When studying the Bible you should ask yourself why you want to study it. It is not easy to find the truth within it’s pages, but with prayer, humility and hard work it can be achieved. Here are few things to help you on your journey for truth.
“Understanding the Bible.” is not a simple thing to do. All you have to do is look around at all the different churches with all their different beliefs, which they say come from the Bible, and it is easy to see that understanding the Bible is not that easy. – David Curtis
Free eBook for beginners, but it also has some good advice for those who have been reading for a while and still are struggling to understand.
2 Principles for Biblical Hermeneutics that should be applied when reading and studying the Bible.
- The Analogy of Faith -Scripture interprets scripture. No part of scripture can be interpreted in such a way as to render it in conflict with something taught elsewhere in scripture.
- Read it within the context it was written. The Bible uses metaphor, hyperbole and poetry and other literary devices to covey messages. Putting passages, chapters, verses and whole books into context helps discover these devices.
The Bible was written in 3 dead languages Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew to cultures that have been dead for thousands of years. The Bible was not written to us, but it was written for us and following the above principles it will change your life.
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