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Every Bible verse I've ever memorized has developed a memory. In 2nd grade, I presented Luke 2:4 in the Children's Musicals in my church play; in 4th grade, I repeated John 3:16 to myself for an hour so I could win a balloon animal; and in 7th grade, I went to Hume Lake Christian Camp where we gained points for every memory verse we could recite and my team memorized the entirety of Romans 12. All of these verses have grown up with me and have helped me make my decisions. And, just like Romans 12:2 says, they have helped my mentality be "not of the world." However, it is a real challenge because for one, I live in it. Society has started to thrive on being against God's word and it is tricky to stand against it. It's nearly impossible since
“The King James Bible was 400 years old in 2011, and it remains one of the most favored translation used today” (“At 400, King James Bible still No. 1”). “Some statistics from a newspaper said, that out of the people polled thirty-one percent said the King James language was beautiful, and twenty-three percent said it was easy to remember” (“At 400, King James Bible still No. 1”). When the King James Bible was published in 1611 there were many ways it could have been improved. The King James Bible has had a huge impact on the world of today. The King James Bible was published by scholars that King James I gathered from 1604 to 1611. King James did this in order to create a
...times we want to change scripture to fit our lifestyle and that is wrong. We need to take scripture as God intended it to be taken and let it be the head of our lives.
King James the first lived during the late 1500s to the early 1600s. King James was the king of Scotland, England, and even France. Although he had a rough childhood, he ended up having a successful rule, and he also authorized the publication of the King James version of the Bible. King James’s life was an eventful one, starting with an interesting childhood that led to him becoming the king of three countries and authorizing the King James version of the Bible.
Psalm 115 does not have a documented writer and it is not even known when it was written. We do however, know that it was written in a time when there were not many Jews. Some estimate that it was before the exile when the Assyrians and the Babylonians took them away however it is not known exactly. Many believe that the Psalm was written during times when the church of God was in trouble and its enemies were creating a threat. The church during ths time did not complain about the situation it had found itself in but placed its confidence in God. By having confidence in God the Church came out with a triumph. In the Septuagint Psalm 114 and 115 are joined to create one complete Psalm.
Much like the laws in the Old Testament, the law is God solving a problem before it occurs (Maxwell, 2010). As Reggie Joiner reminds us: “Relationship comes before rules” (Maxwell, 2010, 176). If a relationship forms, rules are easier to embrace. Rules are a tool to keep the ship and everyone on it going in the same direction. Shared systems of values strengthen partnerships minimizing the possibility of comprise. Values determine our actions. Our conscience can be a fickle thing if not tended to. A good study of 1 Timothy 1:5 will sharpen the cause for keeping the conscience in order and know that a good conscience is the product of a pure heart. Finally, we trust fully in God’s promises to comfort us, but need to share that same comfort through an empowerment to do so from God himself. Kept promises are the glue that holds all the guidelines together and shuttles them into the heart and soul of mankind by building
The Archaic Greeks and Hebrews, two nations of people with very distinct worldviews, were driven to make sense of their vast ever-changing world while trying to survive it. The earlier ancient Hebrews lived nomadically, facing turmoil and enslavement. The Archaic Greeks, coming out of an isolated dark age, began to civilize and grow. Despite having over a millennia difference between their emergences, the need for social and political structure stood paramount. The key differences between the cultures are the way they interpreted and used their separate religions, governed themselves, and created a standard by which to live by.
I recently wrote Romans 12:1-2 out on a hot pink index card, it is hanging at eye level in my work area where I can read it every day. Transformation has been on my heart and in my head for over three years now. As a believer, I am drawn to it, I crave it, and I know God wants it in every area of my life. I also believe in the transformation process God wants us set apart which means “we are not to be conformed to this world.” We are to be different, our lives should show it by how we act, speak, and in the things, we listen to, read, or watch. People should know us by our actions.
The book of Romans is the book doctrinal written by the Apostle Paul. This book is also a book is unique because it was written and sent without Paul never went to Rome or find churches in Rome.
“The beautiful words of Jesus, spoken so long ago, yet as we sing them over, dearer to us they grow, calling the heavy laden, calling to hearts oppressed, come unto me, ye weary!” This excerpt taking from the hymn the “Beautiful words of Jesus” perfectly sums up yet assures as the memorability of Christ’s words throughout his ministry. This very man who came into this world as a slave, who never attended any Ivy League school had the greatest mind this world has ever known. The words of his heavenly mind engraved in the Holy Bible speak truth and nothing but the truth. It is his words which we stand on today as Christians, that give us the blueprint in which we live and function. Most certainly his words are even at its best through the parables he spoke unto the people. The parables conveyed a powerful message, as he used them in counsel to the people of that time period, his disciples and even to us till this day. From his parables it is quite evident to pick out the top four things that Jesus talks about in scripture which I will do a thorough studies in this paper.
The desire to study God’s word to obtain a personal connection is a pursuit for many believers. Beginning a course to study and engage with the word at a collegiate level can be overwhelming and intimidating. Even though one may read the word countless times during their lifetime, understanding the reading material academically and historically is a different concept to master. Personally, I was apprehensive about my overall ability to retain the information and comprehend the context of the scientific and historical aspect of God’s word. However, Tarwater wrote in a manner that was engaging and invited me into the historical importance of the words and understanding God. From beginning to end, Tarwater
Before we examine the gift of the word of wisdom, we cannot understate the importance the Bible places upon wisdom in our everyday lives. Several key chapters and verses, especially in the Old Testament, point out that wisdom is optimal. Let’s examine a few of them:
Once a person agrees to accept the entire Bible as God presents it in the Bible, the test of faith (or mere hope) comes. A mere hoper won't bother (or dare) to keep exactly what God says; a person with true faith will not only try but succeed when he does. Because I have faith in Christ, have escaped the corruption that is in the world, am a partaker of the Divine Nature, and have received many great and precious promises from God Himself, my goal in life is to be diligent in my service of righteousness to God. The society we live in, like any that has seen the noonday sun since the day God spoke it into existence, is utterly depraved, and I am too. It is God himself in my life who works in everything in my life that may seem to be faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity.
One day eons ago Bajesus himself got bored and fell asleep. While sleeping he sent asteroids toward his bathroom. The water from the toilet and the asteroids made earth. Bajesus not wanting to look ungodly creates humans to worship him. But making another mistake chickens and calls them “food”. But having nothing to feed them makes longer grass called wheat for bread and uses the seeds to feed the chickens.Then looking at memes all night bajesus accidently bumps into earth and splits land points. People soon learn the truth and some make their own different religions and make bibles. Bajesus is enraged and becomes evil and is nicknamed the Devil. Bajesus son jesus takes his role and is loved forever and changed throughout religions. Till this
The characteristic of a good man that "his delight is in the law of the Lord, and that he meditates on it day and night" (Psalm 1:2). "Give yourself to the public reading of Scripture," says Paul to Timothy (I Timothy 4:13). "This book of the law," says God to Joshua, "shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it" (Joshua 1:8). “Whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction" (Romans 15:4). The word of God is "profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work" (2 Timothy 3:16). If we ever think we are above our Bibles, we shall soon lie open to all manner of delusion, and be in great danger of making shipwreck of faith and a good conscience. This the apostle calls the "sword of the Spirit" (Ephesians 6:17).
Lesson 1: How do you understand the fact that in reading the Bible, one must be aware of numerous differences in the literature, the historical time, and the expectations of the reader in the twenty-first century?