Knowing the Bible

No matter how much you are told about driving, you cannot know how to drive
until you get behind the steering wheel, start the car and drive.

And really knowing God is rooted in knowing the Bible:

* the Bible gives a blueprint of who God is

* the Bible is our Driver's Manual on how to operate our lives.

* the Bible is the repair manual - to fix our relationship with God when it breaks down.

The Old Testament - God's contract with humanity before Jesus rose from the dead.

and the New Testament - God's contract with humanity once Jesus rose from the dead.

These two contracts have different expectations - 

just like different car warrantees have different boundaries.

Since the New Testament is God's current contract with humanity -

it is my current 'Driver's Manual', and is what I focus on the most.

Even so, the Old Testament is has the history of God's people - and God's enemies.

and rich with insights to God's personality.

When you feel like you've gotten everything from the Bible you can by reading it...

the next level of knowing the New Testament ... of knowing God

is to copy the New Testament - Word-by-word ... 

whether it makes you happy - or sad - or mad - or scared.

In 2014, I typed out the New Testament, word-by-word, to learn the Bible better. 

I did it, and I know the Bible better because of it.

But I really wanted to copy the New Testament by hand. 

I did this in 2024, using 6 notebooks, with a major section in each notebook;