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How to read the bible…

How to read the bible…


In the Bible there are many records of the Truth spoken by Holy men who were inspired by the Holy Spirit…So what to do when it seems as if there is a contradiction. There is One Author and we have many accounts of the same events from eye witnesses and faithful men who have kept the Holy Record True.


You and I may be sitting in a field and a tree fall. Then afterwards, we go our separate ways and then describe the events of the tree falling in the field. Our stories will not be the exact same even though we were both there and seen the same event. Listen to one such event found in the pages of the New Testament of Christ which is the New Agreement between God and creation.


So, in the instance of the betrayal of Judas of Jesus…we find these facts each from a different account and we must harmonize them because all the words are true from different eye witness accounts…


Mat 26:51 ASV And behold, one of them that were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and smote the servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear.

Truth of the facts…One of Jesus disciples stretched out his hand…smote the servant of the High Priest…with a sword and cut off his ear.


Mar 14:47 ASV But a certain one of them that stood by drew his sword, and smote the servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear.

Truth of the facts…One of Jesus disciples stretched out his hand…smote the servant of the High Priest…with a sword and cut off his ear.


Luk 22:50 ASV And a certain one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and struck off his right ear.

Truth of the facts…one of the followers of Jesus struck the High Priest’s servant and cut off his right ear.


Joh 18:10 ASV Simon Peter therefore having a sword drew it, and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. Now the servant's name was Malchus.


Truth of the facts…We find the servant is Peter and the servant of the High Priest who had his right ear cut off name was Malchus…


So when we have all the accounts of the Truth and examine all the Truth of the facts we learn the one event was described with different details which do not change the event or make it not true but better describe the who, what, when, where…


So we learn in this scene…Peter who had a sword…smote the High Priest servant with the sword…Peter cut off Malchus right ear…but we had to read four different accounts of the record to pull together all the details which do not contradict.


Father…please help us discern the truth so we can know what to do to be right with You…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.


Try…A…Daily Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend...



How to read the bible…

Water for the understanding soul…

Pro 8:13-36 ASV The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate. 14 Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might. 15 By me kings reign, And princes decree justice. 16 By me princes rule, And nobles, even all the judges of the earth. 17 I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me. 18 Riches and honor are with me; Yea, durable wealth and righteousness. 19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver. 20 I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice; 21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries. 22 Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth; 26 While as yet He had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world. 27 When He established the heavens, I was there: When He set a circle upon the face of the deep, 28 When He made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong, 29 When He gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress His commandment, When He marked out the foundations of the earth; 30 Then I was by Him, as a master workman; And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before Him, 31 Rejoicing in His habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men. 32 Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways. 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not. 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors. 35 For whoso finds me finds life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah. 36 But He that sins against me wrongs His own soul: All they that hate me love death.


Joh 14:6-7 ASV Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by Me. 7 If ye had known Me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know Him, and have seen Him.


Joh 14:15-17 ASV If ye love Me, ye will keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of Truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholds Him not, neither knows Him: ye know Him; for He abides with you, and shall be in you.


2Jn 1:2-3 ASV for the Truth's sake which abides in us, and It shall be with us forever: 3 Grace, mercy, peace shall be with us, from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in Truth and love.


Father…please grant all us sinners…wisdom, understanding, knowledge, truth, joy, hope, and faith that it may be well with our soul and we may learn the Truth and do what is right before You and Your only Son…so we may find mercy on the great Day of Judgement…In Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.


Try…A…Daily Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend...



Water for the understanding soul…

What if Jesus Christ of the town of Nazareth…was born on September the 2nd not December 25…

What if Jesus Christ of the town of Nazareth…was born on September the 2nd not December 25…


Is there a command or an approved example in the New Testament of Christ to celebrate and remember even any birthday or in this instance the birth of Jesus…God’s only Son…

If there is then I have searched without fruit…I find no Authority in the Bible, in the New Testament of Christ to celebrate or mandate the celebration of the birth of Jesus…


The Shepherds were in the field watching the flocks…under the stars. I do not believe they were in winter due to this fact…The time of taxation was at hand…most people do not travel in the winter… Jerusalem was very busy with people there to pay taxes…there was no room in the inn. Yet Jesus was born in a manger… and then the world began to change…


Three wise men following the star…brought gifts of gold…frankincense…and myrrh…these wise men gave enough gold and money worth of stuff that God who is Jesus’s Father provided all that would be needed for His Son Jesus through the hands of the wise men…the wise men then knew the child was in danger and did what they could to protect God’s only Son…Joeseph and Mary then fled to Egypt and God’s only Son eventually grew up in the Town of Nazareth… Jesus is the only one named Jesus that came from the town of Nazareth in Israel…when asked by the one known as Saul who was killing Jesus’s followers… Jesus of Nazareth responded with these words…


Act 22:7-8 KJV And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecute thou me? 8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And He said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecute.


We are told what to celebrate in the New Agreement with Creation called the New Testament of Christ…I believe the birth of Jesus is extremely important but we are told we are to remember His death, burial, and resurrection not His birth…however many people celebrate the Holiday traditions teaching of Jesus birth and thus His death burial and resurrection…there is no Authority to celebrate Christmas than there is to have Thanksgiving here in America…it is a tradition and it is not a sin to participate in tradition as long as you do not bind the tradition as law. Listen to the instruction given…


1Co 11:23-30 KJV For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which He was betrayed took bread: 24 And when He had given thanks, He brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of Me. 25 After the same manner also He took the cup, when He had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in My Blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of Me. 26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. 27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29 For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.


We are told to celebrate or remember the death and resurrection of Jesus by partaking of the bread and wine in remembrance of Jesus setting us free from sin and death…for He did not stay dead.


Mat 27:45-53 KJV Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken Me? 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. 48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar (sour wine), and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. 49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save Him. 50 Jesus, when He had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after His resurrection, and went into the Holy city, and appeared unto many.


Jesus did not sin when He was forsaken on the cross but correctly identified what had happened…the Holy Spirit that landed on Him at His baptism and did many miracles to prove Jesus words were Truth and Life…left Him and Jesus correctly asked Why did you leave me God…then He said it is Finished and gave up Himself as a willing sacrifice and was raised three days later…


Jesus died and was raised from the dead so you and I could never choose evil or a wrong immoral thing again…Jesus’ work of redemption…provided forgiveness of all past evil and a cleansing of the evil as long as we obey Jesus the Author of Salvation. Jesus will reveal the truth to you and then all you must do is what is right with our Creator. Will you do what is right when the truth is revealed to you? Yes or no. Do you believe Jesus died on the cross and was raised from the dead being God’s only Son He Fathered? Yes or no?


Listen to this account after Jesus Christ’s resurrection…

Mar 16:14-20 KJV Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. 19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. 20 And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. Heb 5:8-9 KJV Though he were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered; 9 And being made perfect, He became the Author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him…


Father I believe in Your only Fathered Son Jesus the Christ please show me mercy and grant me repentance by revealing the truth and empowering me to repent and reconciled with You through the salvation supplied by Your only Son…In Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.


Try…A…Daily Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend...



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