Bedside Watchman OF WHOM SPEAKETH THE PROPHET?

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October 30th -- Acts 8

OF WHOM SPEAKETH THE PROPHET?

IT needs to be recognised, specially by those who write themselves off as incompetent in this field, that even the most ill-equipped among us are capable of Bible study of the best sort. For this is not a matter of erudite commentaries and lots of Greek and Hebrew. It consists, quite simply, of developing the faculty, which we all have, of asking questions.One of the first mathematicians in Britain, a man with an international reputation, once said to me, "The way to make advances in mathematics is to find problems that need answering. Once you realise you are faced with a problem that no one else has yet dreamed of tackling, then you are on the way to extending the boundaries of the subject." He did not know that he was, in effect, enunciating a wholesome principle for much rewarding Bible study. There is no block of three or four verses in the Bible which when read with care does not provoke questions. And often, though not always, the search for answers leads to wider understanding.

The Testimony, 1979, page 218