Browsing Through the Bible
Good morning everyone!
Been a long time but I will be here much more, now that I'm no longer recording my gaming.
Through the years I have read through the Bible so many times, then I started choosing different themes, or just a collection of similar books to study. Right now I have picked out the several writings of John to study.
Until I started searching for what I wanted to study, I had not realized that Paul had written most of the books of the N.T.! I've got those all listed in a group in a notebook to start on.
But right now I'm going to concentrate on John. There is the Gospel of John, the 1st-2nd-3rd Epistles of John, then Revelation. I think these will be interesting to study. Although I have done this with Revelation many times. (I must admit that Revelation gets easier to understand each time. :) )
I'm really anxious to see the structure or any comparisons in the writings of John.
Let my hear from you. Maybe we could study John's works together, and enjoy questions and comments with each other. :)
Shirley
Thanks for the invite. Here is the breakdown between John and Paul.
ReplyDelete1. John: He gives us the "who" of Christ—the divine nature, the source of light and life, and the simplicity of "abiding." His simple, repetitive language drives home eternal truths like a hammer hitting a nail.
2. Paul: He gives us the "how" of Christ—the theological mechanics of salvation, the structure of the church, and the application of grace. His complex, rhetorical style is perfect for building a detailed theological argument.
Together, they offer a powerful, complete picture: Paul explains how we are saved (justification by faith through grace), and John explains why the One who saved us is worthy of worship (He is the Word and the source of Life). The difference in their word usage—Paul's focus on "faith" and John's on "love"—really underscores their distinct, yet complementary, ministries! Selah!
What's your name? I simply loved your wonderful comment! It is so concise and simply structured. I understand, and I would never be able to put it down on paper this way, as you have done. Thank you so much for your response!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Shirley. You know I can't give out my real name on social media. Call me Jeff for short. 😃
DeleteI like Strider, I'll just call you that. lol
DeleteHello Grandma Shirley!
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to follow this Bible study with you. I was a long time Skyrim gamer too, and I knew about you when you first got popular, but never followed you closely. I want saved then, but now I know Jesus and He has saved my soul and my life. I saw an article on how you were giving up gaming, but inviting people to follow your Bible studies. I was delighted to find out you have a relationship with Jesus and I am excited to follow your Bible study! My husband's favorite gospel is John, so God bless and let's get into it!
I would appreciate a name please. I am so glad to get this comment from you. I am looking forward to comments with people who will be coming here. I have been just asking a question here and there, a but I think this would be interesting to try to go through a particular study together. Here's hoping! Thank you for coming by.
DeleteHi, Grandma! I'm so glad to become a part of the Bible discussions. I have been getting more in touch with my faith, so this is the perfect place for me! I'm excited to learn from everyone here and engage in discussions. I'm not as familiar with the bible as I'd like to be, but I plan on changing that. 🙂 I'm glad to be here with everyone and I look forward to meeting all of you! Thank you for starting this blog!💕
ReplyDeleteThank you for being here Revy!!
DeleteGood morning Grandma Shirley,
ReplyDeleteI’ve never been much of a commenter on your videos, but I’ve enjoyed following you for a long time. Your storytelling has always drawn me in, and I’ve found you to be a wonderful writer as well. I’m really excited to see you beginning this study on John’s writings. As a pastor, I love how John so clearly shows us the deity and Lordship of Christ—his Gospel beginning with “In the beginning was the Word…” has always been one of my favorite declarations of who Jesus is. His letters call us to live that truth out in daily life, and Revelation gives us the powerful reminder of His ultimate victory.
I’m looking forward to your insights, questions, and take-aways as you go through these books. Thank you for inviting us to join in the journey with you. Which part of John’s writings are you most eager to dive into first? I always love studying the miracles of Christ, and John gave them to us, “that we may believe.”
Your Grandkid in Christ,
Storm
Thank you for being here, Storm!!
DeleteHi grandma!
ReplyDeleteI have been struggling with my faith the last couple years due to some drastic life changes. I have been looking for guidance or a path to follow but as a young man I have struggled. I’m excited to follow along in your studies and start a new chapter in my journey with Christ.
This is so often a sorrow for people. Please, read the bible, and pray a lot. God will guide you! Especially in the New Testament read and pay attention to everything Jesus says. Notice how he changes Paul and strengthens Peter. Especially PRAY for His help and guidance! Please stay in touch here!
