As a firearms instructor and shooting sports enthusiast, I was excited to incorporate the use of lasers into my shooting. I mean laser focus is a great thing right? I quickly discovered lasers are a great addition, but can’t replace the knowledge and understanding of my iron sights, additionally, the laser doesn’t make up for a poor grip, stance or any of the other fundamentals that I practice which include the seemingly simple task of knowing how to load the magazine and insert it as well as rack a round in the chamber, etc.
You can’t just throw all of the other fundamentals out the window and point and shoot where the laser is pointing and expect to attain the precision that focus on ALL of those fundamentals together at the same time achieves.
It’s the same way with studying the Bible. We can’t just read this or that book ABOUT the Bible or a study about a particular topic and bring in some random amalgamation of Scriptures and expect to know all of God or the whole picture.
We need to study the actual Word of God in its entirety! This is not to say that those Bible studies are bad. In the same way that the integration of a laser into my shooting isn’t a replacement for my iron sights, they are not a replacement for reading the whole word of God in context and looking at the different literary elements of the word of God and taking into account the whys of why they were written that way.
exp. Historical books, wisdom books, prophecy, poetry, law etc…additionally each book contains different figures of speech that we sometimes lose in translation because we are not from the same culture.
We say, “it’s raining cats and dogs,” in the US to indicate that its raining really hard. Everyone everywhere doesn’t always understand that idiom. There are cultural sayings like this in the Bible that we need to dig into the history of to understand. There are also hyperbole, similes, metaphors, analogies, irony, personification, anthropomorphisms, litotes, idioms(like the one above), euphemisms, synecdoche, and more!
You really can mine the scriptures like digging in a mine for precious gems or other resources! Just remember above all, the Bible is about God, He should always be the main character overall, ask yourself what is this passage teaching me about God? Study should bring deeper knowledge, how can you love what you don’t know?
Raychel Writes 
5 responses to “Lasers and Bible Study”
One of the biggest things I believe is taken out of context is the verse that says that women should be silent in church. Many take that to mean that women shouldn’t teach or speak in front of the congregation. But if you look at the context of it, the women were literally talking in church, during the sermon either to each other or to their husbands on the other side of the room. So Paul was admonishing them to stay quiet while the Word was being taught.
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Now that’s a hot button topic!!!!! And a struggle for women to “know our place”………
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I know!! But some of the teachings and sermons I’ve heard from the pulpit were from women!! I don’t believe God would have the anointing on their life like that if He didn’t intend for them to use it!
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I’ve struggled for a long time to understand my role on this Earth as I serve Him and use the talents He has given me. That one’s a struggle sometimes bc I never want to be outside His authority or will.
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I get it. Research it for yourself and report back!!
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