If you commit yourself to studying God’s Word, He will reveal Himself and His Truth to you in ways that will blow your mind.
It Starts with Commitment
When I finished the Bible the first time, I decided to focus myself a little before starting over in Genesis, so I decided to become more of a student of the Bible. I reread the New Testament just one chapter a day followed by a commentary.
I like to use BlueLetterBible.com. It has numerous translations–including the original Hebrew (Old Testament) and Greek (New Testament)–as well as cross-references, commentaries, dictionaries, side-by-side translations and more. There is also an app that can be downloaded for Android phones and I-Phones. You can use a printed Bible, an online Bible, an app, or a scroll for that matter–just read!
My routine (currently) goes as follows: I read a chapter a day straight through the Bible. After reading the chapter (using my Blue Letter Bible app), I tap the screen to bring up other options. I then select David Guzik under Text Commentaries. I like Guzik because he gives insight and context, but also references differing viewpoints from other theologians whenever a passage leaves room for interpretation.
I promise you will come away from it all CONVINCED that the Bible is the Divinely inspired Word of God.
Often, something in the scripture or the commentary will provoke new questions, thoughts, or observations that lead me to investigate the subject further–usually via the internet. Other times, the new knowledge will prompt me to make notes in a document on my computer so that I don’t forget the new insight or to give me material for a future Sunday School lesson (I’ve been known to teach SS from time to time).
If you commit yourself to studying God’s Word, He will reveal Himself and His Truth to you in ways that will blow your mind. You will no doubt develop a routine that works for you. As long as that routine keeps you consistently in the Word, go with it. I promise you will come away from it all CONVINCED that the Bible is the Divinely inspired Word of God. There’s no way 40+ men over a span of several thousand years could independently write a tome so rich and consistent in truth that point to Jesus Christ as Savior literally from the first sentence of Genesis! No way!
