Article November 12, 1979 Issue

Reading the Bible for healing

JEAN LUCE LEE

Reading the Bible as a history book, you'd look for dates, places, and events. Reading the Bible as a collection of literary works, you'd see many examples of extraordinary poetry and prose. And reading the Bible as a book of healing and reform, you'd observe many instances of recovery and regeneration.

Reading for information has its place. But something more is needed when we are seeking spiritual insight and guidance from Bible study. When reviewing history, literature, or even healing one might keep his thought on the level of human experience. Many people study the Bible in this way, literally and scholastically, reading essentially for information and knowledge. Often they use historical data or sociological theories as a basis for interpreting passages. But reading the Bible for spiritual meaning and healing doesn't fit into such neatly organized human systems.

To really understand the Bible requires more—it requires spiritual inspiration, bringing thought into accord with God, the source of all healing power in the Bible. This power is realized in our lives when we are spiritually-minded, as Christ Jesus taught us to be.

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