to still know when you read the bible are you suppose to read fom the beginning of genesis chapter after chapter like a book or just open it and read where ever your mind set you to read. because i always wanted to know that! in addition, i also wanted to know when you mark the scripts in church with a highlighter do you mark the important scripts, or the ones you feel the need to read because you feel those certain scripts will help you?

Answer 1

Either way is fine, it depends upon your need. It gets boring around Numbers but reading the chapters of the disciples and of Luke is where the real interest lays.

Answer 2

Personally, I don't read the Bible in order. There is no certain "order" to read the Bible. I know some people try to read it all in a year, starting from Genesis, and ending with Revelations, but I have never personally done that before. I read wherever I feel the Lord would have me read, or around where my Pastor might read in Bible Study on Wednesdays.

As for marking my Bible with a highlighter... I have two Bibles that I used regularly (both are KJV). The one I use only in church and I mark the area's of scripture that my Pastor or Evangelists reads from, along with marking the date that it was preached.

As for the other Bible, I use it at home and I mark the stuff that touches my heart, gives me light or guidance, or that I feel should really stick out, whenever I come across it.

Answer 3

These links will take you to a few articles designed to help those newly embarking on a 'trip' through God's Word:

Understanding the Bible--A Pleasure Open to You
- A Pleasure Open to All
http://watchtower.org/e/20060401a/article_01.htm

What Will Help You Understand the Bible?
- Preparing the Heart and the Mind
- Obstacles to Having the Right Attitude
- The Challenge of Being Taught
- Understanding the Bible warms our heart
http://watchtower.org/e/20060401a/article_02.htm

You Can Understand the Bible :
- Help to Do So
http://watchtower.org/library/w/2001/7/1/article_01.htm

(Personally, I mark Scriptures that are extra important,
or that I need to review.)

Answer 4

Think of it this way, a teenager goes to high school for mathematics. You have, in order, Algebra, Geometry, Trig and Calculus. There is only one order of learning and you cannot understand Calculus without learning the first three.

The bible is the same way. If you open it to the back of the book like Christians say, your skipping to the Calculus without learning the Algebra first. Or if you open it as random to start reading, its like starting with Trig, then Geometry, then Algebra, then Calc. It doesn't work.

There is only one proper way in which to read the bible, and both Jewish scholars and the early Church fathers agree -
start from the begining in Genesis and reading in order to the end.

Now some may argue that the Church fathers didn't mean to start reading in Genesis - well, the proof is the Bible itself. Every Christian bible starts with Genesis, not John.

Start reading in Genesis and ask God for guidence.
He will answer.

Answer 5

It's good to get a devotional, or read through a book in the Bible using a Bible dictionary or a concordance.
All Scripture is important, but mark those which you feel will be particularly helpful in a given circumstance.
Don't just read God's Word, meditate on it too.

Hope this helps.

Answer 6

I would recommend that you read the New Testament and especially Acts through Philemon. If your Bible has a concordance you look up a subject of interest to you and find scriptures that discuss that topic. I mark the scriptures that will help me and they usually are the key scriptures of that chapter as well.
I would encourage you to read the Holy Bible when ever you can find or make the time. The Scriptures say for study to show yourself approved.

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

2 Timothy 2:15 - Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Answer 7

Better read from New Testement as it starts like story you will have good time to read and if you are willing the HOLY SPIRIT will surely speak to you.

But if you feel like to just open and read just go ahead but dont pick one verse and walk away just read the text with its context.

Peope mark it either way, may be this verse is impressed you and you wanted to find it fast without searching for it. and some people mark it as it is quoted by the preacher then they will open and read the highlighted part when remeditating the preacher's message.

Answer 8

No , start in John in the new testament, this will give you the power of the story when Jesus arrives on the scene to tell us the kingdom secrets that are hidden in the old testament, so read from john to the end of Revelation, it is only about 150 pages, read it from start to finish to get the big picture of what Jesus and Paul and the apostles are doing and then do it yourself, then go read from the beginning of Genesis and it will be opened up to you, when Jesus shows up he reveals the mysteries of his Holy spirit, pay close attention when he is speaking. Here I built a site that will help you get started and know what is required from your God.
http://www.freedomcame.com/glory/

Answer 9

You've got to make another choice. In Christian Bibles even the Old testament has been twisted and reworded to fit the needs of present day powers of the Christian Church. So choose what Bible you read carefully.

Answer 10

It's good to read it all but rember this if it starts to get boring (especially through Numbers, Leviticus) try to understand that it sometimes takes a little work to find it;s beauty. It;s like digging through a plowed field that;s been strewn with pearls, and when you find that 'pearl' of understanding or wisdom all the dirt will have been worth it.