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Key #3-Approaching God's Word with Humility

May 19, 2024 Patrick Siegel Season 1 Episode 3
Key #3-Approaching God's Word with Humility
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Key #3-Approaching God's Word with Humility
May 19, 2024 Season 1 Episode 3
Patrick Siegel

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Discovering the profound impact of the Bible requires more than a cursory glance; it calls for a heart steeped in humility.  We navigate through the stories of King Josiah and King David, demonstrating how their responses to divine revelation serve as exemplary models for our own spiritual walk.

Together, we tackle the challenge that modern churches face, where the transformative power of Scripture is too often diluted by surface-level preaching and an overreliance on technology. Reflecting on the confrontation between Prophet Nathan and King David, I dissect the essence of true repentance and how it should shape our interaction with sacred texts. The chapter calls into question the casualness with which many approach Scripture today, urging a return to earnest and potent engagement with the Word, and pondering whether technology enriches our spiritual nourishment or merely offers a veil for our vices.

Closing out our episode, we aim to turn Bible study from a routine task into a source of deep fulfillment and joy. By embracing our imperfections and fostering a deeper connection with the Scriptures, we can unlock the fullness of its wisdom and guidance.

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Discovering the profound impact of the Bible requires more than a cursory glance; it calls for a heart steeped in humility.  We navigate through the stories of King Josiah and King David, demonstrating how their responses to divine revelation serve as exemplary models for our own spiritual walk.

Together, we tackle the challenge that modern churches face, where the transformative power of Scripture is too often diluted by surface-level preaching and an overreliance on technology. Reflecting on the confrontation between Prophet Nathan and King David, I dissect the essence of true repentance and how it should shape our interaction with sacred texts. The chapter calls into question the casualness with which many approach Scripture today, urging a return to earnest and potent engagement with the Word, and pondering whether technology enriches our spiritual nourishment or merely offers a veil for our vices.

Closing out our episode, we aim to turn Bible study from a routine task into a source of deep fulfillment and joy. By embracing our imperfections and fostering a deeper connection with the Scriptures, we can unlock the fullness of its wisdom and guidance.

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There have been many times that I've approached the Word of God with the wrong attitude. I've walked up to the throne of grace and I've literally thought in my head what do you have for me today, god? Come on, what is it that you want to tell me today? And hurry up with it. You know I'm busy. All right, welcome to another episode of Informed Faith. My name is Patrick, your host. I am blessed to be here with you today, so excited. Thanks for joining. If this is your first time, go to informfaithbuzzsproutcom and you can read about the purpose of this podcast ministry.

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We're going to continue in our series Five Keys to Studying the Bible. The first was illumination by the Holy Spirit. The second was preparing your mind for the truth. And, if you've noticed, we've kind of been still just approaching the Bible. I haven't gotten into specifics on studying the Bible at a lower level of view. We're kind of still at a high level, a high level view. So we are approaching the Bible, we're preparing to read it. I believe that the Holy Spirit illuminates for us the truths of Scripture and that we have to prepare our mind for those truths. We are sinners and Christ is the only cure and answer for that sin. And today we're going to be talking about how we should approach the Bible. We are now at the closest step to actually opening the Bible. You can picture it that way Keys four and five will be specifics, kind of into how we study the Bible at a lower level, a more acute level, and get its truths.

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But today we're going to approach the Bible again. We're going to talk about how we should approach Scripture, and I want to start off, I guess, by talking about how I think we shouldn't approach Bible study and reading God's Word. I don't think it should be something that is a mystical, magical experience for us. I believe once again that the Holy Spirit brings things to our attention, brings truths to our attention, not new truths. These truths have always been in Scripture. It's not like something is brand new and all of a sudden it's oh, wow, no, but to us it can be illuminated. For us, god's Word can be illuminated by the Holy Spirit and be made new in us and inspire us, right, but it's nothing magical Like. I don't know. Have any of you ever approached God's Word by kind of you know, closing your eyes, sticking your finger in a page of the Bible and opening it up and hoping that it had some kind of miraculous truth for you that helped you in your time of need, a time of desperation or something. You needed comfort for something, a trial or tribulation, that you were going through, a stress of life, and so you just hoped for some kind of comfort. Well, I don't believe we should approach the Bible that way. I think that's actually dangerous.