DeleteKeep strong Nick. There is always pain before Birth. John 16:21-22 ESV
Delete[21] "When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. [22] So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you."
In nature, the process of birth—whether of a child, a new season, or a transformed life—often involves pain as a precursor to something beautiful and life-giving.
Romans 8:22 beautifully captures the biblical perspective that all of creation is in a state of longing and travail, much like a woman in labor.
For us to be born again, Yahshua had to suffer. Such is the nature of the universe and our existence.
In nature, everything must endure so that they can thrive. Let your spiritual walk endure, so you can be clothed in eternity as a new creature.
Greetings Storm!
ReplyDeleteI am starting (once more lol) in the Gospel of John. The Epistles of John are so short! Two of them anyway! lol I just found something in the Gospel of John that I must have been skipping all these years! That is in 8:59.. it says, "... He hid Himself.. and walked out of the Temple among them." Did He turn Himself invisible so He wouldn't be seen and could slip away?! This has never jumped out at me before, like it just did!
Shirley
Yes! That’s such a powerful passage. Jesus had just finished declaring His eternal identity—“Before Abraham was, I am.” In that moment He made it clear that He is God, not just another teacher. And as religious people often do, they responded with rejection rather than worship, picking up stones to kill the very Messiah they had been waiting for.
DeleteWhen the text says He “hid Himself,” it shows us His authority and timing. They couldn’t touch Him until His appointed hour. He simply slipped through the crowd and went on His way—calmly, deliberately, fully in control. Their rejection didn’t change who He was or the mission He came to fulfill.
Thank you so much for responding. So you are saying that was allegorical (spl.) rather than actually hiding Himself?
DeleteThat’s a great question! I wouldn’t say it’s allegorical so much as it’s showing His divine authority in a very real moment. Jesus had just declared, “Before Abraham was, I am”—claiming the very name of God from Exodus 3:14. The crowd immediately understood this as blasphemy and picked up stones to kill Him.
DeleteBut notice, the text says He “hid Himself” and then simply walked out from among them. He didn’t need to turn invisible—He was showing that no mob could touch Him until His appointed hour. In other words, He slipped through the crowd by His own power and timing. Their anger was real, their rejection was real, but He remained completely in control.
I love how John captures this—our Lord boldly declares His eternal deity, is rejected by the religious leaders, and yet nothing can stop His mission until the cross. That’s the beauty of this passage.
I think you’re right to notice both sides. It was a real event yet John also writes it in a way that teaches us something deeper. So in one sense it’s literal—He walked away untouched. But in another sense it’s almost allegorical—it points to His divine authority, His timing, and the way the light of the world cannot be extinguished by human rejection.
Thank you so much Storm! I hope you stay here! :)
DeleteExcited to see your future posts and insights! :)
DeleteHi, I have never really felt like a believer in God myself for most of my life. But even then I still prayed now and then. And I have always donated to the church and put up a candle when I have been in one. So I think I have a complicated relationship with God, which is probably why I think the bible is a very interesting read. I look forward to your thoughts on John.
ReplyDeletePlease, read the Bible faithfully and pray a lot, for help and understanding. I'm happy to have you here!
DeleteHi Grandma Shirley, I’ve enjoyed your videos for a long time but was even more excited when I heard you have a Bible discussion blog! John is my favorite gospel because it especially emphasizes His divine nature as the Son of God. Chapter 14 and 15 of John’s gospel are probably some of my favorite chapters in the whole Bible! If I understand correctly those chapters were Jesus’s final private moments with His disciples the last supper right before His crucifixion and He had a lot to tell them! As you go through all of John’s writings I’m sure the Lord will show you more and more things that you hadn’t noticed before!
ReplyDeleteThank you David! I'm excited to have you here! Yes, as many times as I have read through the Bible and studied various Books, I'm excited to be going through the Books John wrote and discovering new things. It's amazing to me how, every time you read the same book, you discover something fresh and new! :)
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ReplyDeleteI think the Gospel of John was written by a different John than the Epistles (1stJn, 2ndJn, 3rdJn) and Revelation.
ReplyDeleteThe gospel of John is probably by favorite of the gospels; but my single favorite chapter in the whole Bible is 1st John 4.
