The Bible Way

"All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17. If by faith we receive into our hearts, the instruction in righteousness as given by the Scriptures — it will make us spiritually mature. O reader, if you would know how to live — study the Bible! It points out the way clearly and plainly. Let its truths in all their power reach to the depth of your heart. Let your soul seize upon the Bible and drink its strength and sweetness — as the bee sips the sweetness from the flower. As the animal eats the plant and by assimilation converts it into physical life — so eat the Book of God and convert it into spiritual life. It is the angels' food. But rather than its being the Bible converted into human life, it is human life transformed into the purity of the Bible. There are great depths to the Bible. The simplest text contains depths to which we can ever be descending.

Those who would live a holy life — must set the life of Christ before them as portrayed by the Holy Scriptures. You cannot see much of this perfect life, by a passing glance. It is he who looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues to look — who will see the perfect life which it pictures. The artist must look long at the landscape and get it imaged upon his soul — before he can produce it upon the canvas. The Bible description of the life of Christ — must fill your soul with admiration and with a strong desire to possess it. Your heart must lay hold upon it until that life is focused and printed upon your own soul. It is like the art of photographing. The object must be set before the heart.