Question 6 of 118
May all men make use of the Scriptures?
All men are not only permitted, but commanded and exhorted, to read, hear, and understand the Scriptures.
Scripture proofs
- John 5:39
“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
- Luke 16:29
“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’
- Acts 8:28-30
He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah. The Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.” Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
- Acts 17:11
Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible (public domain).
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- Q2. What is the chief end of man?
- Q3. How do we know there is a God?
- Q4. What is the Word of God?
- Q5. How do we know that the Bible is the Word of God?
- Q7. What do the Scriptures principally teach?
- Q8. What is God?
- Q9. Are there more gods than one?
- Q10. How many persons are there in the Godhead?
- Q11. What are the decrees of God?
- Q12. How does God execute His decrees?