EFFECTIVE BIBLE STUDY
 Why
is the
Bible is Difficult to Read?
If you find the Bible difficult to read in places,
it's probably because it sometimes is difficult to read! Once we accept
this fact and realize that God has a purpose in this, then frustration
turns to challenge. Millions of readers work the Sunday crossword
puzzle. How many spend a few minutes of time to unlock the puzzles of
Scripture?
Always remember:
"It is the glory of God to conceal a
matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter."
Proverbs 25:2
WHY DID JESUS SPEAK IN PARABLES?
The disciples posed this question to Jesus in
Matthew 13:10. His answer reveals that it is a separation process:
"Because it has been given to you to know
the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been
given"
(If a question of whether or not this is fair
arises, consider Paul's comment in Romans 9:18-21).
TO WHOM IS TRUTH REVEALED?
- To "babes:" Matthew 11:25
- Not to those who consider themselves wise or
"learned:" 1 Corinthians 1:17-31
HOW DOES ONE GAIN UNDERSTANDING?
- Prayerful reading of God's Word.
- Application of time and energy.
- Slowly and carefully.
Understanding is
promised to those who seek diligently!
We must ask in faith (and this involves prayer),
but understanding is assured if we are patient to receive it.
"Ask, and it will
be given to you; seek and you will find; knock, and it will
be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks
finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. " Matthew 7:7-8
"If any of you lacks wisdom, let
him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach,
and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no
doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and
tossed by the wind." James 1:5-6
REMEMBER: YOU CANNOT SPEED
READ THE BIBLE!
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