Are members of the Curch of Christ, forbidden to read the bible?

There is no such prohibition for members of the Church of Christ to read the Bible. Indeed, everyone must benefit from the enormous wisdom the Bible offers, and everyone must understand the truth or the words of God (Jn. 17:17), especially in matters concerning man’s salvation.

However, we do not agree that the Bible is an open book or that it can be understood by simply reading it. To illustrate this point, let us turn to the Bible and examine the case of the Ethiopian eunuch:

"..The eunuch had gone to Jerusalem to worship, and he was now returning. Seated in his carriage, he was reading aloud the book of the prophet Isaiah. The Holy Spirit said to Philip, Go over and walk alongside the carriage? Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah; so he asked, Do you understand what you are reading??The man replied, How can I, when there is no one to instruct me??And he begged Philip to come up into the carriage and sit with him.? (Acts 8:27-31, New Living Translation)

In the preceding biblical passages we see that the eunuch was already reading the book of Isaiah. But, when asked if he understood what he was reading, his reply was, How can I, when there is no one to instruct me