Understanding The Bible. MCGI TOPIC REVIEW

Understanding the Bible is God's given. We cannot understand the Bible by human reasoning. The ability to understand the things that are written in the Bible can only come from God. Educational ideology or philosophy cannot make someone to understand the Bible. We can understand other materials and writing by our educational advancement. But we cannot understand the Bible that way. The Bible contains the Word of God. The Word is not what human reasoning can accept.

Many of the principles of the Bible are different from the world’s concept. What people believe count as acceptable norms are opposite to the doctrines of God. The commandments of God are not convenient with humans. So, the ability to understand the Bible can only be given by God himself.

Whenever we are reading the Bible, let us open our heart to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is our Teacher in the church. The Lord Jesus Christ told us that the Holy Spirit shall teach us all things. We should not depend on our intellectual ability to understand the Word of God. If we do that we will fail. The Bible cannot be understood by human intelligence. It is the Holy Spirit who can teach us the word of God.