Don’t Be a Bible Thumper!
Knowing the Bible inside and out, thinking you have ALL the answers and believing that you are to use it as an instruction manual for your life may not necessarily the smartest thing. Why would I say that? Well, from personal experience, I have learned that Bible knowledge does not save you. In can be helpful in your spiritual growth, and God can certainly use the Bible in your walk, but reading and knowing the Bible is not a path to salvation. How do I know this? Because before I was TRULY born again, I was one of those people who thought I was saved because with all my Bible Knowledge, I “thought” I had all the answers that led me to salvation. Boy was I WRONG! I needed to take SEVERAL SEATS! All I had was puffed up pride in me, boasting in my own power to somehow obtain salvation, because of knowing lots of scriptures. I did not consider that the devil knows the bible too.
No cross, no repentance, no resurrection in my testimony. I was not really born again, and did not even know it. I had taken my supposed salvation into MY OWN HANDS. I read certain scriptures that, according to my old church leaders, were “supposed” to be the scriptures that would lead me to salvation. And instead of worshiping God, I worshiped the bible, thinking every scripture and verse I “happened” to land on was for ME. I took Bible scriptures out of context, misinterpreting those scriptures, and basically tried to work up my own salvation using those scriptures, not realizing that many of those scriptures I read were not even for me. They were written to a particular audience at a particular time, for a particular purpose. What I did was something called “Bibliomancy,” which is witchraft using the Bible…YES, THERE IS SUCH A THING! THE ENEMY IS ALL UP IN THAT! Look it up!
AND, since Satan knows the Bible, he will use Bible scriptures against you. Contrary to what the churches have taught many of us about how to use the Bible, I have learned that the Bible is NOT meant to be used as a instruction manual for your life. Seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit, for HIS guidance will ALWAYS go hand in hand with God’s intended purpose for the Bible. When Jesus Christ ascended back to heaven to be with the father, he left us the Holy Spirit as a guide and counsellor for us. The Holy Spirit will reveal things to you at the right time.
Know This:
IF YOU DELIBERATELY MISUSE THE BIBLE TO SEEK ANSWERS TO ANY AND EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE, YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE PRACTICING WITCHCRAFT, AND YOU NEED TO STOP NOW. DO NOT GO OFF FLIPPING THROUGH THE BIBLE TO MAGICALLY LAND ON SCRIPTURES. JUST FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Consider this quote by Pastor Pam”
“Practically everything I know was acquired by personal experience. Now some may think that personal experience is not the best way to learn spiritual matters and so I am expecting that the bible thumpers will say that you try the spirits by “the word.” You need to know that the enemy knows the word better than we do. The enemy even knows how much YOU know about the bible. So he can line up the experience or communication with scriptures, the way YOU interpret them.”
Sure, we can learn a LOT from the scriptures. The Bible is an amazing book…but it must be used CORRECTLY, in the correct context. Bible knowledge is great, but it does not save you. The Holy Spirit does that, in His own will and own timing.
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Pam thank you for pointing it out to me. I grew up in a Seventh Day Adventist Church. They have their own elementary junior high and high schools that I was educated at. You pointed out to me that the Bible is a roadmap to life and by doing right right will follow up. Well my last tens yrs have been hard on me. I realized I could call God on a moment notice and he’ll deliver me from the streets that took about 6 years to be answered. Now I have a SRO my own room dorm style. I was lead to believe if I did not wrong anyone or commit sins I would be taken care of but the housing placement programs only facilitate only a select few numbers waiting lists are long and housing vouchers are given randomly to special cases I have been on the waiting list for almost 5 years now. So when I was out their I would use the Bible that way out of context to rescue me. This information is vital. Thank you for sharing.