1Jn4 is all about who is "of God" and who is antichrist, what love REALLY is, how love relates to both Who and what God is, and how it relates to ourselves.
In my opinion the most interesting verse of that chapter is verse 18,
"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love."
There's a lot of interesting implications when John says that God is love, and there is no love in fear; because I think that that means God is not found in fear.
When I think about fear, I think that fear means you don't have trust/faith; and conversely, if you have faith/trust in God, then you have no fear.
Forget fear, but instead rely on your faith and trust in Christ, and dwell on the Perfect Love of the Father.
(Reposted because I made a typo, and I don't know how to edit my comment)
I love your reply, and your understanding of John. I will have to research what you said about the Books are not all the same 'John'. I love what all you said about fear/love. Thank you.
DeleteThe thing about Paul is his writings were to us, the others were meant for Israel. Finding this out recently has really changed how I study and read the Bible. Realizing how so many people try to take text meant for Israel and apply it to us today and it just doesn't match up. I met a man from the UK who works hard daily to correct this common error because it changes so much of what we were brought up to believe. I hope you are doing well. My papaw is about your age, he is in the hospital because he broke his hip he is doing good so far but really could use the extra prayers. 😌
ReplyDeleteHello. Please note that the term Israel is used for believers od God in the Bible, it is not a particular tribe and does not mean Jew (Judah).
DeleteMaking a distinction between "Israel" and "Us" is like saying "Believers" and "Unbelievers".
Thank you Melee for being here!
DeleteI don't know if this fits here, and if it doesn't, please forgive me. But, I was so sorry to hear your video where you were saying goodbye to Skyrim gaming, but that didn't last long when I found out that you were studying The Bible and writing about it. Seems like if you can only do one of those things, The Bible would be the choice. I am not used to finding gamers that care about The Bible at all. I am delighted to have found you here.
ReplyDeleteI love the Gospel of John. It is so rich right from the start with the Word being there in the beginning, being with God, being God and then being made flesh to dwell with us. Fantastic way to start a Gospel and hook the readers! Then, by 1:10-13, we learn we can become children of God. Nice promise. I like chapter 6 where Jesus lays out His entire mission, even though everyone leaves except the Twelve at that point, but I think chapter 10 about the Shepherd and the Sheep is my favorite part.
Thank you so much for you comments, and for the Scripture links! I've really enjoyed reading this. I too have found John to be my favorite of the 4 Gospels.
DeleteHi Shirley! Came over from your “Goodbye Skyrim” video, and had been following you on-and-off before. Looking forward to your journey through the works of John. I’m not a very active Bible reader, but I always found John to be the “odd one out”. Matthew was the first. Mark is the historian. Luke is Mark’s ghostwriter. And John…he took Luke’s gospel and just went all-in :D pardon the somewhat adolescent view upon these authors, but I can’t seem to shake these impressions that were formed 35 years ago.
ReplyDeleteI will follow your Bible studies and discussions with great interest. Greetings from Belgium - Erwin
Good morning Erwin!
DeleteThank you for your nice note! I won't be doing Bible studies, I just want nice conversation. I will just post a verse or a thought once in a while as I'm reading through my Bible, for the zillionth time. LOL
Shirley
I recently picked up the bible and am listening to it on Audible. I'm currently listening to Exodus of the Old Testament. I am not a Christian, neither am I a religious person. But I am deeply spiritual and have been working on my own connection to God / Source. He has changed my life in profound ways. I thought that it would be only beneficial to read the Bible for the first time - I am looking forward to reaching the New Testament!
ReplyDeleteWishing you well, Shirley!
Welcome aboard!
DeleteWelcome Laiky and thank you for coming here.
DeleteFound it. ..yay... Excited to try this . We can all use a little Jesus right now
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming by Cricket! :)
DeleteWhat a beautiful invitation, Shirley! Welcome back, and how wonderful that you're diving deep into the Johannine corpus.
ReplyDeleteSaint Augustine tells us that John is like the eagle soaring to heights the other evangelists don't quite reach. There's this magnificent theological depth in everything John writes. You'll notice immediately how he circles around these great themes: light and darkness, truth and lies, love as the very essence of God's nature.
