Within eyesight or where I sit typing this I can count
sixteen Bibles. Those are just the
hardcover ones. In my E-Sword electronic Bible software
I have 36 English translations, 7 Greek and Hebrew, and access to almost every
written language on the planet. I have
shelves full of commentary and background on the Bible as well as thousands of electronic
volumes of the same. (I highly recommend E-Sword by the way. It is free and quite manageable.)
All of those valued resources mean nothing if I do not use
them. Using all of them means even less
if I do not change because of it. There
used to be a time where I read my Bible through once a month. I did this for almost three years. During some of that time I also was
neglecting what it teaches in several areas of my life.
I still read the Bible every day but I strive for quality
over quantity. I ponder what I read in
light of what it is saying to me about following Christ. If I do not discipline (same word as
discipleship) my life to look into these words and find what I am to become by
doing then I should neglect it altogether.
It is never enough to read the Bible or even believe it.
If I do not live the lessons found in that reading and it
the commentary surrounding it then I am not following. It does not matter if I believe it if I do
not do it. I am to be disciplined by the
teaching of the Bible. It is not my
weapon to judge others. It is not my
tool to manipulate or pressure others.
It is a living thing that divides my natures so that I may feed the one
that follows Christ.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home
owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store."
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