You do not have to go to college to have an adequate understanding of the scriptures. Keep in mind for the first 1500 years Christians did not have Bibles in their hands.....atleast not the New Testament. And for the first part of Christianity they did not have the writings of the Apostle Paul .....Yet tens of thousands were saved.
The History of it all, the Catholic Church did not allow people to have Bibles. Between the invention of the Guttenberg Printer and the Protestant reform, people started to have Bibles in their hands around the 16th century. William Tyndale started smuggling Bibles shortly before the Protestant reform and was killed for it.
Today we have access to the scriptures by way of the Bible which provides a great way to study the Bible.
So the truths.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6
Salvation is simple....Act 2:38 Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
And participate in Bread and Wine Ritual.... I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” John 6:51 And....Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. John 6:53 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them John 6:55
Love God and each other and help those that you can.
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor those habitually drunk, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. 1st Corinthians 6:9-10
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, indecent behavior, idolatry, witchcraft, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:19-21
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Romans 6:1-2
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 1st Corinthians 5:10
We all sin but Yeshua expects us to do our best to keep it to a minimum. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1st John 1:7-9
Be good and do good the best you can.
Now if we wrote this down and dropped it on an island, that would be all they need to be saved.
Now for a more detailed understanding of the Bible.
What not to do.....Do not go to the Bible looking for what you want to believe. Let the Bible teach you the truth. There are people that cherry pick through the scriptures to find vague scriptures so that they can twist them to their beliefs. And then spend their life twisting and explaining away the scriptures that are clear and detailed. Take the Bible as a whole and key on the detailed specific scriptures.
Choose a modern Study Bible that is easy to read.....NASB...NIV....ESV etc.
The History of it all, the Catholic Church did not allow people to have Bibles. Between the invention of the Guttenberg Printer and the Protestant reform, people started to have Bibles in their hands around the 16th century. William Tyndale started smuggling Bibles shortly before the Protestant reform and was killed for it.
Today we have access to the scriptures by way of the Bible which provides a great way to study the Bible.
So the truths.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6
Salvation is simple....Act 2:38 Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
And participate in Bread and Wine Ritual.... I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” John 6:51 And....Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. John 6:53 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them John 6:55
Love God and each other and help those that you can.
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor those habitually drunk, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. 1st Corinthians 6:9-10
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, indecent behavior, idolatry, witchcraft, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:19-21
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Romans 6:1-2
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 1st Corinthians 5:10
We all sin but Yeshua expects us to do our best to keep it to a minimum. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1st John 1:7-9
Be good and do good the best you can.
Now if we wrote this down and dropped it on an island, that would be all they need to be saved.
Now for a more detailed understanding of the Bible.
What not to do.....Do not go to the Bible looking for what you want to believe. Let the Bible teach you the truth. There are people that cherry pick through the scriptures to find vague scriptures so that they can twist them to their beliefs. And then spend their life twisting and explaining away the scriptures that are clear and detailed. Take the Bible as a whole and key on the detailed specific scriptures.
Choose a modern Study Bible that is easy to read.....NASB...NIV....ESV etc.
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