Anyone Can Read the Bible

Some of you reading this might be thinking I’m making too much to much of what is nothing more than insignificant issues of grammar or use of certain words.  To which I would reply that Jesus Christ made such distinctions.  He thought things like use of specific words, verb tenses and such were very important.    So, did people like Moses.  He reminded the nation of Israel their wandering for 38 years longer than God intended was because they didn’t believe what God had said. 
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Deuteronomy 8:3 So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.

You might recognize the underlined part as Jesus Christ used it to counter Satan’s challenge to turn stones into bread, Matthew 4:4.  There is another significant statement by Jesus Christ that shows even the verb tenses are inspired. 

Matthew 22:31-32 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” 

Jesus Christ defended the truth of resurrection on the basis of God using the present tense when identifying Himself to Moses.  He said “I am” not I was.  God is precise in His use of language and therefore we must be precise in how we read and interpret what He had recorded in the Bible. God commands all believers to read and study His word.  That means He knows all of us can understand it, He used every day language in writing it.

If you fear it is too hard for you then turn to what James wrote in his epistle.   James 1:5-6 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.

God will give you the wisdom you need.  But you need to get into you Bible and read it.  As I tell the folks at Trego Community reading just 4 chapters a day will get you through the entire Bible in under 10 months.  If you’re a first-time reader then then I’d suggest you start with the Gospel of John then go to Genesis.  But no matter where you begin, the important thing is to get into the habit of reading your Bible daily.