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Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. -Romans 12:2 NIV 2011
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. -Eph. 6:12 NIV 2011
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How to be Born Again
Picking a Bible Version
Do Only Men Go To Heaven?
Power in the Blood Bible Study
Dates of Christ's Birth, Death, and Resurrection Life Altering: Diatribe Style

Through The Bible
Isaiah
Daniel
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Revelation

Christian Ladies
A Day in the Life of Me
Do Only Men Go To Heaven?
Are Women Allowed to Preach, and are They Supposed to Submit to Men?
Head Covering
Is it Okay for Christian Women to Wear Pants?
Can Women Teach the Bible?
The Samaritan Woman Preacher
Women Preachers, Rise Up!
Scriptures for Women in the Ministry

Revealed Deceptions
Church Membership
Why There are Cults
Mystery Babylon Revealed
Torah vs. Grace

Are You a Sabbath Keeper?
The Revelation 4:1 Deception
Pre-Trib Rapture Deception
Vatican vs. God
Counterfeit Christianity
The Black Thread
Jehovah's Witnesses
More J.W.s at my Door
Scriptures for J.W.s
Homosexuality

Holiday Truths
The TRUTH About Romans 14 and Colossians 2
Demons and False Gods of the Holidays
Joining the Holy Guild Fellowship
"Saint" Patrick's Day
Independance Day?
Remembering Christ's Death
There is no "Good Friday"
The Ishtar Deception
Easter is Pagan
Don't be an April Fool
Halloween Truth
Election Day
Thanksgiving
The Bible Says When Jesus was Born
The Real Christmas Story
Christmas is not Christian
Scriptures About Christmas
The True Christmas Spirit
Happy New Year
Holidays and Romans 14

Eschatology
Angel and Trumpet
2 Thess. 2 Truth
The Rapture: Did You Know?
The Revelation 4:1 Deception
What About the Wrath of God?
Pre-Trib Rapture Deception
Revelation Revealed
And Took Them All Away
A Matthew 24 Parallel
The 7 Thunders
When is the Rapture, and When is the Second Coming?

Science
How God Created Everything
A Multiple Universe Paradox
Time and Our Perception of It
How Many Saved People are There?
The DNA of Angels
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Thoughts That Transcend Dimensions

More Bible Studies
YLT vs KJV
The Gender of God
Divisive Christians
Loving the Brethren
Compassion, or Hell Fire?
Corinthians Controversy
Can Women Teach the Bible?
Pastoral Authority?
Can You Lose Your Salvation?
Gifts of the Holy Spirit
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The 'cations of Scripture
Putting the Sabbath to Rest
Simply Shunning
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Watch What You Say/Write
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War: Flesh vs. Mind
Oil and Lamps
Blurred Distinctions
Christian Pacifism?

Angels, Aliens, Demons, and More
The DNA of Angels
Demons Behind False Gods
The Nephilim and Rephaim
Are You Practicing Witchcraft?
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Beings: Hollow Earth and Outer Space
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The Truth About Aliens
Dragons, Spaceships, Aliens

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How to Study the Bible

The above title is not accurate. I don't think one can lay out a specific way to study the Bible, because Scripture study habits can vary widely from one Christian to another. What I can do, however, is share with you how I study, which is probably going to come across as fairly basic, as I have no wow secrets for you, dear reader, to wondrously behold.

The Bible

Most of the time, I'm not interested in marking my Bible, but sometimes the mood hits me. When that happens, I grab one of my marking Bibles. I have two main ones that I've worked on over the years. You can see my two marking systems - How to Mark your Bible, and Make a Study Bible.

Most of the time, I prefer to hunker down with a good study Bible. I've read and recommended several study Bibles over the years, but I keep coming back to my favorite - The Dake. I don't read all of the notes. Most of the time, I just read the Bible text, skipping the headings and commentary, and such. However, I love having those tools at my fingertips, and sometimes enjoy to peruse the notes, just to see what they say. When something catches my eye, or I'm curious what Mr. Dake would say about something, I look it up. I also love the cyclopedic concordance, because that way, if I'm laying in bed reading, and I want to look something up, I can just flip to the meaty concordance, instead of getting up to the computer, or grabbing my tablet.

