By Acknowledging It Can Be Understood Alike

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Lesson 6 By Acknowledging It Can Be Understood
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Were in an age of skepticism religious
division b/c people are not studying the Bible!

• Why are people not studying the Bible?
• They are indifferent to the Bible, uninterested
  in it, could care less if it is true or not, and
  therefore utterly reject its teaching (cf. Matt.
  1315).
• They do not realize its importance and see other
  things as more important (cf. Matt. 56).
• They know the Bible condemns their spiritual
  condition and, rather than changing, they satisfy
  their conscience by avoiding Scripture (cf. Jas.
  125 Prov. 512).
• They have been told that the Bible cannot be
  understood.

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Can the Bible Be Understood?

• Some say No!
• For centuries, it has been pressed on the minds
  of man that Scriptures are not intended for the
  common people, and man must come to the church
  for an official interpretation and
  understanding.
• What a disservice to mankind! Rendering people
  helpless!
• Some have found some Scriptures to be hard to
  understand and thereby lump every Scripture into
  the cannot understand the Bible mindset.
• Peter says, our beloved brother Paulhas
  written to youin which are some things hard to
  understand, which untaught and unstable people
  twist (2 Pet. 315-16).

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Can the Bible Be Understood?

• But, God says His Word was/is intended for ALL
  and can be understood by the common man!
• how that by revelation He made known to me the
  mystery (as I have briefly written already, by
  which, when you read, you may understand my
  knowledge in the mystery of Christ) (Eph.
  33-4).

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Can the Bible Be Understood?

• What does the Old Testament teach?
• Josiah heard the Book of the Law read and
  understood that Judah had not been obeying the
  Lord (2 Kings 22-23, esp. 228-13 231-3,
  21-23).
• The law was read by Ezra and understood by men,
  women children (Neh. 81-3, 8, 12).
• Ezra read the law and they understood (then
  restored) the Feast of Tabernacles (Neh. 813-18
  cf. 1028).
• The entrance of Your words gives light It gives
  understanding to the simple (Psa. 119130).
• Proverbs uses word understand -s -ing 65 times.

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Can the Bible Be Understood?

• What does Jesus teach?
• Jesus questioned numerous times, Have you not
  read indicating that if they had read, they
  would have known and understood already (see
  Matt. 121-5 193-4 2115-16 2141-45
  2223-33).
• Jesus rebuked the Sadducees for not knowing the
  Scriptures (Matt. 2229).
• Jesus said the good soil hears the word and
  understands it (Matt. 1323).
• Jesus said that anyone who wills to do His
  willshall knowthe doctrine (John 717).
• Jesus said that Scriptures (His words) would
  judge all men in the last day (John 1248).

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Can the Bible Be Understood?
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• What does the apostle Paul teach?
• Timothy understood the Scriptures from childhood
  (2 Tim. 315).
• Whole books were to be read to all the brethren
  (Col. 416 1 Thess. 527).
• When Christians read the Scriptures, they would
  understand them (Eph. 34).
• Parts of books were addressed to husbands, wives,
  children, slaves, etc. (Eph. 522-69).
• Readers were expected to understand the will of
  God (Eph. 517).

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Can the Bible Be Understood
Alike?
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• Again, man says, No!
• You understand one way and I another. Whos to
  say whos right and whos wrong? Neither of us
  should condemn the other.
• Well, thats your interpretation and I have
  mine. Theres no way to know whos right.
  Perhaps were both right.
• You and I are never going to see the Bible
  alike. So, lets just agree to disagree.
• We cannot all understand the Bible alike!

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Can the Bible Be Understood
Alike?

• Man can understand many matters alike
• Sales ad store, day, time, items, price, etc.
• Recipe
• Prescriptions
• Simple math
• Road signs
• Blueprints for homes buildings
• Final scores of games
• Food order at restaurant

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Can the Bible Be Understood
Alike?

• Man can understand many matters alike
• Understanding the Bible is not only possible,
• understanding the Bible IS EXPECTED!
• If we understand the Bible at all,
• WELL UNDERSTAND IT ALIKE!
• Thats the only way to understand it.
• Theres no such thing as understanding
  differently.
• Man can misunderstand differently, but not
  understand differently. Theres only one way to
  understand it!
• We dont understand math differently.
• God created the world, us the Bible!