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People who dedicate their lives to study the Bible, how far do they get when it comes to knowledge?

JohnB445

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I know this will be dependent on when they started, and how old they go to live, time dedicated to studying, and also how fast they can absorb information, some people are information sponges.

If I at 28 years old decided to study the Bible full, time what can I expect on how much information I will acquire by the time I reached age 70? Probably still not enough to know everything.

Ever since I became a believer at age 20, It has been 8 years now time flies, I am still very interested to this day about the history of the Bible, and also Christian history, from the very beginning all the way up to the 1600's.
 

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It seems to me that no matter how far I've come in knowledge, I've not gotten any further and still am as ignorant as I was at the beginning. It is wisdom that is better, and that requires cultivating dependence on God. Fear the Lord and honor His commandments, that is the whole of the matter.
 
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I know this will be dependent on when they started, and how old they go to live, time dedicated to studying, and also how fast they can absorb information, some people are information sponges.

If I at 28 years old decided to study the Bible full, time what can I expect on how much information I will acquire by the time I reached age 70? Probably still not enough to know everything.

Ever since I became a believer at age 20, It has been 8 years now time flies, I am still very interested to this day about the history of the Bible, and also Christian history, from the very beginning all the way up to the 1600's.
Unless one reads with the lens of truth, it can be a waste of time. For example, Bart Ehrman went into Seminary as a Christian and came out of it an agnostic after a few years of deconstructing using the Bible! Some people are so entrenched in a theological system that it completely colors their view of truth. IMHO, scripture is very, very simple. It is the doctrine of men that complicates its simple message. This is why we need His Holy Spirit to direct us into the simplicity of truth before we can understand what is written.
Blessings
 
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Bible study is different than any other sort of study because the bible is truth and immersion in truth causes changes in the reader. Yes one grows in knowledge, but one also grows in the capacity to understand which might be seen as half way between knowledge and wisdom.

One has to remember that God's word is supernatural and its effects can be life changing.

Isa 55:10 For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
Isa 55:11 so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
 
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