"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work" (2 Timothy 3:16, 17).
The Bible was written for no other purpose than to show the way of life. It contains history and biography, but these are parts of the gospel message. Not one line is written except to reveal Christ. Whoever reads it for any other purpose than to find in it the way of salvation from sin, reads it in vain. Studied in the light of Calvary, it is a delight, and things that would otherwise be obscure are made clear as the noonday. [1]
We shall expect to find things we cannot understand, even as we cannot understand how the infinite God upholds the universe by the word of His power. We believe that which we cannot understand, because God says so. Approaching the study of the Bible thus, we place ourselves where God can unfold and explain to us the mysteries of His word." [2]
The Bible is the word of God, penned by holy men who wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. This light came as revelation direct from heaven. In the Bible is the message of God's love for individual sinners. Christ is set forth as the power of God, to the salvation of individuals.
One line runs through the entire Bible, God's everlasting covenant. Standing at the cross, one can see the working of God's eternal purpose which He purposed "in Christ Jesus before time began" (2 Tim. 1:9). The history from Paradise lost till Paradise restored is set forth as in a panorama.
The story of God's love can never be exhausted; it is as infinite as God Himself. [3]
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