About the bible

FireHeart · Jun 29, 2015

So I have been unable to have a bible for a long time, and I could read the bible online but firstly my eyes get strained secondly it's not the same as holding the heart of God in your hands. I do not see the bible as a book I see it as God's heart. See when I first became saved I read the bible I devoured every word I read I felt as it feed my soul as if giving me the finest foods I was reading it nonstop so hungry and enjoying his words so much. but after a month for some reason this suddenly stopped I was so confuse I had no idea why this happened.

Ever since then I could never read it like that before. I read it hoping and believing I was reading with the holy spirit just as many do but I saw how so many ppl have said this yet there is a hundred different interpretations for a single scripture and so I saw I wasn't reading with the holy spirit at all.

I then had an expereince I have had many of these experiences and so I was called by some ppl a seer but I don't exactly know what a seer is or what he does for God and such so I kind of disregarded it. I was sitting on my bed with the bible open and I closed my eyes and put my hand on it and I saw in my minds eye something amazing I saw such power and love coming from the bible endlessly in the form of fire and the fire consumed me entirely I opened my eyes and they too were like fire. with these eyes of fire I could read the bible like the back of my hand there was nothing in it I could not understand no secret I did not perceive I saw and understood it all I saw also God's power flowing through the pages like a river.

This to me back then seemed like no big deal yet at the same time it felt very prophetic. Ever since then I haven't read it that much tbh, I read scriptures online and such but I can't read it like a book. But even so without hardly reading the bible there were truths revealed to me just by spending time with God about his word, how one scripture has more power than a nuke how when you hold the bible in your hand you are holding the very heart of God and just earlier today as I was praying to God about this I saw in my mind the lambs blood splattered on all the pages in the bible.

Now like I said I have been unable to have one for a long time and I wanted one really bad, a good friend on here whom I will not say out of respect said he would get me one and mail it to me even if it was a five dollar bible I didn't care I was so happy to get one. so six days later my bible comes in and boy my friend went all out he got me an 80 dollar worth study bible. I want to be able to read it but I only can read Psalms and have my spirit affected.

I can't read the bible like I did before like a lot of ppl do thinking we are reading through the holy spirit when we aren't. If I am going to read it I need to do so with God's eyes not mine with his mind and heart not my own I need the holy spirit to leap inside me with every word from God I devour I need to have my heart and soul touched and affected by his words or else I cannot read it at all.

I can maybe read Psalms possibly proverbs but that's about it, I have sought after God's heart exhaustively I have taken on the title seeker of God's heart because that is literally who I am in him. and I never realized that the heart I was seeking was something I would not touch. I want to read his heart I want to search it to my hearts content I want to see him and see him work inside me with every page every paragraph every scripture.

God knows my request he knows what I so desperately want but is it his will?

Goodbook · Jun 29, 2015

Um..
I would advise read the bible and nothing but.
Dont fret about study bibles, find one without commentary. I would recommmend KJV.

1watchman · Jun 29, 2015

Don't imagine anything, but read God's Word daily and be in communion with Him about His truth ---and yes, the KJV is the most accurate. The Bible is the "Word of Truth", as God says, so that needs to be our source for our life and in communion with God through the Lord Jesus, the Christ. It is a personal relationship that will keep one going on a Godly pathway.

BFine · Jun 29, 2015

Read the Bible regularly...
2 Timothy 2:16-17
"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for
correction, and for training in righteousness,
that the man of God may be complete,
equipped for every good work."

The Word of God...
Hebrews 4:12
"For the Word of God is living and active,
sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing
to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints
and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts
and intentions of the heart."

You say: "I need to have my heart and soul touched
and affected by his words or else I cannot read it at all."
God's Word says....
"In all circumstances take up the shield
of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming
darts of the evil one; the helmet of salvation, and the
sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, at all
times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication."