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In fact, john MacArthur, in one of his his sermons, said this. He said perhaps you've heard of the familiar story of a man who wanted guidance about a major decision. He decided to close his eyes, not knowing where to look. He wanted God to answer him In the dilemma. He opened his Bible, put his finger down to get guidance from whatever verse his finger happened to land on. His first try brought him to Matthew 27.5, which says Judas went out and hanged himself. Thinking that the verse was really not much help, he determined to try again. This time his finger landed on Luke 10.37,. Go thou and do us likewise. Still undeterred and not ready to give up, the man tried it a third time and his finger landed on John 13, 27. It says what thou doest do quickly. And John says now listen, I certainly don't want to vouch for the authenticity of that particular account, but it does make an important point.

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Looking for meaning in scripture through some mystical process is the way to get an ill-gotten theology. And he said looking for meaning in Scripture beyond the historical, grammatical, logical understanding of the context is unwise and dangerous. I believe that's true as well. I've done that. I'm guilty. I'm guilty. I approached the Scripture that way. I approached it so casually. You know, we would never do that with other things in our lives. We would never be that casual. Even in how I watch TV shows and movies and things like that, I hate coming into the middle of the movie and trying to watch it from the middle to the end. Have you ever done that? You don't know who the characters are, what they're trying. You're asking, you're bugging people around you, why did they do that or who is that? And you're whispering and people are annoyed because they've been watching it from the beginning and they know. So we're never that casual with many things in our lives. But we treat scripture casually that way. We will cherry, pick out verses and we'll just we'll read them off and we'll apply them to things in our lives for our own purposes, for our own gain, when really we've misinterpreted the whole passage or verse. I've done that. You ever done that in an argument with your spouse? That always works out well, using Scripture as a weapon, never the intention of Scripture, right?

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So how should we approach the Bible? And this is key number three, and I think we should. Key number three should be we should approach the Bible with humility. With humility, I think that there's a great story to show us. This is found in the Old Testament and there's many places we could go to talk about this.

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But if you turn to 2 Kings in chapter 22, there's a story about King Josiah. Instead of just starting in chapter 22 and telling you about Josiah, we need to back up a little bit and we need to tell you about who came before Josiah. So you understand the context and I'll come in in the middle of the movie once again. Josiah was, yes, he was a king. He was only eight years old. But before Josiah there was a couple other kings that we need to make note of. The king before him was his father, ammon, and before Ammon was his father, manasseh. And Manasseh and Ammon were kings that did not keep the laws of God. And if you look at chapters 21, you can see that and in fact it starts with Manasseh was 12 years old when he became king and reigned 55 years in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Hephzibah. I'm going to screw up all these names.

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He did evil, it says, in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord I'm going to screw up all these names. Then Asherah, as Ahab, king of Israel, had done and worshipped all the hosts of heaven and served them. He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said In Jerusalem. I will put my name, for he built altars for all the hosts of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord, altars to other gods. He made a sun pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and used divination and dealt with mediums and spirituals. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger. So that was Manasseh. Ammon, his son was 22 years old.

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Starting in verse 19, says when he became king and he reigned two years in Jerusalem, he did evil in the sight of the Lord. This is the key as Manasseh his father had done, for he walked in all the ways, in the way that his father had walked and served the idols that his father had served and worshiped them. So he forsook the Lord, the God of his father, and did not walk in the way of the Lord. The servants of Ammon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house. He did so many horrible things that his own people killed him. Then the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Ammon, and the people of the land made Josiah, his son, king in his place.

