purpose of Bible reading

last Sun was the 1st time i led Bible study in tainan. well, i brought in the mini-inductive Bible study method into the group, thought it went smoothly~ apparently, most attendees were not too much concerned about this method at 1st - my observation. i could feel the skepticism in the air; perhaps they weren't sure where i was going w/ these steps - observation, interpretation, correlation and application. but i felt more relieved at the end, i supposed cuz i sensed that by the time they departed, they felt being more informed of the scriptures, and that was my goal... my fulfillment. (: i seriously believe that nowadays Christians need to see Bible as it is, instead of backing our own theories w/ Bible as if Bible should support us and we're superior, or we thought we know better... i've seen a LOT of believers doing this w/ the Scriptures, and no wonder we see multiple, i mean... multitude, interpretations derived from the same verse and yet it's read as a complete contradiction and we thought that's normal, everyone's unique, we see Bible and interpret it differently is fine, as long as we feel we resonate w/ it.... 聖經不是拿來讀我們想要讀得, 解釋我們想要解釋的, 而是... 祂是標準, 是準則, 而我... 讀經者, 是每次讀時, 再次以祂為 神的準則, 來反省, 衡量, 調整我們的眼光, 思維, 行為是否有遵行. (: I love God's WORD! He's SUPERIOR~