How to Master The Bible

THE Bible is a plain, honest, straightforward, simple Book. It is easy to read and easy to understand. It needs no learned introduction, no expert scholarship to enable us to grasp its meaning. It was written for the people and it has not missed its mark. It is a people's Book; therefore a classic. It is an exhaustive, work; therefore a standard. It readily discloses its secret to men of pure heart and simple faith, whether college-trained or unacquainted with the learning of the schools. The primary requisite of the Bible student is a sincere desire to know the will of God in order that he may do it. The Bible is a revelation of the will of God. Its primary appeal is to the will of man. It was written to be obeyed. Hence the primary qualification demanded in the reader is not scholarship but surrender, not expert knowledge but willingness to be led by the Spirit of God. Simple piety will feed on the inner spiritual kernel of Scripture. Pride of intellect will break its teeth upon its external literary shell.

It is not necessary to preface our study of the Bible with a course of Bible Introduction. The purpose for which the Bible was written, the purpose for which it ought to be read, may be accomplished without any knowledge of the conclusions of modern Biblical criticism as to the writers and the readers of the several books, the time when and the place where they were written, their simple or composite character, or the grounds on which they have been assigned a place in the sacred Canon. Bible Introduction may enhance our knowledge of the circumstances under which the books of the Bible were composed, but it is a poor substitute for the deeper and more exact knowledge of the message and content of the books themselves.

Bible Study is the study of the Bible not the study of problems relating to the composition of the Text and the transmission of the Canon.
1.HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE
2.HOW TO ENJOY THE BIBLE
3.HOW TO AUTHENTICATE THE BIBLE
4. HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE:
4A. THE SYNTHETIC METHOD, OR BIBLE STUDY BY BOOKS
4B. THE PARALLEL METHOD, OR BIBLE STUDY BY MARGINAL REFERENCES
4C. THE TOPICAL METHOD, OR BIBLE STUDY BY TOPICS
4D. THE TYPICAL METHOD, OR BIBLE STUDY BY TYPES .
4E. THE CYCLOPEDIC METHOD, OR BIBLE STUDY BY BIBLE DICTIONARY
4F. THE MICROSCOPIC METHOD, OR BIBLE STUDY BY CONCORDANCE
4G. THE EXPLANATORY METHOD, OR BIBLE STUDY BY COMMENTARY
5.HOW TO MASTER THE BIBLE
6.HOW TO WIELD THE BIBLE
7.HOW TO ENTHRONE THE BIBLE
8.HOW TO DEFEND THE BIBLE
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