The Bible is a book by God about God. God wrote the Scriptures through about forty human authors (using their gifts, personalities, and experience to reveal Himself to us). With each phrase and nuance, the authors “spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit” (2 Peter 1:21). The completed Scriptures are truthful, accurate, inspired, and absolutely consistent with what God intended to reveal about Himself.

While the Bible includes history, truth, and pearls of wisdom, a person’s ability to understand the Bible is not primarily an intellectual exercise. A person needs spiritual sight to understand spiritual realities. That’s why 1 Corinthians 2:14 tells us the “natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.” The only way to gain spiritual sight is by placing faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Likewise, applying the Bible isn’t primarily an exercise in discipline. We need God’s enabling grace to live out the teachings of Scripture. When God’s Spirit indwells a person, He brings divine enablement to those who humbly submit to Him (James 4:6).
The Bible is experienced in a state of prayer, submission, and dependence. We pray for God to, “Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law” (Psalm 119:18). We submit our thoughts, will, and agenda before the truths of God’s Word (John 17:17). We depend on the Holy Spirit for understanding and enablement as He guides us into all truth (John 16:13).

Before God releases the power of the Word in your life, you may argue with the Scriptures, doubt them, or ignore them altogether. But when God moves, extraordinary things happen. His Word revives the heart, makes wise the simple, and enlightens the eyes (Psalm 19:7– 8). Our sins are revealed, but so is our Savior, and trusting in the Word produces tangible, miraculous outcomes that are only possible with God.