Spirit Reading.

'No one can find out God by research. There is only one way to find out God—by the regenerated spirit. Those who touch God with this spirit will know Him right away. There is no other way except this way. In order to study the Bible, a man must have a regenerated spirit, in the same way that he must have a regenerated spirit to touch God. Suppose a man has installed an electric lamp in his house. He wants to connect the lamp to the power source, but the only materials he has are wood, bamboo, and cloth; he does not have any copper wire. Although there is power in the electric power company, that power cannot cause the lamp to shine. No matter how much cloth, bamboo, and wood he has, he cannot tap into the electricity. Another man may not have any cloth, bamboo, or wood, but he has a little piece of wire. With that little wire he can light up the lamp because the wire transmits electricity. In the same way, a man must have a regenerated spirit before he can touch God. He must have a regenerated spirit before he can touch God's word.'   - Excerpt - How to Study the Bible & The Breaking of the Outer Man and the Release of the Spirit. -by Watchman Nee

Is it any wonder there are so many people who can read the Bible without any true comprehension of its eternal worth? So many cannot comprehend why people EVEN TODAY are willing to die to have the Word of God. The Word of God is forbidden in many places around our world.

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How many countries world wide ban the Bible?

5 Answers

Kamrujjaman, Knowledge Explorer, I read & wanna know more.

Answered Feb 28 2016

Regrettably, there are many countries with legal or customary restrictions on the Bible. While a total ban is comparatively rare (e.g., North Korea punishes any possession of religious literature by death or imprisonment), it is more common for ownership or distribution to be limited:

To certain government-approved groups only. For example, China allows distribution of Bibles for churches or seminaries that are part of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement / China Christian Council, and they are sold in some bookshops, but cannot generally be mail-ordered by individuals or unregistered churches.

Several other nations require government approval before religious books (or any books) can be printed. To foreigners only. Maldives says citizens must be Muslim, and foreigners are allowed to practice their religion in private; Bibles can be imported for personal use.

In certain languages only. Morocco allows Bibles in French, English, and Spanish, but not Arabic.

Can't publish, but can import. Turkmenistan does not allow publication of Bibles. They can be imported, in limited numbers and with permission, by registered churches.

Restrictions on attempts to convert members of other religions may also result in de facto bans on Bibles. Similarly, government actions in the name of "public order" may have the same effect, even if there is no law specifically banning Bible publication or ownership. In several cases, effective bans on religious freedom take place despite supposed constitutional guarantees to the contrary. Experiences may vary in different parts of the same country, or at different times.

So "illegal" is perhaps the wrong word, and we should instead be thinking of "Can anyone easily obtain a Bible in this country without attracting official difficulties?". Any such list will have fuzzy edges, of course. One indicator might be the ease with which Bible societies are able to do their work.

They are organized groups with a missionary element and so the bar is higher for them than for private individuals.

The Gideons International have a list of countries where they are not allowed to operate:

Afghanistan, Algeria, China (People's Republic), Comoros, Djibouti, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yemen.

However, for some of these countries, other groups exist: there are United Bible Societies chapters for Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, and China, and some presence in Comoros, Djibouti, Mauritania and Somalia. The Catholic Bible Federation also operates in Iran. Not all of these efforts may be entirely government-approved.

For more detailed information, the US State Department issues annual reports on religious freedom with detailed assessments of the conditions on the ground in each country.

In particular, they distinguish between what the country's law says, how the government acts, and how the wider society responds.

From <https://www.quora.com/How-many-countries-world-wide-ban-the-Bible>

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Banning the Bible- why, if it has no power? It does have power- spiritual power.  Many truly can read the Bible a thousand times over and never get what a spiritual person reading it one time can obtain.  This is truth.  This brings comprehension as to why so many ridicule the Bible and therefore God and His only begotten son, Jesus Christ. If they do not have the Spirit of God they see no harm whatsoever in figuratively or literally ripping the Bible to shreds.  The blind cannot see no matter how hard you try to explain things to them, their perception will always be different from those with sight. Spiritual blindness will inhibit any true learning a person can do.

2Co 4:3  But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 

2Co 4:4  In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 

1Co 2:14  But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 

By the grace of God may we NOT be spiritually blind to His love, to His truth!

All by Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior now and forever!