Right interpretation requires the right motives.

The Bible is by far the most influential collection of writings in the history of mankind. Literature of this magnitude explains why the Bible is also the most complex, misinterpreted, misused book of all time. Not only does the Christian religion have a multitude of denominations but numerous cults have been conceived from the same book. Also basically every religion other than Christianity has borrowed or used parts of the scriptures to make their religions somewhat believable. So how does one go about the daunting task of interpreting God's word the right way? Its quite simple actually, read the Bible with the motive of letting God explain to you what his word means. The only reason why the Bible has caused so much confusion and division is because people read it with the motive of advancing their own agenda. Jews interpret Christ as being merely a prophet, Muslims interpret Christ as a great teacher, Mormons interpret Christ as coming to America to rescue his "other sheep", while evangelical Christians interpret Christ as Peter did being the son of the living God. Interpretation is relative, which is why we must remove our bias and replace it with an innocent child like curiosity where we do less reading OF God's word and more listening TO God's word.

 I mention child like because Jesus himself commended the youngsters of his day saying that unless you become like a child you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. This leads me to believe that spiritually we must humble ourselves before an all powerful God like children submitting to their parents. In this sense when we begin reading Genesis 1:1 let us not interpret the words before us, but listen to them.

Also, we must keep in mind that all scripture is inspired by God (2nd Timothy 3:16) therefore we know for a fact, that contradictions do not exist in the Bible and man's opinion was never meant to be a part of the Bible. So if you look at your faith, and you constantly struggle with pressure from society to conform your beliefs to current human opinion, DONT DO IT. I come across too many Christians who have lost all confidence in the God of the Bible because they have been manipulated to believe that the Bible is outdated, faulty, or simply mythical. Folks, none of that is true! Its only true if you use man's opinion to interpret the Bible rather than the Bible to interpret man's opinion! The more we add faulty human reasoning or opinion to the holy scriptures the more we corrupt and kill the credibility of the Scriptures. But the more we use the Scriptures as our basis of knowledge then and only then can we begin to purify our own lives and the lives of others.

So take courage my friends and keep the faith. The Bible was meant to be listened to as teachings from God himself. These teachings aren't up for interpretation. The next time you crack open your Bible, listen to what God is telling you off those pages with a motive of child like submission letting God do the interpreting for you.

In The Beginning...

Just as the very essence of everything in existence has a beginning, this blog also has a beginning. That beginning is right now. I took the time to create this expository blog in response to the rapid spiritual decline of America. My heart pours out to all those who are being deceived and misled by false doctrine  in which they lose faith in God's Word and ultimately reject God himself. The sole goal and purpose of this blog is to strengthen and purify basic theology of the Bible. I also plan to not just address anti Biblical arguments of our day but I plan on helping you conquer them. I cant promise spelling perfection, or literary genius, but I can guarantee that after visiting this blog you will feel a little more confident in your spiritual walk with God then when you first entered this blog. Feel free to email me questions, prompts, or really anything that you wish to share with me at christian_conqueror@yahoo.com. Thank you for being a part of this blogging experience and I truly hope God can use this in a way that truly benefits you and others.