We can never gain an adequate knowledge of the Bible from going to church or just listening to sermons. We must study the Bible on our own. The Bible reveals the will of God so as to lead man into it. Each book has a direct teaching. Find out what it is and conform to it.

The Bible is a library, but it is also “The Book.” It is a story, a grand story, that moves on from beginning to end. Here is something that is phenomenal in literature. Suppose you were to cover the great fields of knowledge; law, history, philosophy, ethics, and prophecy. If you brought them all together and bound them into one book, what would you call it? What unity would you expect to find in such a jumble of subjects? An infinite number and variety of themes and styles are found in the Bible.

The Bible was brought together across centuries. The likelihood of unity in such a work is so small, yet this is the story of the Bible. It has numerous authors and themes but is unified under one great theme: God’s relationship to man and His plan for our lives and the world.