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\nPsa 19:8<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;<\/p>\n
2Pe 3:16<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.<\/p>\n
2Ti 2:7<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
2. The Bible Will make sense.<\/b><\/p>\n
Now, of course, just about anyone can understand some verses, like\u00a0John 3:16<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0Romans 8:28<\/span><\/a>, and Psalm 23. I don\u2019t hear anyone saying that they can\u2019t understand any of the Bible, but a lot of us struggle to understand a lot of the Bible. And when we commit to reading the whole Bible over and over year after year, we\u2019re going to walk through strange and difficult passages: Ezekiel, Hebrews, Revelation, and so on. After a while, the exercise can start to feel kind of futile. We may think, \u201cAm I ever going to understand more of this?\u201d To which God says, \u201cThe commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes\u201d (Psalm 19:8<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n
Remember, even the apostle Peter had a hard time understanding some passages in the Bible, and he wrote whole books in the Bible. In\u00a02 Peter 3:16<\/span><\/a>, he says that there are some things in Paul\u2019s letters that are hard to understand. To which Paul says, in\u00a02 Timothy 2:7<\/span><\/a>, \u201cThink over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.\u201d The Lord will enlighten your eyes in everything. That\u2019s what he says. It\u2019s not immediate, of course, but he\u2019ll give you real light now, and then, if you keep looking and looking and looking, that light will grow over months and years and decades.<\/p>\n
So, rejoice in what you can see now. It\u2019s a miracle. If you see any beauty, any truth, any worth in this book, it\u2019s a miracle that God has given you. Rejoice in that, and then expect to see more and more and more because this book enlightens our eyes. It doesn\u2019t just give us something to look at, but it actually alters our vision so that it improves the longer that we live in it. (M Segal)<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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