BanjoPicker
Senior Member
The Bible, or God's Words of Scripture, is very simple to understand. No man has any excuse for misunderstanding it. Jesus constantly invited and provoked study of the Scriptures and even rebuked men for their lack of knowledge of revealed truth. He attributed all error to a lack of knowledge of the Bible. He answered His critics by saying, "Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God" (Mt. 22:29). He commanded men to "Search the scriptures; for in them ye THINK ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me" (Jn. 5:39).
After more than three years of the most, simple teaching by the greatest of all teachers, the disciples had to be rebuked for their unbelief and hardness of heart. This was not because they could not understand but because they did not believe what Christ said. He said to them, "O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken" (Lk. 24:25-27). Even after Christ had appeared and manifested Himself to them in various ways, they still refused to believe until He unbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart (Mk. 16:13, 14). The words Christ spoke were always simple enough to understand, but to believe them was another thing. You too may have a struggle at first, to really realize the benefits promise you, according to the Bible. You should begin now to believe the promises of the more abundant life and expect these benefits. You should begin to believe the good news that these blessings are for you and begin to appropriate them now.
After more than three years of the most, simple teaching by the greatest of all teachers, the disciples had to be rebuked for their unbelief and hardness of heart. This was not because they could not understand but because they did not believe what Christ said. He said to them, "O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken" (Lk. 24:25-27). Even after Christ had appeared and manifested Himself to them in various ways, they still refused to believe until He unbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart (Mk. 16:13, 14). The words Christ spoke were always simple enough to understand, but to believe them was another thing. You too may have a struggle at first, to really realize the benefits promise you, according to the Bible. You should begin now to believe the promises of the more abundant life and expect these benefits. You should begin to believe the good news that these blessings are for you and begin to appropriate them now.