 Our claim is that God has revealed Himself by speaking; that this divine (or God-breathed) speech has been written down and preserved in Scripture; and that Scripture is, in fact, God's Word written, which therefore is true and reliable and has divine authority over men. Author: John Stott |
| We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior. Author: John Stott |
| The general rule of interpreting Scripture is this: the literal sense of every text is to be taken, if it be not contrary to some other texts. But in that case, the obscure text is to be interpreted by those which speak more plainly. Author: John Wesley |
| The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints. Author: Matthew Henry |
| The Word of life may be so distorted from the life of the Word till it becomes the food of death. Author: Thomas Adams
Source: A Puritan Golden Treasury |
| It is as impossible to understand the Scriptures without the Spirit's help as it is to read a sundial without the sun. Author: William Gurnall |
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| The Christian is bred by the Word, and he must be fed by it. Author: William Gurnall
Source: A Puritan Golden Treasury |
| No one statement wrested from its context is a sufficient warrant for actions that plainly controvert other commands. How excellent a thing it would be if the whole Church of Christ had learned that no law of life may be based upon an isolated text. Every false teacher who has divided the Church, has had, "it is written" on which to hang his doctrine. Author: G. Campbell Morgan |
| The Scripture can only be read intelligently by inspired men and women. The value we get from our reading is in direct proportion to the measure in which we are filled with God's Spirit. Author: G. Campbell Morgan |
| We also need a regular systematic study of the Scriptures. We cannot maintain our spiritual life without it any more than we can maintain our physical bodies without proper nourishment. Author: G. Campbell Morgan |
| If you want a wonderful experience, take your New Testament and use a concordance to look up the two little words, but God. See how many times human resources have been brought to an utter end; despair has gripped the heart and pessimism and gloom has settled upon a people; and there is nothing that can be done. Then see how the Spirit of God writes in luminous letters, but God, and the whole situation changes into victory. Author: Ray C. Stedman |
| Many Christians suffer because they're too busy seeking carnal knowledge instead of the Word of God. Author: Joyce Meyer |
