"The Open Book"

 "For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me." (John 5:46 KJV)

  "Before the way of faith in Christ was available to us, we were placed under guard by the law. We were kept in protective custody, so to speak, until the way of faith was revealed. Let me put it another way. The law was our guardian until Christ came; it protected us until we could be made right with God through faith. And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian." (Galatians 3:23-25 NLT)

 It might just have a little bit of a different look, but it shows us the same principle: teaching us that we need a Savior! Some people look at the Bible as if it requires someone to interpret it for them; as if they cannot understand what it says. This is true for those that are not God's children, because they do not see or understand those things which are of their Heavenly Father, and do not have the Holy Spirit to help them interpret the Word.

 Besides that, the Word is Christ Jesus; when we have fellowship with Jesus, we hear His voice plainly and clearly, and there is no need for interpretation. If you don't understand something, the Holy Spirit is the guide to help us. If we are still having difficulty with knowing what it should be speaking to us, we ask the Father to help, and He will fill us more with His Spirit, that we might see more clearly how the Word is to apply in or lives.   

 At least that is what I have come to understand, but that is just me; you can ask around and see if you will get the same answer, if you like. I have learned, by experience, there are plenty of other opinions out there, some of which do not quite line up with the Scriptures being the Word of God. Believe it or not, but there are some, even some in leadership positions within the church, that do not believe that the Bible is absolutely and unequivocally the Word of God! Go figure! 

 By the way: how can someone trust in the Word, yet, at the same time, not believe what it says is true? Is there really that much of a disconnect between the head and the heart? Some say, that 18" being the distance between the mind and the heart, is the same exact distance we have between heaven and hell. Just a little thing to think about, if you are looking definition. 

 Jesus spoke of something a little strange, as He used the notion of a camel going through the eye of a needle, comparing that to the chances of a rich man going to heaven; yet His disciples saw it as something that was completely impossible and said, "How then can anyone be saved?" Again: Go figure...

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1 KJV/NLT) 

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (John 1:1 KJV)