Biblical Word Study

 

    When you are teaching yourself or the Holy Spirit is guiding you in the how to study the Bible I recommend using a concordance, several versions of the Bible, and look up Hebrew Words.  Find the origin and see how it evolved over the different languages until it got to your language.  Discover for yourself how it was originally used.  Then you are able to understand more clearly how to apply it today.  This type of study takes years, but it is worth it.

    The Hebrew word for Secret in the old testament is סֵתֶר.  It means secret, hiding place, secrecy, stealth, and to cover.  It is a secret place, to separate, or to set apart.  From Hebrew it is seen in Latin as secernere or secretus.  From there it was translated to old French as secret.  From there it evolved to middle English as secrette.  We now use the word secret in modern English.

    Secrets can be wonderful or a source of stress.  How do secrets make you feel?  Do you see how God's secrets are for your benefit?  Do you comprehend how overwhelming it would be if you had all the spiritual world revealed to you at one time would be overwhelming?  Secrecy can be a good thing.  It can help you survive in this world.

    Secrets manifest in the Bible.  God reveals them in a way that you can be absolutely certain that they are real.  You can be confident that He is working in and around your life for your benefit.  He reveals secrets to you about you.  If you ignore His warnings about sin, then He will expose your secrets like a good parent.  

    Secrets can affect you physically.  If they are bad secrets they can affect your heart, mind, and organs.  If it is a good secret then it can bring forth better health and protect you.  If it is a secret you can't tell, then go to God about it in prayer.  He will keep every secret unless it has to come out.  Then He will do it in His way.  It can take the pressure off of you.  It also means you never betrayed anyone's confidence, so you remain trustworthy.

Deuteronomy 27:14-15, Psalm 32:6-7, 91:1-8, 1 Corinthians 2:1-5, 2 Corinthians 5:18-21, Hebrews 4:12-13, 1 Peter 5:1-11, & 1 John 2:26-27