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Secrets of the Kingdom Life  /  Chapter 23: Bible Study and Reflection  /  Discussion Questions
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The chapter says Scripture is “the most accurate way to consult the mind of God” because counsel from Christians can err and subjective feelings can be imagination; what does that claim reveal about God’s intentions in giving a written word, and where do you feel internal resistance to treating the Bible as “infallible words” addressed to you personally?
Another way to ask: If the Bible is the surest way to know God’s mind, what does that say about why God gave us a written Word? Where do you resist seeing the Bible as God’s true words spoken to you лично?

Direct Answer Based on Bercot’s teaching, God gave a written word so we could hear His own reliable voice “every day,” not merely human opinions or our shifting feelings. The transcript doesn’t describe your personal resistance, but it implies resistance often comes from wanting Scripture to be something we “push around…at [our] convenience” instead of letting it confront us.

Support from Transcript:

  • “Reading the Scriptures is the most accurate way to consult the mind of God.”
  • “Counsel from other Christians may be in error. Subjective feelings can easily be our own imaginations rather than God speaking to us.”
  • “When we read the Scriptures, we know God Himself is speaking to us with infallible words.”
  • Matthew Henry: God speaks “as a friend every day by the written word.”
  • Tozer warns not to approach the Bible as something you can “push around at your convenience.”
Discussion Follow-ups What parts of Scripture most tempt you to reinterpret, soften, or delay obedience? How might that reveal where you prefer your own voice (or others’ voices) over God’s?

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