Every community, every group, every organization must have rules to guide it. I found the best rules for studying the Bible fall into three areas: Truth, Study, and process.
- Truth
- God’s truth is the only truth.
- No one on this side of heaven can know all of God’s truth.
- God’s truth for us is revealed in the inspired Word of God.
- God’s truth is illuminated by the Holy Spirit.
- Study
- We study to know more of God’s truth.
- We study to become disciples
- We study to show ourselves approved.
- We study to change our behavior.
- Process
- Questions do not necessarily have a right or a wrong answer.
- Feelings are valuable but are not truth.
- Actions have moral consequences.