enjoy the bible is a condensed version of Part 1 of "How to Enjoy the Bible" by Dr E W Bullinger

Dr Bullinger wrote that in order to really
understand and enjoy the Scriptures it was necessary to know:

1. THE ONE GREAT OBJECT OF GOD'S WORD

The one great object of the Word is to reveal God and His will to us. The "Word" refers to the Living Word (the Lord Jesus Christ) and the written Word (the scriptures of truth).

Christ is called the Word of God because He makes known, reveals and explains the Father. The scriptures are called the Word of God because they make known (by the Holy Spirit, the Author of the Word) the Father and the Son.

Christ reveals the Father. The scriptures reveal Christ. The Spirit reveals both in the written and preached Word (1 Cor 12:7-8). Speaking to the Father, Christ said, "I have given them Thy Word."

It is always Thy Word (John 17:8,14,17), never His own or with something else. Nothing was given instead of, or in addition to, that Word.The Word is all-sufficient.

In the scriptures, what is said about the Living Word is also said about the written Word.

2. THE ONE GREAT SUBJECT OF GOD'S WORD

The one great subject running through the whole Word of God is Christ.

He is the key to the divine revelation in the Word and apart from Him it cannot be understood.

3. THE ONE GREAT REQUIREMENT OF GOD'S WORD

The one great requirement of the Word is to rightly divide the Word.

This requirement is stated in 2 Tim 2:15: "Endeavour to present yourself to God qualified, an unashamed worker correctly cutting the Word of Truth."

This verse plainly teaches:

• Our one great aim is to seek God's approval, and not man's.
• We are to be diligent in our study.
• We are to work so that we have no cause to be ashamed by our labours.

To do all this, we must rightly divide the word of Truth.

Four ways of rightly dividing the Word of Truth may be studied with profit:

as to its LITERARY FORM; as to its SUBJECT MATTER; as to its TIMES AND DISPENSATIONS;
and as to its DISPENSATIONAL TRUTH AND TEACHING.

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