Bible Insight

Tips to help Understand the bible.

It is important to rightly divide the word of God – 2 Tim 2:15
If it can be rightly divided then it can be wrongly divided
– It should be read in context
– Know who is talking, who is being talked to and what is being talked about
– Who is talking could be talking to an individual or a group

There are three groups of people referred to in the bible –  Jews, Greeks (nations or Gentiles) and the church – 1 Cor 10:32
In the old testament there were only Jews and nations
No one was a Christian until after Jesus rose from the dead
A person is born Jew or Gentile – now any person from these groups can choose to become a Christian
All nations came from Noah’s three sons

Everything in the bible is recorded accurately but not everything is true
For example – Job 1:21 God gives and God takes away
God does not change His mind in giving – Rom 11:29
God gives everything freely – Rom 10:32

Everything in the bible is informative or instructional, but not everything applies to Christians
example – Christians do not kill animals for offering

Jesus bore or took all of mans sins upon himself –  1 Jn 2:2, Titus 2:11
There is only one sin that keeps a person out of heaven – not believing in Jesus

There are three parts to a person: spirit, soul and body –  1 Thess 5:23
The spirit is what gets born again
Know when the Bible is speaking about the spirit – whoever is born of God does not or cannot sin – 1 Jn 3:9

Grace and Faith
Faith is not something you do gain a response from God. Faith is a positive response to what God has already done through grace. Faith only appropriates what God has already provide by grace. If grace hasn’t provided it faith can’t make it happen. – Rom 5:2

Four types of government – personal, family, church and civil
One type cannot be applied to another
example – Jesus said to not resist evil, turn the other cheek – only applies to personal
if evil comes after a family member, resistance is required


Understanding 1 John 1

The apostle John is declaring that Jesus has been revealed in the flash and is just not a spirit and there is sin (noun) in the would. 1 John 1:9 is a quote from Psalm 32:5.
Some of apostle John’s writings deal with the beliefs of Gnosticism which effected the church in the second century.

References:
Gnosticism: Definition and Beliefs
A verb expresses an act. A noun refers to a thing.
Sin as verb (Strong’s 264) – The individual acts of sin.
Sin as noun (Strong’s 266) – The effect of sin, the disease.

1 John 1 interlinear

Verb – 3rd Person Singular Aorist Active Subjunctive. 1 John 1:9
“to forgive” and “to cleanse”
Aorist (tense) – indicating past action without reference to whether the action involved was momentary or continuous
It can describe something that simply is regardless of any time reference
Active (voice) –
Subjunctive (mood) –

Pastor Charlie Riley notes on Forgiveness Of Sins