I don't have any fancy tricks to memorize or learn the Bible. I have no secrets or special manners to share. I just read it, and re read it, and every time I go through the Bible, the Lord has more to show me. If you've read here long, you've seen some of that growth. I started blogging without a head covering, donning tight jeans and hip shirts. Over the years, I've come to dresses only, head covering, and recently, no longer celebrating the pagan holidays of tradition. I'm starting to glean one of the next steps in the walk, and it is very exciting. None of these steps are legalism, unless one considers it legalist to follow the Word of God. These are all things I learned from the Scriptures, and I follow them NOT to be saved (because I already am) but to further walk in obedience to the Lord and please Him.

You can never glean everything from just one reading of the Bible. On about my second or third time through, I thought I was supposed to be Torah Observant, and began attending a Seventh Day Baptist church. On my fourth time through, God pointed out certain Scriptures that basically slapped me across the face, and I learned I was slapping Jesus across the face with my supposed Torah Observancy. To see many Scriptures about this, and what I learned, see my article series Torah vs. Grace.

Bible study is on going. I believe it is humanly impossible to learn, know, and understand every bit of it. Even with a fabulous study Bible as the Dake, where Mr. Dake KNEW the KJV Bible by heart - even he had wrong notes and interpretations - quite a few.

If you use a study Bible, remember that the commentary is by errant man, and is not correct in all places. The same goes for what you learn at church. There are a handful of things taught at my church that are wrong, but I know that no church, no study Bible, and no person is perfect. I know many of the things I've written about are likely wrong, and when I learn about them, I shall correct them. I'm doing the best I can, and praise the Lord, that is all that is expected of me. Thank God we have the Bible, so we can check what people say against the Word of God. Thank God.

Preaching

I am blessed to attend a church that is big on Bible study. I love it! If you don't walk away having been filled with good Bible teaching from your church, then perhaps it's time to shop around for a new church. I personally suggest you open your phone book, and look under the Baptist section, and look specifically for Independent Baptist churches. I've been to many different churches in my Christian life, but I can tell you that the best preaching was always from the Independent Baptist churches.

By the way, I am not a Baptist. 1 Corinthians 1 and 1 Corinthians 3 are abundantly clear that denominations are man-made balderdash. I am a Christian. Should you want to know what type of Christian I am, I am simply a Bible Believing Christian.

I attended a Church of Christ for a while, and found out it was Cambelite, after I heard a REALLY wrong sermon, and researched it. I've also attended my fair share of Landmarkist and/or Briderist Baptist churches, before I found one that was not, yet still independent. I don't think there is a perfect church in this current world. I think it is important to gather together with the Body of Christ, but I also think it's important the check everything said at church with the Word of God.

Television Preachers

This would also include tape/CD ministries, and radio. There are very few I listen to/watch. I've checked some out over the years, and almost always turned the television off in disgust. Some of them are clearly doing this because it's their "job," and it pays well. There are others that are just plain wrong, and it's sad that people swallow their malarkey, and don't check the Scriptures for themselves. I refuse to read/watch/listen to women preachers, because that is against the Word of God. There is one television show that I've watched off and on through the years, and that I sometimes DVR, and that is "Shepherd's Chapel." Certainly, I disagree with his view of the gap theory, how the original sin of Adam and Even came about, etc. However, there are many things this man teaches that are spot on. He tells his viewers over and over again to check everything, including his teachings, against the Word of God. In his program, he goes through the King James Bible chapter by chapter, and verse by verse. There is a local TV station here that plays his show at 5am, so I often DVR it, and watch it in the afternoons if I have time, often with one or more kiddos watching with me.

I am delighted that he also sees Christ's coming at the seventh trumpet. I believe the seventh trumpet is where the rapture occurs. It's as plain as day in the Scriptures, so the only reason I can figure everyone doesn't see it, is because it's not what they've been taught, and they read the Bible through what they've been taught, instead of dropping that filter, and just reading the Word for what it says.

While I agree with Dr. Arnold Murray that we'll see Christ at the seventh trump, that's as far as our agreement goes on that issue. He doesn't believe there will be any rapture, so he sees the seventh trump as Christ's second coming. I see the rapture in the Scriptures, and see the seventh trumpet occurring mid trib and that it is the rapture. I can back this timeline up with such Scriptures as Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24 (abomination of desolation section), Daniel 12, 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, and Revelation chapter 12.

