There are so many ways to go with this passage, but I want to look at the possibility of not understanding the Bible. I had coffee with a guy about a month ago, who talked about his understanding of all types of secular books, but how he just doesn’t get the bible. He continued to talk and revealed much more than he realized. I know he goes to church, but I believe he practices religion, and is not saved. We cannot understand the bible until we are.
The Living Word
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
They call it the Living Bible or book. What other great books throughout history make the claim to be more that just print? We all have heard the Word preached, or heard a sermon, and felt like it was pointed right at us. Sitting in a church full of people, and wondering how the pastor knew exactly what we were battling at that time, and how he wrote that sermon for us. It was not the pastor, but the Word of God that spoke to us. It probably hurt, just as a sword does. The power of the conviction of the Holy Spirit is revealing the words of God to us, revealing our sin, revealing ourselves.
I learned a few years back, that the lost simply cannot understand the Bible. Until Salvation, when we are given the Holy Spirit, we cannot understand, because the Spirit is whom reveals these truths to us. If you are struggling with understanding, get on your knees and pour your heart out to God. Accept that the only way to heaven is through His Son, that you can do nothing to earn your way, that you understand how much you are a sinner, and you need His help. You may very well find that your bible becomes alive in a whole new way, for eternity.
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