Make Notes in Your Bible
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Many believe that the Bible is to be treated with reverence, which is true, but that the margin should never be marked in. Only the message contained within should be revered. The paper, ink, and leather that make up the physical Bible are not holy. What is holy about the Bible is the truth it contains—the words of spiritual instruction.
Making notations in your Bible helps amplify and reinforce God’s message, and is acceptable to Him.
The information contained in the Bible is priceless. How we react to those words is God’s primary focus—not how reverently we treat the paper and ink.
Wide-margin bibles are ideal for inserting valuable notes. These notes can come from sermons, Church Bible studies, technical details from reference works and many other sources.
It is satisfying to open the Bible to a difficult scripture and understand it by looking at your notes. If you have neglected this, now is a good time to get back into it. Some who have understood the truth for some time mistakenly assume that they have already heard it all. The turbulence of these last days makes it necessary to understand prophecy as it is being fulfilled.
Excitement about the truth should become more contagious as the sense of urgency keeps pace with accelerating events.
Remember that our understanding is never complete. The “old” established truths are still being taught by The Restored Church of God. Certain prophetic understandings that were not as apparent before the prophesied apostasy are now significantly more obvious.
Marking the Bible helps us internalize the precious truth that so many have taken for granted.
It may also be helpful to set aside special Bible studies to review your personal margin notes. You may find that many notes were incomplete and that others need expanding. Besides providing an excellent review, this exercise should help you make more effective margin notes in the future.
Bible Study Is Rewarding
By diligently applying these most fundamental rules, you will find that personal Bible study is far more interesting and challenging. When you find it more difficult to break off rather than to get started, you can safely say that your Bible study has become exciting and rewarding—as God would have it!
But the question of the authority of the Bible, meaning identifying proof that it is God’s divinely inspired Instruction Book, remains…