Again, check what any preacher of the Word says or teaches against the Word of God. All Christians cannot be on the same page in our doctrinal beliefs, because we are all in different parts of our walk. We are all in different stages of our growth. I believe that I graduated from milk to meat years ago, but I also know I have a LONG LONG way to go, before I've scratched the surface of Bible knowledge. The Bible is the ONLY book that I can read over and over again, and NEVER tire of it. It is a God-breathed, supernatural book, no doubt about it.

How I Read the Bible

As you have gathered by this point, I study the Bible by just reading it and believing what it says. I've read the Bible straight through, from Genesis to Revelation, and I've also read the Bible in both Testaments at the same time. Sometimes I read the Bible through by reading Torah, then the N.T., then the O.T. up to the Writings, and then the N.T. again, and then the rest of the O.T. and then the N.T. again. I prefer to read the N.T. two or more times per year, and the O.T. one or more times per year.

Right now, I have two bookmarks in my Bible. One bookmark is in the Old Testament, and the other is in the New. Just about every evening/night, and sometimes in the afternoons as well, I read a few chapters in the Old Testament, and then a few in the New. Obviously, I finish the New before the Old, doing it in this fashion. When that happens, I just flip back to the beginning of the New, and start over, while I continue on where I am in the Old. Simple, fun, and meaty, that is.

If you are Christian, but have never read the whole Bible, I urge you to do so. Bible illiteracy is a serious plague of today, and it needs to be eradicated.


Build Your Foundation on the Rock of Salvation

"It’s like a person building a house by digging deep and laying the foundation on bedrock. When the flood came, the rising water smashed against that house, but the water couldn’t shake the house because it was well built. 49 But those who don’t put into practice what they hear are like a person who built a house without a foundation. The floodwater smashed against it and it collapsed instantly. It was completely destroyed." -Luke 6:48-49 CEB

"The Lord lives! Bless God, my rock! Let my God, the rock of my salvation, be lifted high!" -2 Samuel 22:47 CEB

"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." -John 8:32 CEB

"Jesus answered, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." -John 14:6 CEB

The terms "Christian" and "personal relationship with Jesus Christ" have been thrown around so much, that for many people, they have lost their original savor. What is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ? Is it going to church? Is it being a "good person?" Is it via doing certain rituals, or following certain traditions? No, it is so much simpler than that.

Jesus says:

"Look! I’m standing at the door and knocking. If any hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to be with them, and will have dinner with them, and they will have dinner with me." -Revelation 3:20 CEB

Let Jesus into your heart and life. Put your faith and trust in Him, and in Him alone.

Why did Jesus Christ come to this earth? He came to pay for our sins. Have you ever broken any of the Ten Commandments? Did you know that Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount that just looking at someone with lust in your heart is the same thing as committing adultery in your heart?

Many people will say I'm a good person. Sure, I've stolen a few paper clips in my time, and I've told some lies, but I've never killed anyone, so I'm good enough for heaven. Don't be so sure. Have you ever felt hatred toward someone? If so, then you are guilty of committing murder in your heart:

"Everyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that murderers don’t have eternal life residing in them." -1 John 3:15 CEB

If you have stolen, lied, lusted after someone, hated someone, loved someone or something more than God, etc., then you have broken at least 5 of the Ten Commandments. Do you really think you'd make it to heaven? Not according to God's Word:

"Don’t you know that people who are unjust won’t inherit God’s kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Those who are sexually immoral, those who worship false gods, adulterers, both participants in same-sex intercourse, thieves, the greedy, drunks, abusive people, and swindlers won’t inherit God’s kingdom." -1 Corinthians 6:9-10 CEB

But there is good news:

"That is what some of you used to be! But you were washed clean, you were made holy to God, and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God." -1 Corinthians 6:11 CEB

We are all sinners:

"All have sinned and fall short of God’s glory" -Romans 3:23 CEB

Even Mary, the woman chosen by God to be a vessel that would carry Jesus in her womb, was a sinner, and in need of a Savior:

"In the depths of who I am I rejoice in God my savior." - Mary said this in Luke 1:47 (CEB). Only sinners need a Savior, and Mary also accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior.

We are all imperfect, fallible sinners:

"This is the message that we have heard from him and announce to you: “God is light and there is no darkness in him at all.” If we claim, “We have fellowship with him,” and live in the darkness, we are lying and do not act truthfully. But if we live in the light in the same way as he is in the light, we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from every sin. If we claim, “We don’t have any sin,” we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us." -1 John 1:5-8 CEB

The blood of Jesus Christ is what cleanses us from all sins. Jesus came to this earth to die to pay for our sins. You see, Leviticus tells us that 'the life is in the blood,' and that it takes spilt blood to atone for sin.

