1. How to understand the Bible

2. ‘Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this’

3. Reflect on what I am saying How to understand the Bible (1) A command to use our minds….. ‘His delight is in the law of the Lord And who meditates on his law day and night’

4. How to understand the Bible

5. for the Lord will give you insight into all this How to understand the Bible (2) A promise of divine illumination Reflect on what I am saying

6. How to understand the Bible Our Part Earnest and diligent reflection ‘God’ Part Spiritual Illumination

7. How to understand the Bible ‘Blessed is the man or woman whose delight is in the law of the Lord And who meditates on his law day and night That person is like a tree planted by streams of water Which yields its fruit in season And whose leaf does not wither- Whatever they do prospers.’