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How can we decipher what is Spiritual or literal when we are studying the Bible? Doesn’t everyone have their own opinions when it comes to studying and can we trust those opinions? Can Gods word be Spiritual and literal at the same time? Only the Holy Spirit can answer these questions when we ask for wisdom and understanding because God is not the author of confusion and wants to reveal all the hidden mysteries of his word to us.

God is Spirit and much of his written word is also Spiritual as much as it is literal. Like man is human in the flesh, but Spiritual through the rebirth or renewal in Gods Holy Spirit. I believe the Bible is more Spiritual than literal in many ways as when we read a chapter at a time we can have many different points of views on it, but if we take each chapter and read it verse by verse then as a whole it brings life to the whole chapter and reveals the importance of the knowledge God wants us to learn and share with others.

The story of Jesus first miracle of turning water into wine is an excellent example of both being a literal and Spiritual teaching as you will see as you study the scriptures and allow the Holy Spirit minister this wonderful event in your life as well as it was revealed to the Disciples being with Jesus on that day of the wedding. When you look for the Spiritual in all of scripture so many new revelations in the word will be revealed to you that you have never seen before and it will be hard to even try and contain your exuberance of the wisdom and understanding you will gain.
 
John 2:1-11

How can we decipher what is Spiritual or literal when we are studying the Bible? Doesn’t everyone have their own opinions when it comes to studying and can we trust those opinions? Can Gods word be Spiritual and literal at the same time? Only the Holy Spirit can answer these questions when we ask for wisdom and understanding because God is not the author of confusion and wants to reveal all the hidden mysteries of his word to us.

God is Spirit and much of his written word is also Spiritual as much as it is literal. Like man is human in the flesh, but Spiritual through the rebirth or renewal in Gods Holy Spirit. I believe the Bible is more Spiritual than literal in many ways as when we read a chapter at a time we can have many different points of views on it, but if we take each chapter and read it verse by verse then as a whole it brings life to the whole chapter and reveals the importance of the knowledge God wants us to learn and share with others.

The story of Jesus first miracle of turning water into wine is an excellent example of both being a literal and Spiritual teaching as you will see as you study the scriptures and allow the Holy Spirit minister this wonderful event in your life as well as it was revealed to the Disciples being with Jesus on that day of the wedding. When you look for the Spiritual in all of scripture so many new revelations in the word will be revealed to you that you have never seen before and it will be hard to even try and contain your exuberance of the wisdom and understanding you will gain.
All of the scriptures are spiritual and I might be all we5 here but when I read your post I am thinking when you say spiritual that you mean metaphorical or like the parables Jesus told? Am I all wet?
 
All of the scriptures are spiritual and I might be all we5 here but when I read your post I am thinking when you say spiritual that you mean metaphorical or like the parables Jesus told? Am I all wet?

I mean Spiritual in the sense of text being symbolic of the literal. It's like with the wedding in Canaan that the wine was literal wine, but also symbolic of the new wine/Spirit that dwells in us.
 
I find it changes... God's Word is living .. it is not a dead book.. Ever notice you can read the same passage again then on day you say WOW... thank You Lord

The Bible is never a dead book as it is life application for our Spiritual growth. What I was talking about reading the whole chapter was to read it word by word, verse by verse as you ask the Holy Spirit to reveal everything there is to reveal of what you read as that is the WOW moment as we might have read a verse many times, but when the Holy Spirit sheds light on what we are reading, that is when we say thank you Lord.
 
I mean Spiritual in the sense of text being symbolic of the literal. It's like with the wedding in Canaan that the wine was literal wine, but also symbolic of the new wine/Spirit that dwells in us.
That is the same as I thought. but you and i understand Spiritual differently, thanks for the input.
 
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