Here's what I'd encourage you to watch for as you read: John's Gospel gives you the "high Christology" (Jesus as the eternal Word made flesh), while his epistles show you how that transforms daily Christian living. It's theology becoming life. And Revelation? This comes from the Latin "Revelatio," which translates the Greek "Apokalypsis," meaning literally "unveiling." This final book isn't primarily about the end of the physical world. Rather, it unveils something every generation of Christians needs to see: a new world that God wants to be born out of the ruins of the old.
It's the same John showing us that all of history is headed toward the wedding feast of the Lamb. This is that glorious moment in Revelation 19 where Christ the Lamb and his Bride the Church are finally united forever. It's the consummation of everything, the ultimate communion between God and his people. When you participate in the Lord’s Supper at Church this is actually meant as a foretaste of this eternal wedding banquet.
Saint Thomas Aquinas spent years contemplating John's prologue alone. The depth is inexhaustible.
As you move through John's writings, you'll see how everything connects. The Word who was with God in the beginning becomes flesh, dwells among us, and then in Revelation brings all things to their glorious completion. It's one magnificent vision from start to finish.
I'd love to hear what strikes you as you read. May the Lord bless your study richly, Shirley!
- Kasper
Thank you for your wonderful reply Kasper! I have been a Christian for a long time and have studied through the Bible so many times during those years. Yes, I understand all you are saying. On this blog I want to pick out a particular verse or incident, and hear what people have to say. I'll be looking for you again. :)
DeleteMs. Shirley,
ReplyDeleteI am delighted to see that you are going to be sharing your study of Scripture more often!
I have played Skyrim since 2014, and have enjoyed all of your time sharing your game stories with us, as well as adding your character mod as a follower in my own playthroughs.
I was saved by the Lord Jesus Christ in May of 2020. I'm thankful to Him for salvation, a love for Jesus only made possible by His Spirit quickening me from death to life, a sweet wife of nearly four years, and a biblically sound local church that He has placed us in to serve.
I applaud your decision to devote more time to the Word. It is God-breathed, all sufficient, completely perfect. It's living, breathing, and sharper than any two-edged sword! I will be praying for your study time, and that God will richly bless your time focusing on Him, and will illuminate the truth through His Holy Spirit.
God Bless You, and thanks for all the Skyrim adventures you shared with us!
-Brandon Crosslin
Hello Brandon!
DeleteI have been a Christian for a long time, and at 90 I am so ready to go Home! I smile every time I think about it! lol I have read through the Bible so many times but awhile back I decided to do some indepth study of only one Book at a time, as I choose them. I'm especially looking forward to Daniel and Isaiah. I also find it interesting that Paul wrote most, it seems, of the NT.
I will still be playing Skyrim for myself. (I can't let it go!) lol I will post my Vlog and one or two episodes of other games. I have a lot that I don't ever play.
See ya!
Shirley
Hi Ms. Curry!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this blog! My wife and I begin each morning reading the Bible together. We start with Genesis and end in Revelation. I read aloud while she follows along in her Bible. So far, we have completed reading the Bible through eight times (and we're nearly done with our ninth). We have read the KJV, NKJV, NIV, ESV, RSV and NASB. We don't have any kids yet, but we hope to keep this up once we do have children.
During our last read-through of the New Testament, I created a chronological way to read through. We started with the four Gospels. However, as we read through the Book of Acts, we will read the corresponding epistles from the point they were written.
For instance, it is generally agreed that the Epistle of James was written by James at around 45-48 A.D. So, once we finish Acts chapter 12, we read the Epistle of James. Then, we read Acts 13. Similarly, we 1st and 2nd Thessalonians just before Acts 18 -- because Paul wrote those two letters during his 2nd Missionary Journey.
It's been very interesting because it provides some of the context of when and where Paul was when he wrote his letters. Most of the New Testament epistles were written after the end of the Book of Acts -- including all of the writings of the John (including 1st, 2nd and 3rd John and the book of Revelation). After all, John was much older when he wrote those. Early church writings indicate that John was well into his 90s when he wrote 1st, 2nd, and 3rd John as well as the Book of Revelation.
My wife and I really enjoy our Bible reading. We began reading it aloud just as the pandemic started. The first journey through took about 10 months. However, each subsequent read-through has been easier. It takes less time as we are more familiar with the names and places. Now, I have been learning Biblical Hebrew and Koine Greek too.
