[chette777]

Buzz you answered my question in post #5.

What I am about to say I say in love.

I don't think you were ever saved as you grew up in this KJV church. you may have knowledge but it must also be something of the heart not just the mind. you must come to a point of brokenness over all you are and have done up until this point. Your having a hard time with the Bible because you don't have the Holy Ghost indwelling you which happens at the moment someone really truly believes.

1) recognize you are a sinner in need of salvation 2) trust Jesus' work of the cross to save you and that only, 3) turn your life over to him. you may need to really go to Christ and seek him earnestly with not just your mind but your heart as well.

Pray for your wife to do the same.

It is not about making Jesus your Lord it is about you truly believing from your heart all the He has done for you.

once you have truly believed on Christ then the Holy Ghost will begin to teach you when you read the Bible and even how to study it.

Now, if I am wrong in what I have said. there is no harm done in saying it.