1
Do You Understand What You Are Reading?Acts
830
2
Do you understand what you are reading?

• Acts 826-40, Philip joins the eunuch and asks
  the question.
• Philip begins with the passage and preaches Jesus
  to him
• The eunuch obeys the gospel

3
Do you understand what you are reading?

• Are we incapable of understanding the word of God
  by ourselves?
• Can Gods word be understood?

4
Gods Word Can be Understood

• Eph. 33-5, you may understand my knowledge in
  the mystery of Christ

5
Gods Word Can be Understood

• Eph. 517, Therefore do not be unwise, but
  understand what the will of the Lord is.

6
Gods Word Can be Understood

• 2 Tim. 316-17, that the man of God may be
  complete.
• Matt. 1323, the good ground hears the word
  and understands it

7
Gods Word Can be Understood

• 2 Tim. 215, rightly dividing the word of
  truth.
• 1 Pet. 21-2, as newborn babes, desire the pure
  milk of the word that you may grow thereby

8
Gods Word Can be Understood

• Matt. 123, 5 194, have you not read?
• Acts 1711, they searched the scriptures daily to
  find out whether these things were so

9
Gods Word Can be Understood

• 2 Tim. 314-15, From childhood, the holy
  scriptures able to make you wise for salvation

10
Gods Word Can be Understood

• John 2030-31, These are written that you may
  believe
• Luke 11-4, that you may know the certainty of
  those things

11
Gods Word Can be Understood

• A simple reading of the New Testament epistles
  finds that we are intended to understand what is
  said!

12
We CANNOT understand His word

• He is the author of confusion
• 1 Cor. 1433
• 1 Tim. 23-4

IF
13
We CANNOT understand His word

• The Bible is Irrelevant
• What good is the Bible? Why not some other
  philosophy or religion?
• 2 Pet. 13, Psa. 119104

IF
14
We CANNOT understand His word

• WE cannot know how to be saved
• Salvation IS tied to our understanding Mark.
  1615

IF
15
We CANNOT understand His word

• WE cannot know how to please God!
• Are we guessing at it? John 1248, Rom. 116-17

IF
16
We CANNOT understand His word

• True unity cannot be achieved
• This is why we are divided!1 Cor. 110, John
  1720-21
• Philippians 22 one mind

IF
17

• Yes we CAN understand Gods word.
• Are you obeying God even in this?

18

• IN our next lesson
• HOW to understand Gods word