It's been a remarkable journey! My wife was raised in church. However, I was essentially agnostic until my late teen years. I eventually became a Christian. My wife and I met in a Christian student organization while we were undergraduates at a public university. We married after we both completed our post-graduate degrees. We now live and work in the Silicon Valley (in the San Francisco Bay Area).
My wife agrees that the greatest decision that we made as a couple (apart from getting married and serving the Lord) was to read the Bible together.
Thank you for posting this blog. We look forward to reading future entries!
I John 4:7-9
Amazing story, man! I will try to do the same with my girlfriend... We dont live together yet, but i think it would be nice to do some sporadic readings... Any suggestions?
DeleteGood approach. As for the Gospels, the majority of scholars say Mark was first. I believe they are wrong for a number of reasons but I will not get into that here.
DeleteLet me just say that putting the Gospels into the chronological order of the other books you have Matthew written first (30-44?), then James. Note that James is most likely the first epistle yet has a strong relationship to Matthew.
Then you have the other letters up to Paul's imprisonment in Caesarea. While there, Luke wrote his Gospel, but did not publish it fearing it would be seen as different Gospel, rather than the intended Gospel for the Gentiles.
That take us to Rome. The early church father say that Mark came from a series of sermons by Peter. I believe those sermons were his blessing linking Matthew to Luke, two views of the same Gospel. This is why Mark is either following Matthew or Luke, but never goes backwards, as if he had both scrolls before him moving between back and forth between them.
Then you have the later letters, and finally ending with John.
I hope you find this helpful.
Blessings,
Elgin
Thank you 'ccchhhrrriiisss' and Carmen and Elgin for your comments on here. I enjoyed them very much!!
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DeleteHi, Shirley!
ReplyDeleteTo start my comment im going to say that i am from Brasil, so sorry for the bad english.
Unfortunately I know very little of John's writings, and the Bible as a whole... But, being a quiet follower for such a long time i gave myself the freedom to ask you for a little guidance in my path as a Christian.
I've been a catholic my whole life, been baptized and did my First Communion as a kid and a teen but as i was growing older in the college life got complicated and... How can i say... I moved away from God's words... Nothing critical, but my faith and my life as a whole suffered certain crises.
I dont wanna spend so much time writing about that period of my life. Not because it was dark, quite the opposite, because i believe the problem was simply about perspective. I was immature. Simple as that.
Anyway, I grew older, went to Film University and there life got brighter again (or... i was becoming an adult and I was seeing life with more reasonable eyes lol)!
There, something really special happened. My graduation movie was a documentary about a church here in one of the most popular districts of São Paulo (a city named after... Paul! Our conversation isnt about John, but its quite there!). Everything was marvellous. I had a great time in this film set and step by step, for every day of filming we had, i was feeling my faith burning again inside my chest. Like i was coming back, seeing the light of God in my life again. Like i was returning home.
I finished the graduation (with an A, by the way!) and tried to get closer to God and Christianity as a whole. I started to red books from C.S Lewis (wich i reccomend to anyone starting to read about Christianity) and i was planning to read the Bible and other books with some other friends that showed interest in entering the same way as i wanted to go. Everything sounded like a great plan. And it really was, for some time! We red the whole book of Genesis together and for a while, discussed a bunch about it. But then... The REAL adulthood knocked at my door...
Here is the thing... Adulthood is knocking me down... Soon as i got my degree i started working. Working hard... In many jobs i didnt want for myself, that consumes a lot of my energy and a LOT of my time... I have 24 years old and i feel as i can't do any "big" project for my life so soon because i need to focus in my work. I feel like i need to choose between only 2 things beside my work: Personal projects and friends and family.
I love my family. And i can't live without my friends...
So, it turns out that I haven't been to church for a year and in the end I never continued reading the Bible. (...)
(...) I still think and reflect about Jesus, Christianity everyday. My faith is stronger than it's ever been. Every day i discuss about it with my friends (this friends more "active Christians" than me...) and i pray once and a while but... I don't know, i feel its so hard for me to enter a routine at this part of my life that isn't directly connected with my job...
DeleteThese are the questions i want to ask you, Grandma... As an older and stronger Christian, what do you think i should do? You ever felt something like this, too? You think that there's some kind of "initial steps" that you recommend me?
