How To Read Scripture, Part 1

“And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.” Acts 20:32

The study before us is about the Word of God. Paul commends the Scriptures to us so that we might be built up. Believers have an invitation to drink deeply from God’s eternal truth and to feast at His banquet to their hearts’ content. I selected this study’s title because grace is our instructor, mentor, and friend--“Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously and godly, in this present world" (Titus 2:12). We don’t read the Bible so we can master it; we read it so it will master us. To discover its truth is to discover who I am and why I exist. We will never know all about the Word, but the Word will forever know all about us.

The following thoughts about the Word of God have been collected through years of study and meditation. Though personal, I trust the truths will go beyond the bounds of my own life and benefit others. I believe that these expressions about His divine revelation are from His Spirit, who promises to guide us into truth. My intentions for writing this blog are threefold:

- To encourage believers to fall in love with God’s Word.

- To help the believer prepare to hear from his Lord and experience a deeper intimacy with Christ.

- To show the believer how to grasp more deeply what is revealed in Scripture.

That's the way I see things.