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Now chapter 22. So that gives us some background into Josiah's life. Right, once again. We're going to start here, at the beginning of the movie. So Josiah was, I believe, third in line here. Manasseh was his grandfather, ammon was his dad. They both did evil in the sight of the Lord. And then there's Josiah. Josiah was eight years old, it says here, when he became king and he reigned 31 years in Jerusalem, long time longer than his father or grandfather, and his mother's name was Jodadiah, the daughter of Adiah of Basath. He did right, it says verse two, in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of his father, david. Nor did he turn aside to the right or to the left In the 18th year of King Josiah.

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The king said Shaphan, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshulam the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying go up to Hilkiah, the high priest that he may count the money brought into the house of the Lord. Saying Go up to Hilkiah the high priest that he may count the money brought into the house of the Lord which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people. Let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the Lord and let them give it to the workmen who are in the house of the Lord to repair the damages of the house, to the carpenters and to the builders, to the masons, for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house. So they're going to repair the house of the Lord, only no accounting shall be made with them for the money delivered into their hands, for they deal faithfully. So, starting in verse eight.

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Then Hilkiah, the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. So while they are doing some demoing, as they're cleaning some things out and getting things rebuilt they're doing some digging around. They find the book of the Lord and Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, who read it. Shaphan the scribe came to the king, josiah, and brought back word to the king and said your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the Lord. Moreover, shaphan the scribe told the king, saying Hilkiah, the priest has given me a book, and Shaphan read it in the presence of the king. When the king heard the words of the book of the law, get this. This is in verse 11.

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When Josiah heard the words of the book of the law, get this. This is in verse 11. When Josiah heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes. Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest Go, inquire of the Lord for me and the people and all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for great is the wrath of the Lord that burns against us because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book to do according to all that is written concerning us and in my notes it says here for verse 11, under Petor's clothes. Josiah's reaction at the reading of the law was one of immediate contrition, expressed by the common sign of lamentation grief. Josiah's grief sprang from Judah's guilt and God's punishment. So he immediately tears his clothes.

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And I began to think about how we should approach the word of God, what our attitude, our heartfelt desire and attitude should be as we get closer and closer to actually opening up this book and studying. Shouldn't we have the same attitude of grief and humility? I mean, many times we approach scripture. I've done this. I don't know about you, but you approach scripture and say, okay, god, what do you got for me today? What's in it for me today? How does this apply for me today? So what? You say this, so what? And we are demanding of God. We come with, I come with an attitude of pride that, hey, you know, what can this do for me? I rarely have come to the Bible with the right attitude of humility deep into my soul.

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Remember it says in Hebrews, chapter 4, it says the word of God cuts deeper than a two-edged sword. We talked about this last time. Remember Proverbs 5? It talks about the adulteress and how she's a two-edged sword. Well, the word of God cuts deeper than any two-edged sword, right to the joint in the marrow right. That's as deep as you can get and that should bring about an attitude of humility in us that this is what we're walking up to, this is what we're about to approach.

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We talked about our preparing the mind, these truths about us being sinful, needing a Savior, and the things that we have done and how there's nothing that we can do in order to gain that salvation. It's just grace through faith in Jesus Christ and that amazing, wonderful gift that was imputed to us, given to us, remember, in the gift column of our accounting ledger. Because of that, we should have appreciation for that. That appreciation should be shown through a humble spirit, starting in chapter 23, as then the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. The king went up to the house of the Lord Listen to Josiah's response and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the prophets and all the people, both small and great, and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the Lord. The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord to walk, after the Lord to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart, with all his soul, to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant. And it goes on in verse 4 of chapter 23 and talks about all the reforms that were made under Josiah at that time and tore down all the places of idol worship and got rid of the temple, prostitutes and just everything, cleaned house. Remember it said in chapter 22, I think it was verse 2, he says that he did right in the side of the Lord and walked in all the way of his father, david.

