Studying Scripture

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Before a believer begins to study Scripture as a lifetime pursuit, there must be a felt need in the soul. Then, Scripture can be taken up in fellowship with God, as life’s guide. Coming to God, finding his needs met, tasting that God is good, there is an increasing desire to know Him through the Scriptures (Phil. 3:716; 1 John 2:13-1413I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. 14I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. (1 John 2:13‑14)).
The study of Scripture will cause the Christian to judge himself. It has been said that “when I read a book, I judge it. But when I read Scripture, it judges me.” The Bible deals directly with the state of soul before a holy God. Thus it is more difficult to learn than becoming proficient in some branch of natural wisdom. See Daniel 9:22In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. (Daniel 9:2) for an example of this.
D. Newby