The study of subjects in the Bible, even though there be many subjects and much study of them, is not the study of the Bible.MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.3

A person may be able to quote many texts of Scripture on many subjects in the Bible, and yet be sadly lacking in real knowledge of the Bible.MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.4

Verses here and there, even many of them together,—this is not the Bible. Subjects, even many of them, traced by the concordance from beginning to end of the Bible—this is not the Bible.MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.5

The Bible was not written in subjects nor verses, but in thoughts—the thoughts of God.MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.6

The Bible is the Word of God, and words express thoughts. The Bible, therefore, as the word of God, is the expression of the thought of God. There are thoughts of God expressed in single words. There are thoughts expressed in single verses. There are thoughts expressed only in whole chapters. There are thoughts expressed only in whole books. And there are thoughts expressed only in the whole Bible together. And true Bible study is to find, to receive and to dwell upon thoughts of God expressed in single verses, expressed in several verses, expressed only in whole chapters, expressed only in whole books, and expressed only in the whole Bible together.MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.7

Therefore, we are not saying that there should never be any study of single verses, nor of passages, nor of subjects, in the Bible. We are only saying that even when verses and passages and subjects in the Bible have been studied, the Bible has not yet been studied. It takes all that is in the Bible to be really the Bible. And plainly a person has not thoroughly studied the Bible till he has studied everything that is in the Bible—everything that goes to make up the Bible. And in order to study everything in the Bible, it is plain that it is necessary to go through the Bible, and through the Bible, and through the Bible—always be going through the Bible, until you know the Bible.MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.8

The Bible is composed of the story of—MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.9

The creation:MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.10

The fall:MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.11

The flood, in its cause and effects:MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.12

The re-peopling of the earth, and the confusion of tongues:MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.13

The patriarchal times:MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.14

The life of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph:MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.15

The oppression and exodus of Israel:MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.16

The conquest and inhabiting of the land of Canaan:MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.17

The dwelling of the people in the land:MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.18

The Kingdom of Israel:MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.19

The division of the Kingdom:MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.20

The Kingdom of Israel—the ten tribes—until their destruction, the Kingdom of Judah—until their captivity:MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.21

The captivity:MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.22

The return from the captivity, and the re-establishment of the people and worship of God in the land:MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.23

The prophetic sketch of the course of empire to the end:MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.24

The coming of the Messiah, and his rejection:MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.25

The re-building and organization of the church of God:MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.26

The prophetic sketch of the course of the church to the end and to her glorious triumph in eternal glory.MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.27

Please study this list until you know it and you will know what is in the Bible. And then you will be prepared to begin the study of the Bible.MEDM March 11, 1908, page 212.28

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