How to Read the Bible

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Mark 2:25-26

And he said to them, Have you never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungered, he, and they that were with him?…

I. In order to the true reading of the Scriptures THERE MUST BE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THEM. The mind must be well awake to it. We must meditate upon it. We must pray about it. We must use all means and helps.

II. In reading we ought to SEEK OUT THE SPIRITUAL TEACHING OF THE WORD. This should be the case in reference to the historical passages, ceremonial precepts, and doctrinal statements.

III. Such a reading of Scripture as implies the understanding of, and the entrance into, its spiritual meaning, and the discovery of the Divine Person, who is the spiritual meaning, IS PROFITABLE. It often begets spiritual life. It comforts the soul It nourishes the soul. It guides us.

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