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Introduction:
We need to remember we are fallen creatures.
We fall more and more from God’s Will as our experiences follow the natural mans upbringing.
Over time we build natural/ worldly experiences/ behaviors that cause our minds to become less and less spiritual growing at enmity with the Word of God.
We grow to the point of not being able to understand God’s Way due to our worldly upbringing.
So when God speaks to us by His Word it seems odd, peculiar and strange.
God is aware of the inclination of our hearts, He is aware of our upbringing which has led us away from Him.
So when God speaks to us He speaks to us as:
Father to Son; Adult to Child; Creator to Creation; King to Subjects; Master to Slave.
He speaks with omniscience and to be understood.
He is aware of our limitations that keep us from understanding His Message.
The Bible is a revival to our souls.
That brings us to our first point…
I. Scripture is intended to be clearly understood
Question #1: Was the the Bible intended for ordinary everyday People?
A. It is accessible to ordinary people
God’s Word is perfect.
It is not an oracle of technical mumbo-jumbo, not a manifesto of higher language for the advanced scholar.
It makes the simple wise...
See also Ps 19:7
Now there are parts of scripture which can be difficult because scripture does build on itself.
If one tries to make his experiences bible experiences he can go wrong easily...
B. Some sections can be difficult to understand
See also Heb 5:11
The Hebrew writer does say...
Answer #1: Yes, the Bible was intended for ordinary people.
The Ethiopian Eunich was reading his Bible/ Scriptures and it benefitted him because that is one of the ways God prescribes understanding and benefiting from His Word...
II.
God has prescribed the way to understand Scripture
A. Through public reading
Ways we achieve this is through our public assemblies on Sundays; Tuesdays; and Wednesdays...
See also Ne 8:2–8; Ne 13:1–3
B. Through diligent study
Question #2: What is it that Paul encourages Timothy to do in 2 Timothy which will allow him to know right from wrong?
Answer #2: Paul encourages Timothy to study to rightly handling the word of truth.
See also Dt 17:18–20; Ac 17:11
C. Through thoughtful meditation
See also Jos 1:8; Job 23:12; Ps 119:15; Ps 119:27; Ps 119:48; Ps 119:97; Ps 119:148
Now the Holy Spirit moved Philip to do what he did to find and preach to the Ethiopian Eunich.
The Holy Spirit works a little different today.
III.
Assistance in understanding through the Holy Spirit
Question #3: How does the Holy Spirit assist us today in understanding scripture?
See also Is 64:4; Lk 24:45; Jn 14:26; Jn 16:13; 1 Jn 2:27
Answer #3: The Spirit illuminates us as we grow in the word He has revealed.
IV.
Assistance in understanding through ministers of the word
See also Eph 4:11–14; 1 Ti 4:11–16; 2 Ti 4:1–5
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