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INTRODUCTION
To NOT read and know THE WORD, and to NOT believe and obey, is to also be IMMORTAL but know PAIN, HATRED, and ANGER, in this world and in the next world, but much MORE so. You will spend eternity in the "LAKE of FIRE". And God, being the perfect gentleman He is, gives you the FREEDOM to make that CHOICE. THE choice. The most important choice of your life. I believe that the Bible is the WORD of God. I believe that every word is TRUE, breathed by God Almighty, Creator of the Universe. Some of the Bible was spoken by God Himself, some by the Son of God while he was on earth in human flesh. Some of the Bible was spoken by Angles, some by Prophets, with the Word given to them by the Holy Spirit. But every word of "HIS WORD", the Bible, was breathed by the Holy Spirit. The WORD comes DIRECTLY from God. Reading His Word through from start to finish is a great exercise for both those who have never read the Bible as well as devout Christians who have studied the Bible for years. It puts everything in CHRONOLOGICAL context, and follows God's PROGRESSIVE REVELATION of Himself from start to finish. Reading His Word is also great for agnostics (do not KNOW if God exists) and atheists (who firmly believe that God does NOT exist). This is a chance for the agnostic to learn that there IS a God, and for the atheist to save himself from an eternity of pain, anger, and hatred. Reading His Word would be wonderful for Buddhists and Moslems, and all other religions, so they can learn who is the one TRUE God of the universe. Do not REFUSE to read His Word, read His Word and find out if you STILL believe in your religion. I CHALLENGE you. Read (no one will know) and see if you do not agree that God Almighty, Jehovah, Yahweh, is the one TRUE God (no one will know but you, and those you tell). If you don't read His Word, you are a coward. If you do read His Word, you MAY be saved from an eternity of pain. You need to read ALL of the Word of God. You need to learn who God is, learn who Jesus is, learn who the Holy Spirit is, and learn to BELIEVE that God created and controls the universe, and that His Holy Spirit is available to enter our bodies, wash our souls clean from sin, and dwell within our bodies, making us strong against temptation, and filling our hearts with love for others and compassion for those who are lost! If you don't know God, read the Old Testament and know the Old Testament God (quick tempered and angry when his chosen people, Israel, [whom He called 'stiff-necked' and stubborn] started to worship other gods rather than the one true God, Yahweh (as He was known to the Israelites). However, God was loving and kind to those who loved and worshiped Him. Read and observe His love for David, who became the second King of Israel Saul was the first king, and was humble at first, but became vain, conceited, and egocentric. God took the position of king from him and gave it to David, but Saul did not take that well at all. In fact, he became quite MAD (indwelt with demons). David was chosen by God, but had to flee from Saul for many years. Saul was trying to kill David, but David respected him as God's anointed King, and refused to kill Saul, even when it was easy for him to do so. If you don't know Jesus (the second person of the Trinity), read the New Testament, and come to know the New Testament God (the same God, but revealed progressively further, revealing tender and compassionate love for ALL his children, (Israelites and Christians alike) and slow to anger, and waiting patiently for all mankind to hear the "GOOD NEWS"). If you don't know the Holy Spirit, He is revealed throughout the entire Bible, and is the third Person of the Trinity. Read both the Old and the New Testaments. In the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit came into people only for a short time and worked miracles and prophecies. In the New Testament, however, the Holy Spirit came into a person who was "saved" and STAYED with him for the rest of their lives. If you have trouble understanding three Persons of One True God, know that it is IMPOSSIBLE for the human mind to comprehend. Just think of God as someone with a "multiple personality ORDER". He is three distinct persons, but He is ONE God. Accept it, and just move on with your reading of "HIS WORD". If you want to live eternally in Paradise with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit; then read John 3:3, John 3:5-6, John 3:16, John 3:18, Matthew 6:9-15. Then, in a red letter version of the Bible, read Matthew, Mark, Luke, and JOHN. The red letters indicate that it is Jesus, the son of God, speaking. In my version , red letters indicate Jesus speaking, magenta letters indicate that angles and prophets are speaking FOR God, or God HIMSELF is speaking. If you don't understand the Bible (His "WORD"), and do not know how to apply it to your life today, read the Bible (His "WORD") from start to finish, and have the meaning and application revealed to you by the Holy Spirit during prayer and meditation (and/or applications revealed to me). Before you read, pray that the Holy Spirit reveals to you the meaning of what you are reading, and how to apply it to you, personally, that very day, that very moment. Then read just one chapter. Then mediate, and listen for the Holy Spirit speak (by putting thoughts into your mind). Be careful that it is not
Satan putting the thoughts in your mind or desires in your heart, for Satan is the Great Deceiver. If
the thoughts or desires conflict with anything in the of The Word of God, the
thought is not from the Holy Spirit, but from Satan. Do not skip any book except Proverbs and Psalms. Read them last, after you read the rest of the Bible first. Psalms and Proverbs are wonderful, but do not fit into the chronological and progressive revelation of God, which you will want to follow. They stand on their own, and we will read them last. I offer notes when it seems advisable for me to do so, and offer to you what the Holy Spirit revealed
to me as an APPLICATION to my life, on that specific day, at that specific
moment, in that specific location. Mine is not the only application, of course, and may not apply to you and your
life at all. Only the Holy Spirit, in His infinite wisdom, knows
exactly how to apply this Truth to YOUR life TODAY, where you ARE. Pray for Him to do so, and He
will. So, in the hope that you will come to know God, believe His Son Jesus, and be filled with the Holy Spirit, cleansing you of sin and filling you with true joy, love for others and compassion for those who are lost, I pray that you read His WORD. His EVERY Word. Sincerely, A SLAVE to Jesus Christ.
