Q: I've been a Christian for a long time, should I have already read the entire Bible ?
Friday, April 30th, 2010 at 12:00 AM by Ruth Tynes / Online Editor / InTheTimes.com
Ruth: "He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who cherishes understanding prospers." (Proverbs 19:8, NIV )
The Bible is a very important book, it is our instruction manual for life from God, so spending time reading it is very important.
Please note that there is a big difference between simply reading the Bible vs. reading and learning from the Bible...we want to learn from the Bible.
Get on a regular Bible reading schedule--decide what times you are going to do your Bible study everyday. You may want to utilize a 'read through the Bible in one year' schedule to help guide your daily reading times (most Bibles have one of these included). You may also want to utilize a Bible study guide--something that is helping you learn specific truths from the Word of God in a timely and organized fashion. Check out the InTheTimes.com Devotional Diary series !
Living the Christian life, is something that we work on day by day, so we will never stop learning from reading the Word of God, no matter how young or old we are. We learn something new, exciting, and helpful every time we pick up the Bible and study it ! As a Christian, we should seek to show progress in our study of God's Word--so whether you've read the Bible all the way through yet or not, simply keep at it! If you've read it through once, read it again and again.
"Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful.
But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown." (Matthew 13:18-23, NIV)
Originally published in the March 14, 2008 issue of In the Times magazine. Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. This article may not be reprinted or posted without written permission from the author. Please contact for reprint permission.
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