When we choose to truly believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, and to live our lives for Christ, then Christ's spilt blood cleanses us from our sins:

"Come now, and let’s settle this, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be white as snow. If they are red as crimson, they will become like wool." -Isaiah 1:18 CEB

Jesus tells us this:

"God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won’t perish but will have eternal life. God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him isn’t judged; whoever doesn’t believe in him is already judged, because they don’t believe in the name of God’s only Son." - Jesus said this, in John 3:16-18 (CEB)

Paul gives us a simple "step by step process" on how to be saved:

"Because if you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and in your heart you have faith that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Trusting with the heart leads to righteousness, and confessing with the mouth leads to salvation. The scripture says, All who have faith in him won’t be put to shame." -Romans 10:9-11 CEB

Jesus is our one and only mediator:

"There is one God and one mediator between God and humanity, the human Christ Jesus" -1 Timothy 2:5 CEB

Jesus is our High Priest:

"Also, let’s hold on to the confession since we have a great high priest who passed through the heavens, who is Jesus, God’s Son; because we don’t have a high priest who can’t sympathize with our weaknesses but instead one who was tempted in every way that we are, except without sin." -Hebrews 4:14-15 CEB

We are to follow the Lord and the Bible, not traditions of people:

"Jesus replied, “Why do you break the command of God by keeping the rules handed down to you?" -Matthew 15:3 CEB

Jesus is God:

"Without question, the mystery of godliness is great: he was revealed as a human, declared righteous by the Spirit, seen by angels, preached throughout the nations, believed in around the world, and taken up in glory." -1 Timothy 3:16 CEB

If Jesus isn't the Lord of your life, then I hope that you will let Him into your heart and life this very moment.

"But God shows his love for us, because while we were still sinners Christ died for us." -Romans 5:8 CEB

Have you built your foundation on the Rock of Salvation?

Jesus is the way. If you would like to receive Jesus into your heart and life, then let Him know. Pray to the Lord, telling Him that you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and that you believe that Jesus died on the cross to pay the death penalty for your sins. Tell this to God in your own words, from your heart.

"The wages that sin pays are death, but God’s gift is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." -Romans 6:23 CEB

Believe, and Receive:

"You too heard the word of truth in Christ, which is the good news of your salvation. You were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit because you believed in Christ." -Ephesians 1:13 CEB

When you believe on Jesus Christ, you receive the Holy Spirit. You are sealed as a child of God.

If you have accepted Jesus Christ into your heart and life as your Lord and Savior, and you believe that Jesus died on the cross in your place, to pay the death penalty for your sins, and that Christ rose from the dead three days later, and you are ready to let Him lead your life, and you will live for Him, then you are saved, and born again.

You are now a saved Child of God, with the Holy Spirit living within you. Dedicate your life to the Lord, and live for Him. Please get a Bible (I suggest the Common English Bible - CEB) and turn to the Gospel of John. That is the fourth book in the New Testament. If you don't have a Bible, then you can read it for free, online - here.

After you've read the Gospel of John, go on to read Acts, and then Romans. These three books will bring you through the Gospel, the early church, and basic Christian doctrine. After you've read these three, then turn to the beginning of the New Testament, and read it all the way through. After that, read both the Old and New Testaments.

You should also follow the Lord and get baptized in water. A Believer's Baptism doesn't save you. Only faith in Christ saves you. A Believer's Baptism is an outward showing of your salvation. It symbolizes you being born again. When you are lowered under the water, it shows you dying to your old self, and when you are raised up out of the water, it symbolizes you being born again, as a new creature in Christ. This is called a Believer's Baptism, because, according to the Bible, a person is supposed to get baptized after they have believed on Christ. Anyone who was "baptized" before having faith in Christ just got wet - nothing more. You don't need to find a church to get baptized in. Any born again Christian can baptize you in any acceptable body of water - even a public swimming pool.

Find a good, local church congregation to attend. Search in your area for a Nazarene church, Foursquare church, or non-denominational Full-Gospel church.

Immerse yourself in the Bible. The Bible is God's love letter to you. It is also your Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth.

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