Problems in interpreting in the Holy Bible

One of the chief reasons why so many religions, denominations and cults have arisen that use the Bible to justify their false religions, is the fact that many of these groups have leaders who are “natural men”. That is, they are not born-again, blood washed believers. They profess to be Christians, but they have never been regenerated.

Because they are not true believers, and are still in the “natural man” state - the state of sinful Adam, not possessing the Holy Spirit - the Bible teaches that such “natural men” are INCAPABLE of understanding the spiritual things in the Bible, and as a result, WILL and MUST misinterpret the Bible:

“But a NATURAL MAN does not accept the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he CANNOT understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.” 1 Corinthians 2:14

Natural men almost always take only “parts” of the Bible for their religion, usually ignore the context - what is said before and after any particular passage - and twist most other parts of the Scriptures to conform to what a particular denominational beliefs, that can’t be found in the Scriptures.

However, things are quite different with a TRUE believer who has been regenerated and is indwelt by the Holy Spirit.

“Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit, Who is from God, THAT WE MIGHT KNOW THE THINGS FREELY GIVEN TO US BY GOD, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those TAUGHT BY THE SPIRIT, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.” 1 Corinthians 2:12 & 13

A true believer, according to 1 Corinthians 2:12 & 13, has the capacity to UNDERSTAND and KNOW the revealed things in the Scriptures given to us. But even the true believer has to be TAUGHT BY THE SPIRIT indwelling him, how to understand spiritual things.

A believer is likewise required to STUDY the Bible and meditate on it in order to properly and spiritually discern its message (2 Timothy 2:15; Psalm 119:148). In addition to this, God expects a Spirit-led Christian to know his OWN written and spoken language, in how it is grammatically constructed, and how it is used. God expects the Christian to know all figures of speech (such as analogy, metaphor, symbolism, allegory, etc.) used in their own language and, of which, are also used in the Bible. It is surprising to see many Christians trying to understand their Bible, WITHOUT having a grasp of their OWN language with its own construction, figures of speech and rules of sentence structure.

No doubt some blame can be laid at the doorstep of the schools that no longer stress or drill their students in grammatical analysis and sentence diagramming, but God expects the Christian to KNOW these things. Thus, for some believers, for those lacking in a strong educational background, it may be necessary to review what may have been forgotten, or learn, on one’s own, the rules of grammar and figures of speech.

This little booklet intends to be a helpful supplement in showing the Christian how even the Holy Spirit, Who is the Divine Author of the Bible, uses and follows the rules of grammatical construction and many figures of speech. This, His Own Book, is the greatest piece of literature ever produced or ever will be produced on the face of this planet, and we as Christians need to study it diligently to gain the utmost from it.
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