2007-12-01 19:06:46 · 22 answers · asked by Gwen 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Noone has a natural desire to read any religious text unless they are trully interested in studying that religion. It's kind of like a text book - you don't want to read it but you do because you know that you need the knowledge that book contains.
2007-12-01 19:12:48 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Nobody 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It grows, I think. Maybe some people have a strong desire the day they got saved, but for me, while I had a desire to attend Bible studies from the first, I didn't read the Word much alone when I first got saved. The more I learned from others teaching me, the more I had a desire to read it myself. It wasn't until a couple of years ago when my husband and I started reading through the Bible yearly that I started to really love it like I do now, though. Before that I was very inconsistent with how I read it, and I admit that a lot of it confused me at that time. (Some of it still confuses me, but much less of it now that I see it as a whole.)
I don't want you to feel like that if you're inconsistent with it, it means you're not saved. But I would say that all Christians should have a 'natural' (Isaiah was right when he said it's really supernatural) desire to learn about God and the things of God and know God. And I'll say that for me, it was fairly gradual, and now I love God's Word like I cannot describe.
God bless. :)
2007-12-01 19:17:20 · answer #2 · answered by KL 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Every human being should not only read the Bible , but the Quran and which ever scripture he can lay hand on , to find the truth...
and not follow the religion in which he is just born. Does a Doctors son become a doctor by Birth.......
No....
Every individual has to strive for achieving something.
So struggle , READ BOOKS and decide for yourself......
After reading the books he has to decide which one is from GOD.
IN THE PURE FORM........
There is a verse in the Quran
Chapter 4 Verse 82
Why dont the people consider the quran with care had it been from anyone else other than GOD they could have found many discrepencies in it.
You wont find a single mistake in the Quran & the laws that are mentioned are perfect . Neither will any one statement conflict with another statement .......
2007-12-01 19:17:45 · answer #3 · answered by jafar sheikh 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. They should have a natural desire to do what God wants them to do,which is not found in the Bible. The Bible is not the word of God, it is the word of man from different manuscripts trying to interpret the word of God from memory. Why are there over 50 different versions of the Bible in English alone which all claim to be the one True Holy Bible? Which one is the correct version ? Of course everyone will say their Bible is the one .If so then why do they all give different answers to who God is ? Do you see the dilemma this has created ?
2007-12-01 21:37:37 · answer #4 · answered by ROBERT P 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I find it interesting that most Christians who say the believe in the bible have never actually read it, don't you?
I think more Christians should read the bible, and I'm not even Christian.
2007-12-01 19:17:33 · answer #5 · answered by Citrine Dream 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
once you become a Christian, you should read the Bible in order to know right from wrong, determine good from bad, follow God's commands, etc. I think it depends on whether or not you really have been converted into a Christian. if you have, then you might be curious of what else is in store for you, what else Jesus has done, and all that.
2007-12-01 19:12:30 · answer #6 · answered by hellofriend! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When a person BECOMES a Christian, he/she should have a strong desire to know what Almighty God and Jesus his Son want us to do.
Its not just a matter of believing and sitting back.
(MATTHEW 28:19-20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded YOU. And, look! I am with YOU all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.”
Jesus said nothing about leaving it all ONLY to the leaders among you.
2007-12-01 20:23:49 · answer #7 · answered by pugjw9896 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not because they are Christian.
Personally, it is beyond me how anyone could not have a natural desire to read a complex work of ancient literature, not to mention one that has been so profoundly influential on western civilization.
2007-12-01 19:12:28 · answer #8 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The Holy Spirit should input some major enthusiasm when it comes to reading the Bible.
2007-12-01 19:09:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
seriously, the christian, even though the Holy Spirit dwells in him, still does not naturally want to read God's word, because his natural self is sinful. and so, the christian life is a a struggle. st. paul himself agonizes over this. he laments thyat the good that he wants to do, he doesn't do, and the evil that he detests ends up to be the thing he does. and so st paul asks, "o wretched man that i am, who will free me from this body of sin?" Jesus Christ frees us from the bondage of sin, through daily contrition. this st paul calls the drowning of the old adam.
2007-12-01 19:13:41 · answer #10 · answered by Funes De Memorius 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