Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. John 17:17
Listen and hear my voice; pay attention and hear what I
say.
When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up and harrowing the soil? OR does he not sow caraway (corn) and scatter cumin (soybeans)? Isaiah 28:23-25 (Just added a little of Nebraska to this.)
Biblical knowledge is learned by studying precept upon
precept; line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:9-10
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15
Henry Morris III in “Days of Praise, says to “Pay attention
to the words (meanings, context). Penetrate (research) the teaching (text
first, then books).”
This is what we try to do in local Bible Studies. It is good
to read the Bible from front to back as Eastridge church guided members through
the entire Bible in one year. But to understand it, we have to take it piece by
piece and study it. Then we can understand it.
Various parts of the Bible are harder to understand that
other parts. One of the most difficult is Revelation and the so called ‘End
Times.’ It feels today that we are remarkably close to the ‘End Times.’ We find
with our study in Matthew 24 that no one knows, not even our Lord Jesus Christ,
but God only. Jesus does tell us the truth that He will come back and has the
power to forgive our sins.
Prayer: Dear Father in Heaven, please help us to study your word,
to understand your truth, and profess it to others. In Jesus Name, Amen.
Sandra Hilsabeck
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