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David is another example of the same type of response to the law and word of God. If you go back to 2 Samuel, chapters 11 and 12, once again, if you start in chapter 12 of 2 Samuel and you just start reading, then the Lord sent Nathan to David and he came to him and said there were two men in the city you start reading right there. You're starting in the middle of the movie again. So you have to back up to chapter 11 of 2 Samuel and you have to read about David's great sin. Chapter 11 gives a pretty detailed read about David's great sin. Chapter 11 gives a pretty detailed documentation of David's great sin, remember, with Bathsheba. Bathsheba was married to Uriah but David saw her out bathing one day, wanted her for himself, brought her in, had sex with her. She got pregnant. Then he murdered Uriah. Her husband sent him out into the front line so he would be killed. David not only killed Uriah, but he killed other men that he put up there in the front line with Uriah. It was sin upon sin upon sin that David did.

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But then in chapter 12, nathan is sent to David. Nathan is a servant, a prophet, sent to David to rebuke him and Nathan tells him a story. A servant, a prophet, sent to David to rebuke him and Nathan tells him a story. He approaches the king with humility and he tells him this story. And David is aggravated, angered by the story of this man who had taken someone else's prized lamb, and he says that this man paid restitution for the lamb fourfold because he did this thing and had no compassion. Then, in verse 7 of chapter 20, he did this thing and had no compassion.

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Then, in verse 7 of chapter 20, sorry, of chapter 12, nathan then said this to David you are the man. He's telling you a story about yourself and what you did with Bathsheba and Uriah. Thus says the Lord, god of Israel it is I who anointed you king over Israel and it is I who delivered you from the land he goes through, delivered you from Saul. I've given you all these different things. You struck down Uriah the Hittite by the sword. You've taken his wife to be your wife. Now, therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house.

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In verse 12, because you have despised me, have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife. Thus says the Lord behold, I'll raise up an evil against you from your own household. Meant that his son Absalom. I will even take your wives before your eyes, give them to your companion and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight. Indeed, what you did in secret. I will do this thing before all Israel and under the sun. This is down now in verse 13. Then David said to Nathan I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David the Lord also has taken away your sin. You shall not die.

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Look at David's response to the word of God spoken from Nathan, the prophet. David's immediate response is contrition, humility. I have sinned against the Lord. It's a wonderful example of how we should approach the word of God with humility. We can also read this again if you look in Psalms. This is also David.

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Go to Psalms 51, a contrite sinner's prayer for pardon. It says this is written by David Be gracious to me, o God, according to your loving kindness, according to the greatness of your compassion, blot out my transgressions. This is someone who understands that they are a sinner. They are being humble. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, cleanse me from my sin. I know my transgressions. My sin is ever before me. In verse 4, against you, you alone, you only I have sinned and done what is evil in your sight. This is someone who understands who they are, who is lamenting, grieving, mourning. He goes on. He says so that you are justified when you speak, you are blameless when you judge. Wow. This is someone who not only understands who they are, but understands who God is and God's lordship and authority over their lives.

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We approach the gospel, the word of God, in the same way, not with an attitude of what do you got for me today, god, and I've got to put some of the blame for the misinformed attitudes that we have towards the word of God where it's due and that's on the poor leadership and weak preaching. In today's contemporary church it's so watered down. We go to church now to hear TED Talks on positive attitudes, positive attitudes and prosperity gospels. If you do this, you'll get that Privilege blessings. Rarely do you hear a message about repentance and the church does this, while over 60% of its male members are dealing with porn addictions. One in seven senior pastors have an addiction to porn, one in six youth pastors. Other people have alcohol addictions. Almost 20% of female members are dealing with addictions to porn or some other kind of substance abuse. Almost 45% of Christian marriages fail and yet we're having talks about positive attitudes. We are so under-preparing believers for the battle.

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There's a church right up the road from us. Four or 5,000 members to this church. They got satellite campuses everywhere, got a beautiful facility, multi-million dollar facility. My family went there a couple of times and as we're walking into the parking lot we noticed that we were one of the very few people that had Bibles in our hands. Now we're not better because we got a Bible in our hand.

