Re: Saved?

Today let's look some more at salvation. But before we do this, I want to remind everyone about how to read and study your bible. The reason for this is that we're always going to come across things we don't understand or that might scare us. The wonderful thing is to know that we don't have to worry because we have the Holy Spirit to teach us and to lead us into all truth. (as long as we're saved). That doesn't mean though that we don't have to put forth some effort too, starting with actually studying our bibles (the whole bible not just the new testament!) and talking to the Lord about what we're studying and asking Him questions. The bible will always interpret itself. Therefore we never have to interpret it. The way God does this is simple. When you come to a verse you have a problem with, or just one you want to know more about, you look up every verse that could possibly have anything at all to do with it. This is where good concordances and commentaries and things like that come in. Because besides just telling you what they think a verse means, often a commentary will give you more cross references to check out. Keep in mind too when you are reading commentaries that you should never simply accept what they have to say as being "the truth". They are not infallible, only God's Word is. Keep in mind as you're looking up and studying all these other verses that God's Word will NEVER contradicts itself either. Sometimes it does seem to, but only until we figure out what He's actually saying by checking out those other verses! So first make sure you are reading the verse's in context and then find out what else God has to say about that subject. The better you know the whole Bible the better you'll understand everything. If you're new at this, please see this thread which explains more about it: How to Read, Study and Understand the Bible