Want to know the secret to understanding ANY scripture? Read it over and over and over and over and over and over and over again while pondering and praying about what you’re reading. The Spirit will marvelously reveal things once you put in the effort to find out. And there is NOTHING like having the Holy Spirit open the scriptures to you! I testify this works as I’ve done it many times. I’ve spent weeks on a single verse. I read Jacob 5 every day for 2 Months. I read the book of Revelation for an entire year and then spent three months on Chapters 12-13. God opened the Book to me, and I understood things I had never heard anyone say. If you are reading and something catches your attention, keep reading it as outlined, and the Spirit will open your eyes to something you need to know. I testify this is true and brings about Great spiritual peace and insights!

@LDSMormon Or, just read up on the scholarly consensus. Amazing understanding in just days and we don't have to rely on our ineffective personal bias.

@originalJavaJoe @LDSMormon Can be a great way to expand understanding, but the Spirit can reveal things that apply specifically to the individual or that hasn’t been discussed under the scholarly consensus.

@d_webb89 @LDSMormon How? As far as we can tell, the spirit is just the internal voice we all have. And it is horrible at educating anyone, otherwise there would be no need for any educational system.

@originalJavaJoe @LDSMormon Just to clarify, you don’t actually believe in the Holy Ghost, or Gift of the Holy Ghost?