The final chapter of the new BMH Book Childlike Faith by Dr. Keith Shearer is entitled “Reading Someone Else’s Mail.” Shearer points out that the Bible is primarily the message from God to those who have trusted exclusively in His Son, Jesus Christ.
Anyone else who tries to understand the Bible is, essentially, “reading someone else’s mail” because the reader must first be tuned in to God’s spiritual frequency in order to fully understand the message of the Bible.
If this describes you, Shearer pleads with you to “call out to God” (page 108). He assures us that the Bible says, in Hebrews 11:6, “he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.”
Next, to come to God you must confess your sin. And third, because you cannot free yourself from your sin-condition (Romans 3:23), you must accept God’s remedy–the free gift of eternal life (Romans 6:23).
Shearer says (page 111), “In the very instant that you place your trust in Jesus Christ as your Savior, He makes you alive with Him, forgives you from all sin