[Bull got out!]

^^^Maybe the best post ever on the site Bull. Paul is my favorite person in the Bible other than Jesus and Mary. Question, how long to you strive to study each day?

My favorite person from The Bible is David.  This could change as I learn more.  I know he had a major weakness for women which led him to commit adultery and also led him to, in a way, have a man killed, but I liked the fact he was successful despite so many factors being against him.

I'll use this example of myself. If I put my life on the big screen, then I'm guilty as charged. No way I deserve anything and shouldn't. But that's the beauty of what the Bible is telling us. It's not what we do, it's what he did on that Cross that saves us. If we believe in the finished work of the Cross and by Faith that what he did is sufficient for us. So many stories and real issues in the Bible. That relate to us today. The Bible takes time to understand, I am ever learning daily honestly. You will figure out something that you didn't know, and it opens up a whole different perspective or outlook on things. Now that you have read the bible and got a overview, the next best thing is to take a bible teacher like Les and start studying a topic. What I did is start in Mathew and went through the New Testament with him and it takes a while, but you talk about opening up the scriptures. Like I said, I don't like condemnation preaching, I like learning and seeing what the scripture really says. But if you are going to pick a topic of study, study Apostle Paul and ask yourself why was he chosen. To whom was he sent and why? Why did he leave his past when he had is made in the Jews Religion to do the work of Christ. Paul they say ran to the chopping block when he was beheaded. I couldn't imagine honestly. So what he saw, he believed it was worth it all to die for and to give up his former positions and power to preach the body of Christ for Christ for the Church.