Study God’s Words
A man who is well-grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the fortification of the Church.
We must not be content with having given a superficial reading to a chapter or two, but with the candle of the Spirit we must deliberately seek out the hidden meaning of the word.
The Holy Scripture requires searching—much of it can only be learned by careful study. There is milk for babes, but also meat for strong men. … No man who merely skims the book of God can profit thereby; we must dig and mine until we obtain the hid treasure. The door of the word only opens to the key of diligence.
Scripture grows upon the student. It is full of surprises. Under the teaching of the Holy Spirit, to the searching eye it glows with splendor of revelation, like a vast temple paved with wrought gold, and roofed with rubies, emeralds, and all manner of gems. … Lastly, the Scriptures reveal Jesus: “They are they which testify of me.” No more powerful motive can be urged upon Bible readers than this: he who finds Jesus finds life, heaven, and all things. Happy is he who, searching his Bible and discovers his Savior.
What is the life of God? Jesus said, “The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life”! (Jn.6:63.) That’s the life of God, it’s His Word, that gives us life, nourishment, strength and spiritual health.
Jesus is the Word, He is the spirit and the life, and you have to have a dose of Him every day. Be guilty of having a good feeding and feasting and drinking of His Word every day. Just like you have to eat in order to have physical strength, you have to eat of the Word, drink of the Word to have spiritual strength.
The Word is Jesus, the Word is God, the Word is Spirit and the Word is life! And without Jesus you’re without God, you’re without Spirit, you’re without Life, you’re dead! The flame goes out, just like when it runs out of oil or fuel. The secret of power and victory and overcoming and fruitfulness and fire and life and warmth and light and leadership, everything, is the Word!
“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” John 5:39