APR 25

2 Timothy 3:1-9
Memorise 2 Timothy 3:7
“But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise”

First, we must understand that there are Bible-believing scholars and there are liberal scholars, and a whole spectrum in between them. On one end, fundamental, God fearing, Bible-believing scholars hold to the supreme authority of the Bible for all matters of faith and practice. Liberal, faithless scholars on the other hand, have a low view of God’s Word, looking for mistakes in it and critiquing it. They belong to the category of people who are ‘ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth’. They might have a form of godliness but they are actually not saved for they have not saving faith in God.

Therefore do not look to these liberal scholars to teach you. They may have spent years in seminaries, learnt and even taught the Biblical languages, but they do not have the truth. They are blind and ignorant guides who are only enemies of God. They begin with a premise of unbelief, and seek only their own profit and glory. Instead of learning more about God and exalting His name, they are intent on finding fault with the Bible, and ridiculing it. Only the scholars who are born again and have complete faith in the Bible are capable of interpreting the Word of God faithfully.

But a truly born-again believer can also study the Bible with great profit. The central message of salvation and the wondrous works of God are so plainly stated that any child of God can understand it. “The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding to the simple” (Psalm 119:130). The technicalities of scholarship may be out of his reach, but nonetheless he can, with God’s blessings, grasp all the main truths of God’s message.

Dear teen, you can equip yourself to know the Bible better. Besides reading and studying the Bible in your class and at home, you can also buy books on Bible customs to read on the background of many parables and events in the Bible. There are also maps that you should refer to and even study especially when you are studying the many battles of Joshua or the missionary journeys of Paul. There is also the Bible software that you can use to check on Bible commentaries, verses and do cross-references. Also, there are sermons online that you can hear to great benefit. Money spent on these useful Bible resources is money well spent.

Thought: Invest in things of eternal value.
Prayer: Father in heaven, may I spare no effort to devote myself to a lifetime of Bible study, for Your Word is the delight of my heart.