Thomas Watson? How to make the most of Reading the Bible
1. Remove obstacles. (a) suppress love for every sin (b) remove distracting concerns from this world, especially greed [Mt 13:22] (c) not to make jokes with the Bible and the Bible.
- 2.
- Prepare your heart.
- [1 Sam 7: 3] So: (a) concentrate your thoughts (b) eliminate impure feelings and desires (c) don’t come to the Word hastily or recklessly.
3. Read with reverence, knowing that each verse is God speaking directly to you (2 Timothy 3:16-17; Psalm 19: 7-11).
4. Read the Books of the Bible in order
5. Acquire a true understanding of the scriptures. [Sl 119: 73] This is best achieved by comparing the related parts of the Bible with each other.
6. Read seriously. [Deuteronomy 32:47] The Christian life must be taken seriously because it requires effort [Luke 13:24] and does not fail [He. 4: 1].
7. No stop remembering what you read [Psalm 119:52] Don’t let them steal it from you [Mt 13:4, 19]. If what you’re reading isn’t in your memory, you’re unlikely to find it very useful.
8. Meditate on what you read. [Ps 119:15] The Hebrew word for “meditation”?It means “being intensely in the mind. ” Unread meditation is false and tends to mislead; Meditation-free reading is sterile and sterile. This means inciting affections, being warmed by the fire of meditation [Psalm 39:3].
9. Read with a humble heart. Recognize that you are not worthy of the revelation God has given you [James 4:6]
10. He believes that everything is the Holy Word of God. [2 Timothy 3:16] We know that no sinner could have written it because of the way he describes sin. No saint could blaspheme against God by pretending that his own Word would be of God. No angel could have written it for the same reason. . [Hebrews 4: 2]
11. Give much value to the Bible. [Psalm 119: 72] It is his life rope; you were born because of him [Stg 1:18]. It needs to grow through it [1 Peter 2:2] [cf. I work 11:12 p. m.
12. Love the Bible with ardant [Psalm 119:159]
13. Read it with an honest heart. [Luke 8:15] (a) Willingness to know all of God’s will (b) to read to be transformed and improved by it [John 17:17].
14. Apply everything you read, take every word as you say. His condemnation of sins as the condemnation of his own sin; the obligation it requires as God’s duty of you [2 Kings 22:11].
15. Pay special attention to the commandments of the Word, as well as to promises, and think about how it needs both direction and comfort (Psalm 119:9-11).
16. Net get carried away with the secondary details, but be sure to pay more attention to the important things [8:12].
17. Compare the Word, what is this comparison like?(Jacq 1: 21-25)
18. Pay special attention to passages that speak of their individual, individual and present situation, for example: (a) Affliction?[Hebrews 12:7, Eds 27:9, John 16:20, 2 Corinthians 4:17]. (b) Feeling the presence of Christ and the smile removed – [Is 54:8, Will 57:16, Sl 97:11] (c) Sin?[Gal 5:24, James 1:15, 1 Peter 2:11, Prov 7:10; 22-23, Prov. 22:14] (d) Disbelief – [Isaiah 26:3, 2 Saturday 22:31, Jo 3:15, 1 John 5:10, John 3:36]
19. Pay special attention to the examples and lives of people in the Bible as living sermons. (A) Punishments [Nebuchadnezzar, Herod, Numbers 25: 3-4; 9, 1 Kings 14: 9-10, Acts 5: 5. 10, 1 Cor 10:11, Thu 7] (b) Mercy and deliveries [Daniel, Jeremiah, the 3 young men in the extravagant furnace]
20. No stop reading the Bible until you have a warm heart [Psalm 119:93]. Don’t let her inform you, let me turn you on [Jer 23:29, Luke 24:32].
21. Practice what you read [Psalm 119:66, Psalm 119:105, Deuteronomy 17:19].
22. Christ is, for us, Prophet, Priest and King Use his prophetic role [Rev. 5: 5, John 8:12, Psalm 119: 102-103]. Make Christ open to you not only the Bible, but also your mind and understanding [Luke 24:45]
23. Make sure you are under a true ministry of the Word, which exposes the Word faithfully and fully [Pr 8:34] to be serious and eager to wait for it.
24. Pray that he may take advantage of the reading [Is 48:17, Ps 119:18, C 9:20].
You can still enjoy reading despite them
1. You do not seem to benefit as much as others. Remember the different income [Mt 13:8] Although the income is not as expressive as that of others, it remains a genuine and fruitful income.
2. You may feel slow to understand [Luke 9:45, Hebrews 5:11].
3. Your memory is bad (a) Remember that you can always have a good heart despite this (b) You can always remember the most important things even if you do not remember everything, cheer up with John 14:26.