I think we do so by praying as we read, for God to help us understand, then by reading verses in context rather than stringing isolated verses together. The church I went to as a teenager strongly advocated reading the Bible through, and that has been the biggest help to me. There are seeming opposites in the Bible that hold each other in balance, and a lot of error comes in when people tip one way or the other.
Barbara H. On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 1:01 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > *Janet,* > ** > *I hope you ran out of that neurologists office really fast! And, I > assume you never went back. * > ** > *Barbarah,* > ** > *You are right too. That's why I find the Bible so confusing. How is > one supposed to figure out how to discover it without misconstruing the > meaning?* > ** > *Jude in Michigan* > ** > > In a message dated 1/18/2013 11:27:09 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > That is maddeningly ridiculous and sounds more like the idea of karma. Job > was afflicted even though God Himself said he had done nothing wrong. In > John 9:1-4 it says, "As [Jesus] passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And > his disciples asked him, 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that > he was born blind?' Jesus answered, 'It was not that this man sinned, or > his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.'" > > I once wrote up an extensive list of reasons the Bible gives for suffering: > http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/scriptural-reasons-for-suffering/ > > Barbara H. > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Janet Dunn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The last neuro that I went to told me that when you are not living a >> good life, then God will afflict you. When you straighten up your life >> and live the way you are supposed to, a way that is pleasing to God, then >> He will stop the affliction. He told me to go home and be grateful that my >> affliction has not caused more damage, and that God has allowed me to get >> to where I am. geesh, thanks buddy. >> >> Janet >> >> >> >
