{"id":1104,"date":"2016-08-16T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wisdominallthings.com\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2022-02-10T14:29:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T14:29:12","slug":"why-you-should-read-entire-bible-once-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wisdominallthings.com\/staging\/3400\/why-you-should-read-entire-bible-once-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Read the Entire Bible Once a Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Why You Should Read the Entire Bible Once a Year\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/ju8ix-beb59a?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" scrolling=\"no\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/ju8ix-beb59a?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>EXPOSE\u00a0 |\u00a0 He is Wisest Who Masters This Book<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhen all your favorite preachers are gone, and their books are forgotten, you will have your Bible. Master it.\u201d<\/em> &#8211; John Piper<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXPLORE\u00a0 | \u00a0Now is the Time for Mastery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever read the entire Bible? \u00a0Think it better left to a bucket list?\u00a0 Or better yet, the New Year&#8217;s resolution?\u00a0 Of course the right answer is that the right time to start doing the right thing is&#8211;right now.<\/p>\n<p>I will admit, things move a little slow in Deuteronomy and Leviticus.\u00a0 But hey, those were slower times.\u00a0 The thing is, God doesn&#8217;t do &#8216;unnecessary.&#8217;\u00a0 Those books, along with the others, are meant as a whole, for our understanding of what He has chosen to reveal about Himself specifically.\u00a0 And if we&#8217;re to handle life properly, we&#8217;ll need to understand what God says about how we should go about doing that.\u00a0 It makes perfect sense.\u00a0 The time for mastery is now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXECUTE\u00a0 |\u00a0 5 Reasons to Read the Entire Bible<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are at least 5.\u00a0 But what Jeff Robinson provides in his article for the Gospel Coalition are strong arguments for not only reading the entire Bible, but doing so now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>1. &#8220;It helps you learn the overarching story\u00a0of Scripture.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">It&#8217;s all connected, and makes the most sense when viewed together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>2. &#8220;It will improve your ability to interpret and exegete Scripture.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;Scripture interprets Scripture.&#8221; \u00a0I remember hearing that more than once during Bible school. \u00a0Gaining context and history from having read the whole helps us understand the parts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong> 3. &#8220;It will keep you habitually in the Bible.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;Ain&#8217;t nothin&#8217; but the real thing baby&#8230;&#8221; You&#8217;ve heard the story about those trained in detecting counterfeit money: they don&#8217;t stop working with the real thing so they are most capable of determining when something is fake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>4. &#8220;It will ensure you are engaging (and being engaged by) Scripture\u00a0at least as frequently as you\u2019re engaging other\u00a0books.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">There really is no justification for giving another book more time or prominence in our lives than the Bible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>5. &#8220;It will force you to navigate those tricky, less traveled roads of Scripture.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Doing what we have to do is right to do. There are not really any parts that we should feel can be skipped. \u00a0Who has given us the authority to deem any part be set aside?<\/p>\n<p>If not now, when? And if not now&#8211;why?\u00a0 Here is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/bible-reading-plans\">a great place to start<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Get the whole story. \u00a0Unleash the power of the whole book. \u00a0Let&#8217;s get to it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\nFurther reading:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/5-reasons-to-read-the-entire-bible-in-2016\">5 reasons to read the entire Bible in 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/bLv-2j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisdominallthings.com\/staging\/3400\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Wisdom-in-all-things-leadbox-wisdom-delivered.jpg\" alt=\"Sign up for Solomon Weekly Email\" width=\"623\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWhen all your favorite preachers are gone, and their books are forgotten, you will have your Bible. 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