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Foreword
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4 Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8 Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
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Introduction
There are no shortcuts to the study of
Scripture. Coming into knowledge of the Word of God take time
and effort: and it is a continuous, lifelong process that one
never completes.
A person progressively comes into
knowledge of the Word over time as he applies himself to
study. The Word of God is received into one’s saved human
spirit; and, within this process, the Holy Spirit take the Word and
leads that individual “into all truth,” “comparing
spiritual things with spiritual” — comparing Scripture
with Scripture (John 16:12-15;
1 Corinthians 2:9-13) — leading him from immaturity to
maturity.
However, though there are no shortcuts, there
are correct ways to look upon and study Scripture that will
pay huge dividends. And that’s what this book, The Study of
Scripture, is mainly about.
A person can study Scripture from an incorrect
perspective throughout his life and not really learn that much about
it. On the other hand, a person can study Scripture from a correct
perspective and, over time, learn a great deal about it.
For example, one MUST understand that
Genesis 1:1-2:3 forms a
foundational framework upon which the whole of the remainder of
Scripture rests. This is fundamental and primary, which is
the reason a person reading this book will find so much time spent
relating the whole of Scripture to that which is revealed at the
beginning, in Genesis 1:1-2:3.
Then understanding such things as how and why
God divides mankind as He does (Jews, Gentiles, and Christians), or
understanding the ages and dispensations as they relate to these
divisions of mankind, becomes fundamental and primary with respect
to properly understanding the relationship between the
foundational framework (Genesis
1:1-2:3) and the remainder of Scripture (Genesis 2:4ff).
Everything tied together after some
fashion, and the more one sees and understands different things
about Scripture from a correct perspective, the more all things
throughout Scripture simply and naturally fall into place. And the
inverse of that is equally true, for the latter is dependent on the
former.
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