You need the full armor of God on each day...
bible study on that armor here:
http://www.freebiblestudyguides.org/bible-teachings/armor-of-god.htm

We aren't told in scripture to wait until we "feel"
something in order to read God's Word... we are
to study it/ meditate on it, accept it and apply it
in our lives each day.
The Word instructs us to assemble ourselves with
other believers, to look after the "least of these",
practice hospitality, show agape, be a witness
(Light) in this dark world.
Also, we are told to renew our minds
on God's Word....and to:
"Casting down imaginations, and every high thing
that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God,
and bringing into captivity every thought to the
obedience of Christ.
(2 Corinthians 10:5)

DiscipleHeLovesToo · Jun 29, 2015

FireHeart said:
So I have been unable to have a bible for a long time, and I could read the bible online but firstly my eyes get strained secondly it's not the same as holding the heart of God in your hands. I do not see the bible as a book I see it as God's heart. See when I first became saved I read the bible I devoured every word I read I felt as it feed my soul as if giving me the finest foods I was reading it nonstop so hungry and enjoying his words so much. but after a month for some reason this suddenly stopped I was so confuse I had no idea why this happened.

Ever since then I could never read it like that before. I read it hoping and believing I was reading with the holy spirit just as many do but I saw how so many ppl have said this yet there is a hundred different interpretations for a single scripture and so I saw I wasn't reading with the holy spirit at all.

I then had an expereince I have had many of these experiences and so I was called by some ppl a seer but I don't exactly know what a seer is or what he does for God and such so I kind of disregarded it. I was sitting on my bed with the bible open and I closed my eyes and put my hand on it and I saw in my minds eye something amazing I saw such power and love coming from the bible endlessly in the form of fire and the fire consumed me entirely I opened my eyes and they too were like fire. with these eyes of fire I could read the bible like the back of my hand there was nothing in it I could not understand no secret I did not perceive I saw and understood it all I saw also God's power flowing through the pages like a river.

This to me back then seemed like no big deal yet at the same time it felt very prophetic. Ever since then I haven't read it that much tbh, I read scriptures online and such but I can't read it like a book. But even so without hardly reading the bible there were truths revealed to me just by spending time with God about his word, how one scripture has more power than a nuke how when you hold the bible in your hand you are holding the very heart of God and just earlier today as I was praying to God about this I saw in my mind the lambs blood splattered on all the pages in the bible.

Now like I said I have been unable to have one for a long time and I wanted one really bad, a good friend on here whom I will not say out of respect said he would get me one and mail it to me even if it was a five dollar bible I didn't care I was so happy to get one. so six days later my bible comes in and boy my friend went all out he got me an 80 dollar worth study bible. I want to be able to read it but I only can read Psalms and have my spirit affected.

I can't read the bible like I did before like a lot of ppl do thinking we are reading through the holy spirit when we aren't. If I am going to read it I need to do so with God's eyes not mine with his mind and heart not my own I need the holy spirit to leap inside me with every word from God I devour I need to have my heart and soul touched and affected by his words or else I cannot read it at all.

I can maybe read Psalms possibly proverbs but that's about it, I have sought after God's heart exhaustively I have taken on the title seeker of God's heart because that is literally who I am in him. and I never realized that the heart I was seeking was something I would not touch. I want to read his heart I want to search it to my hearts content I want to see him and see him work inside me with every page every paragraph every scripture.

God knows my request he knows what I so desperately want but is it his will?

are you asking if it's His will for you to read and understand the Bible??? remember that you must renew your mind - renew your thinking - to know the things of God; this means you must un-learn what you've learned from the world and learn to deny your flesh; this can be challenging, and usually is. God doesn't control how difficult this is; each of us do. maybe the devil was busy when you received those revelations, and since then you have drawn his attention, and he's hindering you. we must strive to enter into His rest, because we have an enemy who will resist us from entering into His rest...