It's crazy how certain conclusions about all this only came to me while I was writing this text... I think in all this time I'd never really stopped to think about my relationship with my faith since I left college. It's like I'd always FELT this, but never thought about it, you know? Now I'm glad I see it in a broader way... I guess I needed to verbalize all this to someone...
I like to think that somehow God put you in my path so I could have the opportunity to realize all of this. I'm glad I didnt miss the opportunity!
Sorry for such a long text. I think i got kinda emotional in the middle of it, lol. Thanks for reading it all. I really appreciate that you gave me and other people a space to speak about Christianity and life, generally, in a way that is so, so rare in the internet nowadays.
Thank you for it all. I was a fan of your Skyrim channel while i was a teenager and now I'm so happy to find you here in this new context! I feel like I've reconnected with an old friend. I promise to be a more active follower this time. I've already turned on my Blogger notifications on my e-mail. I hope to hear from you soon!
Diego (Dont know why my name here at Blogger is "Carmen Francisca"... But i think thats funny. Could be an inside joke of ours)
PS: I'm writing this entire "letter" as if I were speaking directly to Shirley because it makes it easier for me to write, but for any other blog readers, please, I'd be extremely happy to hear your insights too!
Thank you Carmen ! I really wanted to keep it a relaxing place to come to and thank you for letting me know I succeeded! :)
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Delete(...These are the questions i want to ask you, Grandma... As an older and stronger Christian, what do you think i should do? You ever felt something like this, too? You think that there's some kind of "initial steps" that you recommend me?....)
Carmen, To me the answer to your question is very simple and I believe, necessary. You must Pray, not just once in a while; Talking to God, asking for general forgiveness, to help you understand what you read in the Bible and so on; and you must continue to read the Bible, daily, not just once in a while, and you must truly believe.
I don't know what else to tell you, but those things I've listed are basic. And those aren't just once a day, but whenever you feel like "talking" to Him! :)
Shirley
( Thank you Carmen ! I really wanted to keep it a relaxing place to come to and thank you for letting me know I succeeded! :) )
DeleteOh yeah, you succeded so well! I now have a christian community to call my own! Thats what i was looking foward for so much time...
About the other things... It's quite interesting to me how every once and a while i heard about faith, and every activity that comes with it, it's more like an exercise than any other thing...
I will now try to be more cohesive in those exercises! Thank you, Grandma!
Great! Glad to hear back from you again! :)
DeleteCarmen - perhaps I can add a bit of my own experience with praying as advice too, if you want it. :) We are all different, and I believe God speaks to different people differently. But it is my experience that you can be quite casual with him, if that feels natural to you. You don't need to be all formal and kneel every time (though for sure you can, and that too has its time and place). What's most important, I think, is that you're "real" and ernest. Be yourself, however that looks (and if that is being formal, than by all means!).
DeleteI love the writings of the apostle John. If you are going to start with the epistles, I would recommend that you read/study them in reverse order. The were probably put in their current order because of their size. We don't really know in what order they were written.
ReplyDeleteStill, if read in reverse, they show increasing problems. 3 John deals with a problem within the church caused by a rebellious leader. 2 John deals with problems from outside caused by false teachers, and 1 John deals with the aftermath of a church split.
One thing (among many) to note about the Gospel of John is that it is carefully structured. For example, 1:1-18 are written as the introduction and in the form of a chiasmus. This means you have corresponding points at the start and end working towards a middle as in: A-B-C-D-C-B-A. This empathizes the center, which in this case is the main point of John's Gospel.
Here is the center part (John 1:12)
But as many as received Him,
to them He gave the right to become children of God,
even to those who believe in His name,
John's purpose is clear.
(Note, some English translations smooth this out to "better English" by switching the middle and ending clause, but this is the order in the Greek text.)
Another aim of his was from the fact that he was at the end of his life. He knew of the other three Gospels, but he new that there was so much more to say about Jesus. So his Gospel tries to fill in the gaps, but there was just too much. Thus at the end he writes,
"Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written."
I hope you find this helpful.
Blessings,
Elgin
Thank you so much Elgin for your comment on here! Good points about the order of reading them. I had not seen them that way before, as many times as I've study the Bible through my long years. Thank you.
DeleteHello Shirley!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I only discovered you from your Goodbye Skyrim video but I am glad to hear you are doing a bible blog.
The Gospel of John is a fantastic book with several names and titles of Him revealed in chapter 1 alone!
