1. Did you ever wonder why the Bible is so hard to
read? It’s simple really. God is looking for
people who are willing to pursue Him. The Bible is
like a gold mine. Now, if I were to give you a real
live gold mine, would you just walk in and pick up
the gold? No, of course not. You have to dig for
it, but the reward is incredibly valuable. I promise
if you dig into the Bible youÂ’ll find secrets FAR
more valuable than just gold.Â
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2. Did you ever wonder why the Bible is so hard to read? ItÂ’s simple really
God is looking for people who are willing to pursue Him The Bible is like
a gold mine Now, if I were to give you a real live gold mine, would you
just walk in and pick up the gold? No, of course not You have to dig for
it, but the reward is incredibly valuable I promise if you dig into the Bible
youÂ’ll find secrets FAR more valuable than just gold The other thing
the Bible is like is a jigsaw puzzle ItÂ’s not until you complete it that you
really start to grasp the whole picture I encourage you most strongly to
make a decision to read the whole Bible My secrets in this article will
help you 1 ) Get A Version You Can Understand The Living Bible is the
easiest to read, but it is a paraphrase, not a translation This means that
the translators tried to translate the meaning of the original Hebrew,
Aramaic and Greek, not the exact words The New American Standard
Version (NASB) is generally accepted as the most accurate modern
translation
3. It was translated with the benefit of the findings of the Dead Sea Scrolls
(1946) and the storeroom of Ezra (Egypt, 1872) which were not available
in earlier English translations It is still somewhat difficult to read,
however The New International Version (NIV) is another painstakingly
accurate modern translations, but it is very readable It too is highly
recommended The King James Version and The Catholic Bible are the
classic American Bibles, but they can be very difficult to read If you are
a member of a church, your Pastor or Priest may have a specific version
that they recommend 2 ) Every Time Before You Read: Ask God to
open your eyes and your heart to His Word 3 ) This Is The Order In
Which To Read The Bible: The Bible is broken into two parts: The Old
Testament and the New Testament The Old Testament is the history of
creation and the Jewish nation, along with stories, writings and warnings
from GodÂ’s prophets The New Testament is the story of Jesus and the
early Christian church along with instructions on how to be a Christian
4. We live under the New Testament - which is a new way of life which God
set up through Jesus The first 4 books of the New Testament are
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and are known as "The Gospels " (This
means "Good News")
5. These are 4 different versions of the same story - The Life of Jesus
They are 4 eyewitness accounts of JesusÂ’ life So read in this order:
Matthew, Romans, 1&2 Corinthians Mark, Acts, Galatians, Ephesians,
Philippians, Colossians Luke, 1&2 Thessalonians, 1&2 Timothy, Titus,
Philemon, Hebrews, James John, 1&2 Peter, 1,2&3 John, Jude,
Revelation 4 ) Read One Chapter At A Time This will take anywhere
from 5 to 15 minutes 5 ) You Will Need The Following Tools: A pencil
and a ruler 6 ) This Is How You Use The Pencil And Ruler: When you
read, underline anything that strikes you as important or interesting
When you finish the chapter, look back over the things youÂ’ve
underlined and draw a box round the most important thing in the chapter
When you finish a book, review your boxed verses and make a double
box around the most important verse of the book Doing this is simply a
tool to help you realize what youÂ’re reading You will get much more out
of reading the Bible this way 7 ) When You Finish The New Testament,
START OVER - you will be amazed at how GodÂ’s Word is new & fresh
every time you read it
6. 8 ) After You Have Read The New Testament, Then You Can Add The
Old Testament Read the Old Testament in the order in which it appears
in the Bible To read the whole Bible in a year, youÂ’ll need to read 1
chapter of the New Testament and 5-7 pages of the Old Testament
HereÂ’s the way to know the number of pages youÂ’ll need to read: Take
the total number of pages in the Old Testament and divide by 200
LetÂ’s say the result is 5 Your goal will be to read 5 pages of the Old
Testament 20 times a month for 10 months Aim for everyday, but 20
times is the monthly must-have goal This gives you 2 months of extra
built-in leeway and 10 days leeway per month If you get bogged down
reading the Old Testament, turn to Psalms and Proverbs But never give
up reading the New Testament for the sake of reading the Old
Testament site 9 ) The Best Thing You Can Ever Do For Your Spiritual
Life Is To Read The Whole Bible EVERY Year WHY should you do this?
Because it is where faith comes from "Consequently, faith comes from
hearing the message and the message is heard through the word of
Christ
7. " Romans 10:17 And how important is faith? This is what the Bible says:
"The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love "
Galatians 5:6 10 ) Note This Web Site: http://www biblegateway com
This is an incredible on-line concordance A concordance lets you find a
Bible verse by any single word you can think of For example: You can
type in "love" and it will give you every singe verse containing the word
"love " They have this for every well-known version of the Bible in many
languages In Conclusion: This plan will effectively help you to read
through the Bible You will find that the Bible is "alive " You will be
reading along and - BAM! - something will jump off the page at you, like
it was written ONLY for you for this EXACT moment of your life It is
AMAZING and it will happen over and over It is no wonder that millions
of lives have been changed by the Bible and that a surprising number of
people have even given their lives so that you might have the right and
the ability to read it