Quasicentennial · Jun 30, 2015

Jesus is definitely love and respect on a supernatural level, spiritual that is, and nobody likes to be too handsome or too ugly in physical appearance, since sexual attraction is a very strong personality desire, especially with a joyful sense of humor as a positive sign that you do not suffer depression and anxiety, or even angry thoughts of backstabbing gossip if someone doesn't do exactly as you instructed - that someone could be those who you socialize with/ communicate briefly with, besides those who you glance briefly with, since not everyone is a familiar family member or friend, such as staff or factory workers at work, or shoppers at the shopping mall:.
The Word of God is definitely supernatural in it's book form, even though our limited minds do not understand it completely since Adam and Eve had sinned, and because of their sin, it denied us eternal life and health to understand Jehovah God the Father with all his knowledge and wisdom in his Creation that involves Earth and all life on the stable planet, especially it's future-coming transformation as a new disaster-free paradise planet during Christ's Second Coming:.
Jesus now spiritually in our faithful hearts has died for our sins, and because he has the power of resurrection and transformation - the world has yet to experience or witness his Second Coming, his supernatural power of victory over Satan, and our transformation with:-
1) new genius-intelligent minds of Christ to understand the secrets of the Word of God in great depth and clarity, especially the hidden possessions of God such as the Ark of the Covenant, and maybe visit or re-visit epic bible story events through time travel if that's possible since man has made many movies, documentaries, TV episodes and books
2) new measure-perfect bodies of Christ, just like Adam and Eve with the correct body-height and body-shape, where nobody should be too tall or small, too fat or thin, and of course no disease or disability that is like savagery on mankind for centuries.;'*';.

FireHeart · Jun 30, 2015

Goodbook said:
Um..
I would advise read the bible and nothing but.
Dont fret about study bibles, find one without commentary. I would recommmend KJV.

What exactly is wrong with a study bible?

Gentle Lamb · Jun 30, 2015

Your testimony is so beautiful, reading it gave me goosebumps. Maybe what you should do is change your request from wanting to read God's word and have it like it was before, but to see it in action instead? I think that you have already seen and understood God's heart, maybe it is like the first stage of falling in love that you have seen. You have seen such power, maybe you should seek God in prayer for the majority of your time and ask Him to give you His heart on what to pray for and how. He may give you travail as He has already revealed to you His heart through His word. That is such an amazing experience that you had. Read Psalms & Proverbs if that is all that makes your heart leap and just make it your priority to pray instead of reading the Word. The people who wrote the Bible had to spend time in prayer to be able to receive that Word from God, so spend more of your time in prayer, the time that you would spend reading, and see how God leads you.

Gentle Lamb · Jun 30, 2015

And I'm sure there's nothing wrong with a study bible, I had a beautiful once that used scriptures to show why abortion is wrong and against God's will and I lost it a few years ago. I miss it quite a bit.

FireHeart · Jun 30, 2015

DiscipleHeLovesToo said:
are you asking if it's His will for you to read and understand the Bible??? remember that you must renew your mind - renew your thinking - to know the things of God; this means you must un-learn what you've learned from the world and learn to deny your flesh; this can be challenging, and usually is. God doesn't control how difficult this is; each of us do. maybe the devil was busy when you received those revelations, and since then you have drawn his attention, and he's hindering you. we must strive to enter into His rest, because we have an enemy who will resist us from entering into His rest...

This is what I know. Many claim to read and understand the bible with the holy spirit and in communion with God, the fruit of such claims is thousands of different views and beliefs hundreds of denominations within Christianity plus an added thousands of different views and beliefs of scripture within those hundreds of denominations and the fact that many because of their many different views and beliefs with a single scripture alone attack each other use scripture as a weapon and go into heated and often times pointless debates.

There are thousands of interpretations of the bible but only one true interpretation, there are no contradictions in the bible our eyes just perceive it to be that way. So I do not carelessly read the bible and assume what I think I know about the scripture I read is actually from the holy spirit. When you hold the bible in your hands you are holding the very heart of God himself and yet his heart is mistreated so much it is used out of context to fit our beliefs and views it is used as weapons to throw at each other and condemn each other and it's probably the best dust collector there is. as for the kjv that version is very hard for mind to understand that way of speaking is very confusing to me but when I read say the niv I have seen the power of God and I learned who he is and I grew a lot.