It is very important to be right with the Lord and to ensure indeed that we have entered into His Kingdom through receiving of the Holy Ghost especially considering the times we are in.
I hope to tag along with you as you go about reading the scriptures.
Hi Damien,
DeleteIf you look back at my previous posts you will see that I just made a comment about a particular verse, which is more what this column is going to be. But, when I mentioned John it really brought in a bunch of wonderful comments and teachings!
Thank you for coming by and I hope I will see you around in the comments often.
Thank you,
Shirley
Hi Grandma Shirley!
ReplyDeleteRecently more than ever I've been feeling a deep desire to surround myself in scripture, but while I've had the desire, I've not had the actual motivation to take action on this. I'm hoping that keeping up with your blog will help me, as I need it now more than ever before as I face college ending and I will soon be placed into the cold grasp of the world. The comment by Jeff was super helpful, so that already has been a boon.
Thank you for the invitation you left on your video the other day, and while I know the circumstances likely don't fill you with joy... I hope we can all make the best of it. :)
Thank you Ethan for coming here. Your description of 'the cold grasp of the world' is very real and keeping up with news, and Bible prophecies, it is just going to keep getting worse I'm sure. The reason to play , believe in God, and ask Him for salvation. Deeply, deeply important! So glad you're here!
DeleteHello Grandma Shirley! I hope your day has been amazing. I came over from the last video on your YouTube. I had no clue you had a religious blog! I'm a bit younger of a mind than it seems like most of the other people here at a whopping mid 20s.. But I have recently been wanting to get into my Bible more and haven't really known where to start.. I have never read through the Bible all the way through and it seems really intimidating but I'm hoping that going through this with someone else will help me find a jumping off point! As far as the gospel of John, I don't know much about it other than the staple of John 3:16.. But I am eager to read others insights and finally get started!
ReplyDeleteHi Dawnelle! If you are going to be getting into the Bible, I would suggest starting with the 4 Gospels.. the beginning of the New Testament, and stay, for now, in the NT because that is more relevant for us today, and the way the world is going it seems like, even more than ever, that we need God in our lives! Read the New Testament, and pray. We ALL need that! Glad you are here! :)
DeleteHello "Grandma" Shirly!
ReplyDeleteI've followed your Skyrim videos in the past and had no idea that you have this blog. I'm looking forward to following your study here. As for me, I'm doing a deep-dive into the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) with my Sunday school class. I've learned so much in the prep-work leading up to it and am thankful that we are going at a glacially slow pace as it is so rich! I've not done a study on the book of John, so hopefully we will get there... :-)
Hi Margaret! So glad you're here! I am so glad people are enjoying coming here and thank your for your wonderful comment!
DeleteHello Miss Shirley,
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to a great discussion about these two differ.
The Father at my church always stated that John explains “Who” Christ was and is and Paul explains “How” he did some of the things that he did.
He also has a fascination with Paul.
The entire Bible, and edition, is astounding.
I’ve been studying it since I was 8- I am now 35 and have even more questions than I did then.
Anyways, I hope that you are doing well. Wishing everyone in your family great health.
Peace and love always-
Joshua Thomas
Dear Joshua, thank you for being here! :)
DeleteI agree with what he said about John and Paul. Also, as many times as I have read through the Bible through my long years, this time has opened up new things to me. Once thing is that I never paid any attention, before, to how much of the NT Paul wrote!! I have collected Paul's book and put them together to just read through as one big book. It's going to be fun and enjoyable.
Thank you for being here,
Shirley
I was hoping I’d find you here, Grandma. It’s like we switched from gaming together to now Bible Study with each other.
ReplyDeleteHeya! Wow I am late to this one, did not know you had posted it!
ReplyDeleteI have a nicce, harcover notebook that I use for getting to know the Bible better. Trying to summarize the books chronologically. The only one I've finished so far is Genesis (which must be the most interesting one of them all, in terms of how much stuff happens in there). I also thought about making a separate part of the book for the prophets. To try to remember which prophet's book is about what. And the "smaller" ones, sure! But then I remember than I need to go through Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel too... And they are massive! :D
Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel are exactly the ones I'm getting ready to start .. AGAIN. lol
ReplyDeleteI also have so many notebooks lined up on a shelf that I use for different studies in the Bible!