There are a total of 7957 verses in the New Testament , and a verse by verse study of the NT will take you 22 years .
There are intense meaning and contexts hidden in each verse of the Bible. It is the kind of information that one can not obtain by doing topical searches, but by approaching each of the books of the Bible with an academician’s interest, minus the skepticism of an intellectual.
It is important to take each verse at face value , believing the verse to be true in its intention at all times , if not for the literal meaning based on the actual verbiage.
In such a verse by verse exercise of our intellectual and spiritual abilities , it is important to treat each verse as a destination that must be explored to a certain depth, and the level to which one must explore is often a personal decision, borne out of spiritual instinct and intuition .
A verse by verse study of the Bible is a great way to spend a few months of quiet time and solitude away from the maddening rush of society. After every verse study, one must rest for a few hours at least .
My personal approach is to reflect on the verse at the end of the day, and write down my understanding of the verse in a notebook , marking the day and the verse number in the book .
I then retire to bed , and go through the normal course of the day , only going back to the verse study that night , ensuring a full days gap between the reflection of two verses. Ever so often one comes across verses which are philosophical in nature and often steeped in historical context . This can take more than two hours of reflection, in which it is always good to continue the study over to the next evening, allowing for the normal course of activities in between.
There are a total of 7957 verses in the New Testament , and a verse by verse study of the NT will take you 22 years .
Rather than commencing the study at Mathew, A more exciting exercise is to take up either The Gospel according to John (879 verses) or the Book of Romans(433), purely because of the amount of philosophical content and theological perspective that the books provide to the seeker, whereas Matthews Gospel may seem introductory to the reader who is already familiar with the text of the Gospels.
My personal experience has been that you discover more about God and godliness , through a face to face encounter with Jesus , that is found in each verse of the New Testament, no matter how simple the verse might appear at the outset. It gives one the freedom to deconstruct established doctrine, and gain a perspective , that might have been hitherto unknown, and unattainable through conventional means like the internet and the pulpit.
A verse by verse study also helps to corroborate the Christian world view , which is not only coming under intense scrutiny due to the dystopian events that are shaping our present but also facing intense attacks by rational skeptics.
The Bible says we must ...ALWAYS be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have ... - 1 Peter 3:15
And a deeper understanding of the Word of God will only prepare you for that.
In such a verse by verse exercise of our intellectual and spiritual abilities , it is important to treat each verse as a destination that must be explored to a certain depth, and the level to which one must explore is often a personal decision, borne out of spiritual instinct and intuition .
A verse by verse study of the Bible is a great way to spend a few months of quiet time and solitude away from the maddening rush of society. After every verse study, one must rest for a few hours at least .
My personal approach is to reflect on the verse at the end of the day, and write down my understanding of the verse in a notebook , marking the day and the verse number in the book .
I then retire to bed , and go through the normal course of the day , only going back to the verse study that night , ensuring a full days gap between the reflection of two verses. Ever so often one comes across verses which are philosophical in nature and often steeped in historical context . This can take more than two hours of reflection, in which it is always good to continue the study over to the next evening, allowing for the normal course of activities in between.
There are a total of 7957 verses in the New Testament , and a verse by verse study of the NT will take you 22 years .
Rather than commencing the study at Mathew, A more exciting exercise is to take up either The Gospel according to John (879 verses) or the Book of Romans(433), purely because of the amount of philosophical content and theological perspective that the books provide to the seeker, whereas Matthews Gospel may seem introductory to the reader who is already familiar with the text of the Gospels.
My personal experience has been that you discover more about God and godliness , through a face to face encounter with Jesus , that is found in each verse of the New Testament, no matter how simple the verse might appear at the outset. It gives one the freedom to deconstruct established doctrine, and gain a perspective , that might have been hitherto unknown, and unattainable through conventional means like the internet and the pulpit.
A verse by verse study also helps to corroborate the Christian world view , which is not only coming under intense scrutiny due to the dystopian events that are shaping our present but also facing intense attacks by rational skeptics.
The Bible says we must ...ALWAYS be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have ... - 1 Peter 3:15
And a deeper understanding of the Word of God will only prepare you for that.
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