FireHeart · Jun 30, 2015

BFine said:
Read the Bible regularly...
2 Timothy 2:16-17
"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for
correction, and for training in righteousness,
that the man of God may be complete,
equipped for every good work."

The Word of God...
Hebrews 4:12
"For the Word of God is living and active,
sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing
to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints
and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts
and intentions of the heart."

You say: "I need to have my heart and soul touched
and affected by his words or else I cannot read it at all."
God's Word says....
"In all circumstances take up the shield
of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming
darts of the evil one; the helmet of salvation, and the
sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, at all
times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication."

You need the full armor of God on each day...
bible study on that armor here:
http://www.freebiblestudyguides.org/bible-teachings/armor-of-god.htm

We aren't told in scripture to wait until we "feel"
something in order to read God's Word... we are
to study it/ meditate on it, accept it and apply it
in our lives each day.
The Word instructs us to assemble ourselves with
other believers, to look after the "least of these",
practice hospitality, show agape, be a witness
(Light) in this dark world.
Also, we are told to renew our minds
on God's Word....and to:
"Casting down imaginations, and every high thing
that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God,
and bringing into captivity every thought to the
obedience of Christ.
(2 Corinthians 10:5)

This isn't about (feeling) something this is about the power and love of God. The power and the love of God that flows within those pages is not seen or known by many, a single scripture alone has more power in it than a nuke. Now if this book is chock full of such amazing power and is so full of love and all of who God is does it make sense to you to read it not be affected by it's power? It's the same with prayer, many ppl pray but the prayers of a pure heart of one who truly loves and adores God with every fiber of their being their prayers are full of power and are in the form of fire that shakes heaven itself.

There is reading the word then there is REALLY reading it, there is prayer then there is the prayer of a pure heart.

Soyeong · Jun 30, 2015

FireHeart said:
What exactly is wrong with a study bible?

There is much that can be gained from the knowledge that other people gained from their studies, so there is absolutely nothing wrong with using a study Bible. There was an English translation of the Bible that was earlier than the KJV and we have better and many times more manuscripts available to us than the translators of the KJV had, so the only particular reason to use the KJV is if you like the Elizabethan English.

FireHeart · Jun 30, 2015

something interesting about the bible is that is it's like an onion or the earths crust it has many many layers, you can read it a thousand times and yet still learn and grow in something new from it.

Goodbook · Jun 30, 2015

Nothing wrong with a study bible, if it helps you closer to God but I did find early in my walk it was a distraction because I would end up reading the study notes (mans interpretation) instead of Gods words alone.

God teaches us through his words and sometimes study bibles have bias, I remember trying to read one, and it had all these questions sprinkled through scripture that werent part of scripture and definite american bias. Im not american so found it harder to study! Like it assumed its readers would have an american background, and talk about american culture and customs. Then I would get confused as was trying to read the BIBLE, not about america.

Goodbook · Jun 30, 2015

That was an NIV student bible fyi.

I found it much easier to just read a plain bible. KJV even. I dont have a problem with the olde style of english used. It actually helps me focus on what God is saying.
I found other bibles too loose with the translation. If there was something that I wouldnt understand Id just ask God and He'd show me in another verse, the bible is really good at explaining itself.

FireHeart · Jun 30, 2015

Goodbook said:
That was an NIV student bible fyi.

I found it much easier to just read a plain bible. KJV even. I dont have a problem with the olde style of english used. It actually helps me focus on what God is saying.
I found other bibles too loose with the translation. If there was something that I wouldnt understand Id just ask God and He'd show me in another verse, the bible is really good at explaining itself.

Well I don't just use one translation, I like to look up the exact verse I read online in different translations

Goodbook · Jun 30, 2015

Yeah biblehub is good to check the different translations.
But for me found easier to stick to one as my reference.

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