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The Living Word (Lesson 1)

General Introduction: Why Study the Word of God?

When we honestly ask the question, “How should we study the word of God?”, we are, in effect, admitting two things: first, that we have a fundamental need which we are unable to provide for ourselves. If we had no need in ourselves, it would be an entirely unnecessary and unprofitable labor to study anything at all. If we had no need, we would have no room to be profited. The second thing that we are acknowledging is that the word of God holds the solution to our need. If we have a need which we cannot meet by ourselves, it would be foolish to search for a solution in anything from which we have no hope of finding our answers. From the outset, then, our approach to the study of scriptures must be marked by humility and faith – humility because we are admitting our own insufficiency, and faith because we are acknowledging that the word is able to help us. In light of these observations, our first objective as we begin our study is to determine from scriptures the nature of our problem and the solution that the bible holds forth for this problem. Continue Reading