Understanding Scriptures

[Van Arsdale]

101703 Jesus is Lord. Amen.
I am very grateful for your help, correction, rebuke and encouragement. I hope believers will tell what they think about these Scriptures and help me understand them:

Isaiah 2:22 Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils.
Of what account is he?

Hear the word of the LORD , you who tremble at his word: "Your brothers who hate you, and exclude you because of my name, have said, 'Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy!' Yet they will be put to shame. -Isaiah 66:5

Jeremiah 9:4 "Beware of your friends; do not trust your brothers.
For every brother is a deceiver, and every friend a slanderer.

Matthew 10:34"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35For I have come to turn " 'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law-- 36a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.'

Psalm 119:11 Is it not you, O God, you who have rejected us and no longer go out with our armies?
Psalm 119:118 You reject all who stray from your decrees, for their deceitfulness is in vain.

 

[look]

Here's a suggestion, study the context in which each verse was lifted out of and also check out different translations to look at different views of the scripture. Most importantly, ask God for revelation from His Word and expect it to come. It doesn't always come right away, sometimes your heart has to be changed by the Holy Spirit, just to get it ready for the hidden truths...

Word studies are a valuable part of studing the scriptures, I would recomend a free Bible software, with whichever translations and commentaries and dictionaries (Greek and Hebrew) you want to choose... Check out E-Sword at http://www.e-sword.net/

 

[brotherjim]

What's the problem? There should be no problem: each says exactly what it says. There's nothing enigmatic here.