| Here's what the Bible means. | | | | The fact is people aren't in perfect agreement and |
| You decide. | | | | choosing to make agreement important makes your |
| Did you want me to tell you what the Bible really | | | | life less than peaceful. |
| means? | | | | For myself I choose that it's not important what |
| Even if I did guess what? You'd read it and you would | | | | everyone thinks about what the Bible means. That |
| decide. | | | | includes me too. |
| I could spend years studying the Bible, learning Hebrew | | | | But you believe God told you what the Bible really |
| and Greek so I could pour over the original texts, visit | | | | means. Does that really change anything? You still |
| the Bible lands to learn their culture, and write some | | | | decided. |
| amazing book about what the Bible means. | | | | Maybe God did tell you. Maybe he told me as well. |
| If you read it you'd decide what the Bible means. | | | | We still decided. |
| Even if you agreed with everything I wrote it would still | | | | But they say God told them what The Bible means |
| be your decision to believe it. So you still decide what | | | | and God told me something different. What |
| the Bible means to you. | | | | happened? You decide. (Did you really think I was |
| Is this bad? Absolutely not! | | | | going to give you that one?) |
| That's just the way it is! | | | | So, the Bible really means what you decide it means. |
| Understanding this helps us understand why there are | | | | That's all it can mean to you. Enjoy and appreciate |
| so many different views about what the Bible means | | | | what The Bible means to you. Be thankful for it's |
| and what particular passages mean and what Jesus | | | | meaning. Live by it's meaning. Let it mean what it does |
| meant when he said what. | | | | to others. |
| This realization may even help temper our feelings | | | | Now you know the true meaning of The Bible. |
| about opinions that differ from our own. | | | | And you know why there are so many different ideas |
| Is it important that everyone who reads a book have | | | | about the meaning of The Bible. |
| perfect agreement about every aspect of it's | | | | And if you choose you can have an amazing peace fill |
| meaning? | | | | your soul even when your understanding differs from |
| I guess that depends on how you feel about it. | | | | those around you! |