Q. 157. How is the Word of God to be read?
A. The holy Scriptures are to be read with an high and reverent esteem of them; with a firm persuasion that they are the very Word of God; and that he only can enable us to understand them; with desire to know, believe, and obey, the will of God revealed in them; with diligence, and attention to the matter and scope of them; with meditation, application, self-denial, and prayer.
- Psalms 19:10.
- Nehemiah 8:3-10.
- Exodus 24:7.
- 2 Chronicles 34:27.
- Isaiah 66:2.
- 2 Peter 1:19-21.
- Luke 24:45.
- 2 Corinthians 3:13-16.
- Deuteronomy 17:10,20.
- Acts 17:11.
- Acts 8:30,34.
- Luke 10:26-28.
- Psalms 1:2.
- Psalms 119:97.
- 2 Chronicles 24:21.
- Proverbs 3:5.
- Deuteronomy 33:3.
- Proverbs 2:1-6.
- Psalms 119:18.
- Nehemiah 7:6,8.