Today’s post is late and not looking at scripture but how to study it. I’ve been dealing with an illness for myself and my 15 year old cat (2 different things) so I haven’t been able to focus enough on my notes and current Bible study to get a post written but I wanted to get something out today. I did some blog maintenance as well. If you’re a repeat reader, thank you so much for coming back. If you like what you’re seeing can you please share this blog with others? My homeschool portion of the blog, according to my analytics, remains to be the most popular and that is expected because it was out there a lot longer until I shifted gears and also I knew blogging about the Bible would probably not be as popular but it is something I felt I was supposed to do.

I’m not a theologian, I didn’t go to seminary, so I guess I’m not what you call an “expert”, if there is any such thing when reading scripture. However, I can read, I like to study, research, learn and truth matters to me as does getting the true gospel message out there without the confusion, mis-interpretations, and mis-handling of scripture. I may not get everything right and you may not agree, but my goal is for you to dig deeper into your own studies and focus on what the Bible says, in context, and not what people, including me, tell you it says.

It’s my opinion the Bible is not really hard to read but people make it hard by adding a whole lot of things to it that it doesn’t actually say. God is not a God of confusion and wouldn’t give us something that we need “experts” to help us understand. Be careful about the “experts” you choose to listen to. Pay attention to how they are using scripture for a specific topic or narrative. Don’t be deceived. Search the scripture for the truth in context.

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Today, a mini study for an explanation on what “God in 3 persons” means. First, let me say that as imperfect humans who are not God, without His intellect, we will never fully understand, however, scripture does reveal things to us. Who are the 3 persons? The 3 persons of God are, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. They are all fully God and they are all eternal. They are equal in rank, for lack of a better term, but they are separate in personhood. Each has a distinct role in creation and salvation. They have a personal relationship with each other. They are all God as in they are all the being or essence of God.

What does scripture say? Matthew 28:18-20 gives us a clear picture about there being 3 names under one God, not 3 Gods but persons of one God; “¹⁸ Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. ¹⁹ Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”” We also see the 3 roles, or distinct personhoods at the baptism of Jesus in Matthew 3:16-17, “When Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water. The heavens suddenly opened for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him.  And a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased.””

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Study the facts with me and learn why we have this book of writings that we call the Bible. Let us not read the Bible as a self-help guidebook. That does not mean the Bible isn’t for us living today, because it is. If we read the Bible without adding ourselves or searching for something to make us feel good, what do we see? What do we learn? What is the overall theme of the Bible? What is this book really about? I hope to answer these questions in today’s post to the best of my ability and understanding of studying the scripture. Let’s pray together for the Holy Spirit to guide our understanding so that we may know truth.

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