Comforted, warned, threatened, comforted, warned, threatened, comforted, warned, threatened, comforted, warned, threatened, comforted, warned, threatened.

Does your Bible reading feel like an emotional roller coaster experience?

Mine does a lot of times and I know that's not my experience alone. So is this experience by design?

Another really important Bible question today that you have sent to us,

and we've had a lot of those over the years,

as you can see in the APJ book on pages 1 to 46,

the longest section in the book,

talking about Bible reading and Bible

memorization. This next Bible reading question is from a young man who

listens to the podcast. Hello Pastor John, every day I seem to get happy and

feel comforted and every day I feel sad and worried almost

like it switches in a moment. The reason for this is the words of comfort and

warning from Jesus and Paul. For instance, I'm happy to hear Jesus say whoever comes to me I will never cast out in John 637, but then I hear him say no one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back as fit for the kingdom of God.

Luke 962.

Then I hear Jesus say to the seemingly mature Church of Ephesus that if they don't repent,

he will take their lampstand out of its place in

revelation 2 verses 1 to 7. Is it right to feel sort of emotionally pushed back and

forth like this so regularly in my Bible reading. Is this healthy and

normal for the Christian life to feel like this, comforted, then warned, then

threatened? Is the Christian life in this fallen world meant to feel like this

by design?

That's such a good question.

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