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Saturday, August 28, 2010
Episode 6 :: Question 4 on Studying the Bible & Christians Raising the Dead
8:14 AM | Posted by
St. Burnish
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| Pastor Chris Oyakhilome |
Question 4—Eric (Ghana): My question is how do I study or learn the bible? Will I have to open from Genesis and start reading all the verses and keeping them in mind? Also, as Christians, do we have the power to raise the dead?
Answer 4: I will answer your second question first. Yes, we have the power to raise the dead. Jesus says to us, “heal the sick, cast out devils, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead:” [Matthew 10:8]. So, we can raise the dead. He gave us the power to do it. He gave us power over death.
But here, the first part of your question says, “How do I study or learn the bible? Will I have to open from Genesis and start reading all the verses and keeping them in mind?” There are different ways to study the bible, and the several ways are all important. My suggestion would be, first, that you get a hold of our Rhapsody of Realties and in it we have designed for you a very simple way — simple method of studying the scriptures from Genesis to Revelation through the year. So, in one year, you can actually cover the bible. And, we have an option: a two-year program, so you can read it from Genesis to Revelation following the portions that we recommend every day and in two years you can cover the whole bible.
Now, while that is going on, you can study the bible in several different ways that will help you learn many things quickly, because you don’t really have to study it from Genesis to Revelation to get to know some of the things you need to know. Now, how are you going to do this? Every time you listen to God’s word preached or taught like you are listening now, there are references that are given from the scriptures. Go back to those references and study them. When you study them, they will become a part of you, because you can immediately identify them and link them with certain topics that were discussed. Every time a character in the bible is mentioned, go to the bible, study that character; find out more of what the bible says about that character - that personality that is described for you in scripture. It will help you also learn about that one; and so, you can make several personal studies like this through listening to God’s word being preached or taught. And then also, when you study books, you would get references like this. Then you go back and make your own diligent search — diligent study - and that’s the way you get to learn so much from the bible before you finish reading from Genesis to Revelation. Even when you finish reading from Genesis to Revelation one time, it’s not enough; you have to keep studying like this.
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