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I'm not saying that, look at us, we got the Bible. That doesn't make you a believer. But if the Bible is the word of God and it is where we get our nourishment, then why wouldn't you have it with you and know how to use it? And I'll tell you the answer that the leadership gives me. They say you got to get with the times, man. You can get the Bible right on your phone. It's a lot faster, you can see it better, all that stuff.

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But that type of thinking from poor leadership is not why people are not carrying their Bibles. They're not carrying their Bibles because you have a high level of anonymity. If you don't have it, you can't tell that you're a believer, and I know they'll pull up the verses and say, oh well, they should know you by your love, not by the listen. You want anonymity from being a believer just as much as you want anonymity for your sin. Think about it being online. Listen, I'm speaking as a recovering addict. When I was online, I wanted complete anonymity so that people didn't know who I was when I was looking at porn sites, and you know that if you have a struggle with that, you do as well.

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We're so smart as church leadership that we are driving people, pushing people, back to the same technology that is aiding in so many divorces. Today, people protect their phones like it's a gold bar, and when you're on your phone, you're also distracted. You're getting emails, you're getting phone calls, you're getting texts. You're looking at YouTube, checking to see how many likes you got on your last Facebook post with you and your dog. We're so brilliant to drive people back to that distracting technology to read the Word of God.

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And if you're a man or woman who's out of town on business and you want to do what you want to do, let loose. You want plausible deniability. Man, you don't want to be associated with the Word of God. Have that Bible in your hand. If you say that's not possible, you're just some kind of sicko that denied his faith. You need to read the word of God, because Peter was told by Jesus that he would deny him three times and Peter said no way, no way, lord. We're not just embarrassed about carrying our Bibles. It's not just a technology thing, it's a sin thing. We want to be able to sin freely, with anonymity.

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Try walking in, walk into Starbucks sometime with your phone in your hand and see what kind of looks you get. You wouldn't get any right. It's normal. People walk into a Starbucks. All the time with their phone they're on the app ordering their food, their drinks. Walk in and carry your Bible. The reactions that you get will be much different. The faces I'm not saying people are evil and they're spitting at you and all that kind of stuff, but you'll see the little glances. They'll be good and bad. Try sitting down at one of the tables with a friend or the group and having a Bible study together. You'll see the reactions. The faces are different, but you want those types of reactions, isn't it amazing? Just the sight of the Bible brings out people's emotions and thoughts, beliefs, and that's what you want it to do. If they're not a believer and they're convicted by seeing it or angered, whatever it is that hopefully will lead them to the glorious promise in Jesus Christ as well.

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Paul said in Romans 1, verse 16, I am not ashamed of gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, not ashamed. Let's look at a couple more examples of what a proper attitude toward the Word of God looks like. This is possibly the most profound example in all of Scripture. Turn to Psalm 119. So many great verses here I could choose from, but here's Psalm 119, verse 9. It says how can a young man keep his way pure by keeping it according to your word.

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With all my heart I have sought you. Do not let me wander from your commandments. Your word I have treasured in my heart. That I may not sin against you. Blessed are you, o Lord. Teach me your statutes. With my lips I have told all the ordinances of your mouth. Loves this person. Loves the Word of God and just treasures it. Go over to let's see 129. Your testimonies are wonderful. Therefore, my soul observes them. The unfolding of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments, longing for the word. Turn to me and be gracious to me, after your manner, with those who love your name, establish my footsteps in your word, verse 33, and do not let any iniquity, any sin have dominion or power over me. Redeem me from the oppression of man that I may keep your precepts, your rules, your statutes. It's going back to the word. Make your face shine upon your servant and teach me your rules, your statutes, your laws. My eyes shed streams of water because they do not keep your law. This person is so humble, is so driven to be in the word. They love the word.

