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Originally Posted by rbratt
For years the Bible was (at my house) something that sat on the table and only got opened on Sundays, Wednesdays and Bible Studys. Which wasn't all that often at our house. Reading the Bible was a chore to me then.
A baptist man that I used to work for rekindeld an interest in getting right with God. So I started reading the Bible a lot more. I also collect Bibles now and look at the differences, not so much to debunk one of the other, but to see if I can understand what God is speaking to my heart. sometimes a different perspective of the verse helps me understand the meaning. Reading the Bible at this point was like studying for my MCSE. Dull but I needed to do it.
At any rate I back slid a lot and have not really been where I need to be in my life. My wife and her parents are pretty much KJVO people, which currently I do not subscribe to. I just have to many questions. But I still want to be right with God, and I DEFINATELY want my children to be right with God and grow up knowing his word. I have also found that if I just open the Bible to whatever page happens to come up, it usually ends up being relevant to what I am going through at the moment. The more I read, the more I enjoy it and my understanding is getting better.
So at this point I enjoy reading the Bible. But oftentimes, I need a Star Trek translator when I read the KJV. I find myself reading something 4 or 5 times and going "huh?" while scratching hair off the top of my head. And my wife and in-laws call me a heathen for reading a parallel Bible that is KJV/NIV. *shrug*
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I would like to recommend the books "In Awe of Thy Word" and "The Language of the King James Bible" both by Gail Riplinger. They will show you how to use the Bibles built in lexicon to define words. I believe these books will bless you greatly, as they have with me.
And I also would like to suggest that you put away the NIV. I don't think it is safe to use that book for any purpose other than to show how perverted it is to those that don't know otherwise in light of God's preserved Words, the King James Bible.
Much Love in Christ Jesus,
Stephen