You CAN Tell the Children Podcast 152: Reading The Bible With The Color Method…Click to listen to the podcast!
In 2013 God gave me a gift. The gift was a deep desire for a closer relationship with Him. I prayed that God would show me how to go deeper with Him and hear His voice more clearly. God answered, and He answered mightily. God revealed The Color Method to me as a result of my search for Him. I wanted to understand the Bible in a new way, and had a desire to create a color coding system to do it. Having always loved color, it makes sense to me that God would use something I love to bring me closer to Him. By underlining God’s Word with nine different colors, the pages of the Bible become vibrant, and topics jump off the page. It has been said that the Bible is a word picture of Jesus Christ. Through The Color Method, we can now color that picture.
Read Our Statement of FaithGod’s love is unfailing. “Let Your face shine on Your servant; save me in Your unfailing love” (Psalm 31:16). He promises that if you search for Him, He will show up. “Come near to God and He will come near to you” (James 4:8). When we call out to the LORD, He will give us eyes to see Him and the darkness becomes light. “Whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away” (2 Corinthians 3:16).
Because of Adam and Eve’s sin in the Garden of Eden, there is a “veil” that now covers people’s hearts so that we cannot see God clearly. “…a veil covers their hearts” (2 Corinthians 3:15). But if we confess that Jesus is the Son of God, who lowered Himself to become a man and came to Earth to take away our sins, so that we may have eternal life, then the Holy Spirit will come and remove the veil that separates us from God the Father. “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9).
Through Jesus, the veil is removed, and we can see God as He reveals Himself to us. “Whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away” (2 Corinthians 3:16). And through Jesus’ saving blood, the power and work of the Holy Spirit, and the love of the Father, there is FREEDOM from sin for His children. “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Corinthians 3:17). And once we are free from the covering of sin, we can read and understand God’s Word, which gives us the mind of Christ and perfects us in His righteousness.
“And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into His image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit” (2 Corinthians 3:18).
So, because of God’s unfailing love for us, He gives us unveiling color…color to help us unwrap the mysteries in the Bible, color to help us apply His precious Word to our daily lives. He wants you to live a life of freedom and joy in relationship with Him. So join me today. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the mind of your Heavenly Father to you, so you can have the mind of Christ. Nothing in life will be more exciting or fulfilling to you. This is what you were born for. This IS your purpose in life – a deep relationship with the Most High God. He is waiting for you now. And if you ask Him…HE WILL COME!
Lacey grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, where she graduated from The Hutchison School. She then went on to graduate from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, with a BA in Communications. She is currently a Group Leader in Bible Study Fellowship and attends Watermark Community Church. Her passion is to share the abounding love of God with others, and to encourage those searching for purpose in life to turn to the holy and inspired Word of God — where there is hope, freedom and eternal life. Lacey is married to Robert, and they live in Dallas, Texas, with their two beloved daughters, Lilly Grace and Evie.
We believe the Bible to be the verbally inspired Word of God, without error in the original writings, as well as, the supreme and final authority in doctrine and practice (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:21; John 17:17).
We believe in one God eternally existing in three equal persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Each has the same nature and attributes, but is distinct in office and activity (Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14).
We believe the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God. He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful man. We believe He accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a substitutionary sacrifice. We believe our redemption and salvation are guaranteed by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead (John 1:1, 14, 18; Luke 1:35; Romans 3:24-26; 4:25).
We believe the Lord Jesus Christ is now in heaven, exalted to the right hand of God where, as High Priest to His people, He fulfills the ministry of intercession and advocacy (Hebrews 1:3; 3:1; 7:23-25; I John 2:1-2).
We believe God the Holy Spirit is a person who restrains evil in the world and convicts men of sin, righteousness and judgment. He dwells in all who believe in Jesus. From the moment of belief in the Son, the Spirit baptizes believers into the body, seals them for salvation, regenerates them to new life, bestows spiritual gifts on each one, and is fully present to continually fill (control and guide) His own” (John 16:7-11; John 3:8; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11, 13; John 14:16-17; Ephesians 4:30, 5:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:19).
We believe God created all things in heaven and earth and that they exist by His power (Genesis 1:1; Colossians 1:16-17). We believe man was created innocent and in the image and likeness of God, but man sinned, bringing both physical and spiritual death to himself and all future generations of people. We believe man has inherited a sinful nature, is alienated from God and is in need of salvation (Genesis 1:27; 2:17; 3:19; Ephesians 2:1-3).
We believe the true church is not an organization, but the Body of Christ made up of those who have personally trusted Jesus Christ as Savior and publicly confessed Him as Lord (1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31; Ephesians 2:19-22; Ephesians 5:29-30).
We believe salvation is by grace, a free gift of God, apart from works, and is received through personal faith in Jesus Christ and His sacrifice for our sin. We believe salvation involves repentance, a change of mind in respect to God and thus turning from one’s own way to God’s way (Acts 13:38-39; Romans 6:23; Ephesians 1:4-5 2:8-10). We believe all true believers elect of God, once saved, are kept secure in Christ forever (Romans 8:1, 29-30, 38-39; John 10:27-30).
We believe that daily Bible reading and prayer are necessary for the sustenance of spiritual life as food and water are necessary for physical life (Hebrews 4:12; 2 Timothy 3:!6; 1 Peter 2:2; Psalm 1:2).
We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism (Matthew 9:35-38; Matthew 28:18-25; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15; Colossians 2:6-10).
Second Coming — We believe in the second, visible, and bodily return of Jesus Christ to establish His kingdom on earth (Philippians 3:20; Matthew 24:15-31; Zechariah 14:4-11; Revelation 19:11-21).