2. 1.We can understand the Bible 2.We can understand the Bible alike 3.With understanding of the Bible and corresponding action we will be saved THREE MAIN POINTS:

3. Ephesians 5:17 (ESV) “…understand what the will of the Lord is.” Ephesians 3:4 (HCSB) “By reading this you are able to understand my insight about the mystery of the Messiah.” WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE

4. 2 Thessalonians 2:11b-12: (ESV) “…God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE, BUT NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO

5. 1 Corinthians 2:14 (ESV) “The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.” WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE, BUT NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO

6. Matthew 7:13-14 (ESV) “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” WE CAN UNDERSTANDTHE BIBLE ALIKE WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE ALIKE

7. John 17:20-21 (ESV) “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” WE CAN UNDERSTANDTHE BIBLE ALIKE WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE ALIKE

8. Joshua 1:8a (HCSB) “This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to recite it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it.” WE CAN UNDERSTANDTHE BIBLE ALIKE WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE ALIKE

9. Romans 2:11 (HCSB) “There is no favoritism with God” John 3:16 (HCSB) “For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.” Matthew 11:28 (HCSB) “Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” 1 Timothy 1:3-4 (HCSB) “…God our Savior …wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” WE UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE SO WE CAN GO TO HEAVEN