Chapter 1: Sincerity and Simplicity
Chapter 2: Dedication and Diligence
Chapter 3: Humility and Wisdom
Chapter 4: Passion and Love
Chapter 5: The Holy Ghost and His Theology
Chapter 6: Practical Godliness and Knowledge
Chapter 7: Be a God-fearing Student
Chapter 8: Follow After the Study-Habits of Christ
Chapter 1: Sincerity and Simplicity
Christians
approach the Eucharist and behold Christ the Lord. Christians ought to approach the Divine Word
with a sacred sincerity. The Bible is
God speaking to mankind, because it is His divine revelation.
We
ought to have simplicity of thought, because we really understand what we say
when we teach and behold children. It is a sacred simplicity.
Sincerity
is a way to approach the Divine Scripture in an honest manner, because we must
learn the truth of the Spirit and live according to it. Simplicity is not a contradiction to in-depth
study of the Word of God, because we must have the basics down so as a little
child could understand.
Let
us walk in the way of sincerity and simplicity, because we are in God’s
presence and we ought to bless His name.
As a child the little Lord Jesus asked questions to His leadership of
the local church, and He knew the essence of good science is simplicity.
Are you sincere and can you explain complex
theological formulas to a small child?
Chapter 2: Dedication and Diligence
Christians
might approach a sport with dedication and diligence, because we strive after
excellence. Excellence is the pursuit of
every Christian, because we seek to give God glory in His highest way. We must strive after a spirit of
determination, because it is an element of dedication and diligence.
We
must study the Word of God with dedication and diligence, because it is the
pathway to success; however, short-cuts only hinder our journey. We are called not to a study of trickery or
craftiness, but a study of truth and righteousness. Let us embark on a serious journey of our
high calling in Christ the Lord, because it is our delightful duty to behold
Christ and His presence in reading and studying the Word of God.
Samuel
of the Old Testament was trained up in the things of Christ, because like the little
Christ who asked question; Samuel was a child who spent His time in the temple of God. We must be devoted to the principles of the
Divine Word, because it is central to the meaning of life.
Do you possess marks of dedication and
diligence?
Chapter 3: Humility and Wisdom
Humility
is the essence of surrounding ourselves to God, because His truth will
communicate to us His wisdom in His Divine Word. The Christian is called to divine wisdom,
because the essence of the Word of God is all about divine wisdom. Let us humble ourselves under God’s mighty
hand, because the Incarnate Christ as Divine Humility and Wisdom lived a life
no mere man could live; a life of sinless devotion.
Do you possess marks of humility and wisdom?
Chapter 4: Passion and Love
Passion
is the essence of a loving-devotion to God and His Word, because He gives us
the spirit of love toward His Word. We
must love the Word of God, because it is His truth that sheds light on a dark
path. The dark path is the sin of the
world, because we see how Christ has changed us; however, let us not love the
vanity of merely learning truths of His Word: let us live out our faith as life
itself.
Do you possess marks of passion and love?
Chapter 5: The Holy Ghost and His Theology
The
Holy Ghost is the key to your study, because some people enter seminary
unconverted. I had a genuine interest in
the things of God, but it was an unconverted interest. We are called to have a spirit that is
changed by the Holy Ghost, because only He can illumine our minds and change
our hearts.
The
Holy Spirit changes our hearts in regeneration, because only then will we have
a saving knowledge of Him who came and shed His blood on the ancient Cross. Theology should not be treated like any other
thing, because the Holy Spirit is the Author of the Word of God. Theology is a sacred science; however, in
order to really and fully grasp the things of God it is
meant to be an actualized faith and
repentance.
Repentance
is a spiritual knowledge that is the way we communicate to God our failings and
how we missed the mark on His individual commandments. The Ten Commandments and the New Testament
Commands are where we ought to dwell, because by His kindness and Spirit we
gain conviction of sin to repent by faith.
Do you have the Holy Ghost and do you
practice your theology?
Chapter 6: Practical Godliness and Knowledge
Do we
have a practical righteousness and knowledge?
Do you act, think and speak righteously?
Practical godliness is knowledge of sin and a submission of the will to
God in contrite and genuine repentance. Godliness
is holy piety lived out in life, because the knowledge of the holy should bring
us to our knees.
Do you have practical godliness and
knowledge?
Chapter 7: Be a God-fearing Student
Every
student should be a God-fearing student, because it is better then beauty,
riches and fame. Are you
God-fearing? Do you sin throughout the
day and have no repentance with your living before the face of God? Have you studied hours of theology and yet
lack the greatest of all spiritual treasures?
A
God-fearing heart can be mistaken for a unconverted devotion to theology, but a
God-fearing repentance that occurs every second you sin is a demonstration of
the Spirit’s work of making your spiritually alive. Christians sometimes miss sin as it passes
through their minds, but always be cautious in the mind God has given you to
come back to yourself and repent.
Do you possess a God-fearing heart before
God?
Chapter 8: Follow After the Study-Habits of Christ
A
Christian is someone is changed by God in His heart, because living waters come
forth to the spiritual desert. After God
has changed our hearts we can study His Word with good habits of devotion,
because His Word is life, and my life is His.
The
genius of the Bible was through holy men of old by the Holy Spirit, because it
is meant for us and our children. Let us
be like Christ; for He listened and asked questions! The essence of a disciple is the pursuit of
learning.
Are your study-habits producing a higher
godliness in you this day?
“And
it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in
the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions” (Luke
2:46).
“And
the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two
daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD” (1 Samuel 2:21).
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