by JH 17 Replies latest jw friends
Were you able to name all 66 books of the bible by heart and in order? Some were able to do that, but what did that prove?
There were always 6 or 7 books that I was never able to find, so I had to go into the index at the beginning and check the page.
How well did you know your bible?
I was doing good if I could find my Bible; let alone a specific scripture. JamesT
When I was about 6 or 7 years old, I astonished my parents by memorizing the entire list from Genesis to Revelation during a single 2-hour meeting. Must have been a particularly boring meeting, lol... Ever since then I've been able to find anything in the Bible almost instantly.
Most of the time I can find the passage I'm looking for. If not, I use a concordance or the content section at the beginning of the Bible.
At any rate, I thought some of you might enjoy the following:
http://www.thesilverdome.com/scripturereading/diary_of_a_bible.htm
Pretty good -- Mom had me memorize all of the books of the Bible and it helped me find scriptures really fast over the years.
Nina
I was more into understanding it's message than remembering how many books, their names, when they were written etc.
I was good with remembering numbers and did well at finding society emphasised scriptures. If you were to ask me a scripture on grace, justification, salvation..... the real bible message.........I would have been lost when I was a dub.
Gumby
Like gumby, I was good at finding "Society emphasized scriptures". I used a lot of those repeatedly, to the point that I even knew about where on the page (top, bottom, right, or left) a verse would be that I needed. That is kind of sick!
I used a lot of those repeatedly, to the point that I even knew about where on the page (top, bottom, right, or left) a verse would be that I needed. That is kind of sick!
LOL Gopher,
..me too!
Hey,
I knew the Bible from Generations to Revolutions.
I also knew that that the Bible Talked about baseball. In Geneses 1:1, it says, "In the big inning."
Oh my...when I first started studying with the JWs, I remember my bible study conductor would have me memorize the books of the bible forward/backwards. Reciting them in order.
I was able to do it at one time: I got it 100% right once or twice.
Did I read the entire thing? Yes, twice.
I used to be able to quote scriptures and passages like a phone number.
Nowadays, if you asked where certain books were: I'd be good at locating Genesis and Revelation.
20 years of freedom, kinda does that to ya...
Rayzorblade of the aluminum class (helps you forget everything).