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INSTRUCTIONS 1. Find, borrow, or buy a Bible: A modern translation, such as NEW KING JAMES (a word for word translation), or THE LIVING BIBLE (a up-to-date phrase for a 2000-year-old phrase translation). Example: the old phrase: "do not boast while putting ON your armor, but when you are taking OFF your armor", meaning your fight has yet to be done, and you may not have reason to boast after the fight is over (or alive). New phrase: "don't count your chickens before they are hatched." Any Bible-based church will give you a Bible. Just walk in and ask. If you are in jail, the visiting chaplains will also give you a Bible. You may get a New Testament only, and receive the Old AND New Testament only when you pass a test on your understanding of the first chapter of John. But you WILL receive a Bible, if you ask. 2. Set time aside: Allow one hour a day of quite time when you can be alone with God. (If you are not working and you HAVE the TIME, you can read more that one chapter a day. But be sure you give time for PRAYER, MEDITATION and COMMITMENT on each chapter.) 3. Pray: Thank God for giving us His Word. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the meaning of His Word to you. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal how to APPLY the meaning to YOUR LIFE, TODAY. 4. Read: Go to the words "His Word Applied" at the top of this page in the gray horizontal bar. Click on it, and a menu drops down. Drop your cursor down into the blue menu and select which Testament you want to read, and another menu box drops down. Move the curser (without leaving the blue box), and select which chapter you wish to read. The long menu box that dropped down will be longer than your screen. Pick the chapter you wish to read (without taking the cursor out of the blue field). Click on it and the chapter will come up. Read the chapter, and click on the "return to (book). menu". Then select the next chapter you wish to read. When you get to the bottom of your screen, hold the cursor in the blue field and hit the down arrow on your keyboard (or roll the scroll wheel, if you have one on your mouse). The field will move up. Read all the chapters in those books, and then go up to the top of the page and click on "Home". Read all of the Old Testament first. Then read all of the New Testament. Read Psalms next, and then Proverbs. Read only ONE chapter a day (from the BIBLE first, then the salient points I copied and my notes and applications), reading EVERY DAY, (unless you have TIME to pray, read, and meditate on more). Read straight through to The Revelation, chapter 22, verse 21. Do not skip any book, chapter, or verse EXCEPT Psalms and Proverbs. They will be read LAST. Psalms and Proverbs stand on their own, and do not fit into the CHRONOLOGICAL STORYLINE and PROGRESSIVE REVELATION of God in the Bible, which we want to follow in order to see His Word in CHRONOLOGICAL CONTEXT. 5. Close: Pray and meditate. Then close your prayer with a COMMITMENT to God of WHAT you are going TO DO TODAY to apply His Word to your life (and every day thereafter). Then, PRACTICE that action to which you have just committed, until it becomes a HABIT. 6. My notes and applications are examples of what the Holy Spirit has revealed to me as how to apply the meaning. 7. Time to complete: It will take about 7 years to finish His Word (the Bible) reading one chapter a day. I do NOT recommend proceeding at a faster rate, unless you HAVE the TIME (at least one hour for each chapter) to devote to prayer, reading, meditation and commitment. You need to UNDERSTAND what God has said to you, and MEDIATE upon it, and APPLY it THAT VERY DAY and EVERY DAY thereafter. 8. When finished: Click on "Serve" in the gray bar at the top of the page, and read what you are to do now. 9. Also, you can start reading "His Word Applied" over again, OR start daily devotionals, such as The Upper Room, OR study the Bible in the original Greek, Latin, Arabic or Hebrew language. But, STAY in the Word of God, EVERY DAY, and you will be BLESSED.
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