5 Stipulations: What It Takes to Be a Bible Student
Ever wonder what it takes to be a Bible student?
I mean to become someone who can crack open the New Testament and grow in faith and understanding?
Someone who can crawl through the Old Testament and feel his spirit rise?
If so, then you probably need to know that there are certain stipulations to being a bible student.
Here are five. Take a look and see how you measure up:
1. Are you born again? Do you have the mind of Christ? Are you spiritual? 1 Corinthians 2:14-16
2. Do you long for the Word of God so you can grow in your salvation? 1 Peter 2:2
3. Do you long to examine the Scriptures to see what your pastor says is true? Acts 17:11
4. Are you striving to be holy? 1 Peter 1:14-16
5. Are you filled with the Holy Spirit? Ephesians 5:18
Naturally, the first question is the most important.
Why? If you’ve never invited Jesus Christ to be your personal Lord and savior of your life, then Satan’s blinded your mind to God’s truth.
See, you can read the Bible. Study it. Discuss it.
You might even be able to articulate atonement, predestination and the life, death and resurrection of Jesus in a meaningful way.
But one thing you can’t do: Embrace Jesus Christ as the redeemer of sinful mankind who bore God’s wrath for your sin.
So, while a study of the Bible might inform your mind, it will never descend into a transformation of your heart. Thus, you resist the simple, unapologetic truth of the Bible and never become a true student of it.
If you fall into this category, Christ is your need. He is your only hope. And not only for a fruitful Bible study. But for a divine rescue operation.
Confess your sins to God and ask him to forgive you right now. Once you do, the beautiful story of redemptive history found in the Bible will unfold for you.
And that’s a promise.
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7 Comments to 5 Stipulations: What It Takes to Be a Bible Student
I remember reading the Bible in fear because I never understood it as a teenager. I think I read Revelation some 50 times before I left High School. Creeped me out.
It was not until I met Jesus that I really got into it. I read Samuel through Kings in one night. Then I busted out Matthew and Mark the next day. It was like the world opened up to me. Revelation has become one of my favorite reads.
There is defiantly a difference in Biblical reading when you are a Christian.
I totally agree. I wrote a post today, attaching a link to this post. I follow you on twitter, not sure how I added you, but it lead me here today…
Good post.
By student do you mean one who puts himself under the authority of the Bible? I ask only because I have been a “student” of some other religions, but haven’t agreed with them.
But I’m inferring that you’re using the word student the way the Bible uses the word disciple? True? A true student becomes a disciple?
Anyway, I really liked this one.
According to this college, you have to be watched by a pastor for a year. Then they’ll let you be a bible student.
I’m just making a joke. However, that college is deadly serious. It’s my dad’s alma mater.
Like Moses in Deuteronomy 32:47, you too have said that the words in Scripture “are not just idle words for you–they are your life.”
Abigail: “Disciple” would be a good way to describe it.
Robert: That’s interesting. I do think there is something to be said about that type of mentoring, though. Probably a little like getting a sponsor in the academic or scientific field.
Robert: That’s interesting. I do think there is something to be said about that type of mentoring, though. Probably a little like getting a sponsor in the academic or scientific field.
Actually, they do that because being “saved” is a prerequisite for going to that college. They want a “new” believer to wait a year just so they can be sure that the prospective student wasn’t just saying it to get into college. Trust me on that one, I have lots of family that went there and most of them were kicked out for silly stuff (like being within earshot of the wrong music).
Well, I’m off topic. Sorry about that.
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