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Turn to Psalm 1. This psalm is as big as the whole Bible because it tells of people, paths and ultimate destinations. It really is the theme of all of scripture. It says here how blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers. But listen to this verse 2, his delight is in the law of the Lord. His delight, his joy is in the law of the Lord, and in his law he meditates day and night. Now, listen, you're going to say to me, patrick, that doesn't make sense. I cannot meditate on the law, on the Bible, day and night. I can't read this. I've got job and different things I have to do. It's not practical advice that the Bible gives Can't be done. Well, listen, it can be done In his law. He meditates day and night does not mean that you are just reading scripture day and night. It means you're meditating on it day and night.

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Meditation means a repetition of thought. The world's changed it to mean something totally different, like people sitting cross-legged, indian style, on the floor and just humming. That's not meditation on the word. You can't, though, just read a passage one time. I can't. Anyway, you might be able to. I can't read a passage one time and completely get all of its meaning. I have to read it three, four, five times in order to really get it. You know, priests used to do this in the Catholic Church. This is an old. It's called Lectio Divina, l-e-c-t-i-o Divina, and instead of they used to say instead of trying to master the scripture by reading it over and over and over again, themselves and them trying to master it, they would read it over and over again with the intent of having the scripture master them. I think that's a great way to look at it. This meditation day and night, this is just a repetition of thought.

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Read a passage two, three, four times, read a verse four, five, six times, and then, with the intent of it mastering you, applying it to you instead of saying so, what, god? What do you got for me today? This is how can this master me today? That's something you could even pray about before you start reading. Holy Spirit, illuminate for me the truths that are already in this word. Prepare my mind for the truth, the fact that I'm a sinner and that I need Christ. He's the only cure. Humble my heart, forgive me of my sin. Against you and you alone have I only sinned? That's how you approach it. And then you read it three, four, five times, you let it master you.

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What is produced by this type of approach to the word of God, verse three of Psalm one he will be like a tree firmly planted that word planted, actually, translation is transplanted, because we are brought into the fold by God. Right, it's not something that we do. Once again, we are chosen to be children of God. So he will be like a tree firmly transplanted by streams of water. Boy, a tree firmly transplanted by streams of water. You plant a tree by a stream of water. You're going to have one healthy tree, right, going to constantly be getting nutrients and nourishment from that stream. And what's it say is going to happen it will yield fruit in its season. In its season denotes the fact that it's season after season after season. It comes annually, biannually, whatever, but you will produce fruit if you're consistently in the word of God, meditating on it.

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Once again, that repetition of thought, letting it master you. Its leaves do not wither. It says and in whatever he does, he prospers, whatever he does, whether as a spouse, as a parent, as a worker, as whatever you do, you will prosper. Then it contrasts in verse 4, the wicked are not so. They are like chaff. Chaff is the garbage part of the crop, right? It's not needed at all, it has no value, which the wind just blows away. It drives it away. Therefore, because of all that, the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the Word of God.

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Once again, as I said, the first three keys we're kind of walking up towards the Bible. We're praying that the Holy Spirit illuminate for us the truths that are already there in Scripture. Key two is that we're preparing our minds for the truth of we are sinners, we were born into sin. Because of Adam's original sin, all have been condemned to death, and the other truth that the only cure for that is Jesus Christ, his propitiation. He was the substitution, he accepted the sentence of our death for us. He became sin in the flesh and then he basically condemned sin to the flesh and then, if we are in Christ, there is now no condemnation.

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And then the third thing is we walk towards, we get right up to the Bible, begin to open it. We open it with a sense of humility, not with a sense of what can you do for me, not just opening it anywhere and cherry picking and coming in in the middle of the movie, but we come with humility, knowing that we are sinners and we need this word for sustenance and we have joy. Our joy is in this guidebook. Our joy is in this nourishment. I think when we approach the Word of God with that type of attitude, we set ourselves up for incredible Bible study.

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Bible study that is meaningful to us, that we carry with us throughout the whole day, and I hope this has been helpful to you. You can go to the show notes, you can click on send us a text or send me a text, whatever it says. You can tell me all the different mispronunciations that I had of the names. Love to hear from you. We're going to be getting into that lower level view, the more detailed view of Bible study in keys four and five. I hope you all have a great week. Take care.

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