It is vital for every Christian to know how to study the Bible. You should be able to dig into God’s Word yourself to glean and gain all the riches the Bible contains.
I often think of the words of Jeremiah who said, “Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your Word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart” (Jer. 15:16a).
The Word of God is a tremendous resource. Christians should not be handicapped in their ability to study God’s Word for themselves.
So we are going to be examining how to study the Bible. But first, we should see why it is important to study it.
Walter Scott, a British novelist and poet and a great Christian, was dying when he said to his secretary, “Bring me the Book.” His secretary looked at the thousands of books in his library and said, “Dr. Scott, which book?”
He said, “The Book, the Bible—the only Book for a dying man.” And I would have to add that the Bible is not just the only Book for a dying man, but it’s the only Book for a living man, because it is the Word of life, as well as the hope in death.
So we come to the Word of God with a tremendous sense of excitement and anticipation. But before I share with you how to study the Bible, I must tell you about the authority of the Word of God.
Then you will see the importance of Bible study. Also, we must state from the very beginning that the Scripture is the Word of God. It is not man’s opinion, it is not human philosophy, it is not somebody’s ideas, it is not a pooling of the best thoughts of the best men—it is the Word of God. Consequently, there are several things we need to realize about it.
