Age of Accountability...
after reading acts, romans, and over half of corinthians (and the first
four books of the new testament as well)...i realize that i did not understand
very much of the Bible growing up or in high school...i understood the
basics of the Bible...how to be saved...i knew many of the stories in the
Bible - Noah, Moses, Jesus, Adam and Eve, Paul, Peter, etc...but i had
no idea what it all meant...
i am not much better off now truthfully because there is so much...i am
quite excited reading all these books again...to be able to think back
when i read these books when i was in denver city (pre 1988)...then while
in lufkin (89-94) and even in college (94-99)...to think back and say
they were really just words on a page...did the other kids feel the same
way?...
i never considered myself smart...i was always quiet so i would not sound
stupid when i talked...but other people think you are smart if you are
quiet...but i was not dumb and i had no clue about the Bible...to be able
the past few weeks/months to discuss things...to just ask questions and
try to find the answer...to be able to recall scriptures that i have recently
read has been very amazing...
i know that the baptist (maybe others?) have the age of accountability or
responsibility...and that does make sense to me...but at what age is that?...
which is where the argument starts for the different denominations of the
Christian religion...but i guess that age of accountability does not necessarily
mean the age of understanding...and you have to be accountable even if you do
not understand?...
i was just reading a website
about the age of accountability...it suggests those younger than 20 and lists
a few scriptures...now i do not know what i think a this point about the age...
but i do know that after this new Bible and these past few weeks/months of reading
the Bible again i did not understood the Bible in high school...at least not in
the way i am beginning to understand it now...10 years later...i do admit that i
lost a few years in college and directly after college that i could have used to
begin sooner...hmmm...
just glad to finally begin understanding...if even just a little...
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