How do I find Answers?

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails given by one shepherds

3 tools to unlock the treasures of mining Gods word: 

1. Grammar: What does it actually say? 
2. History: What did it mean back then?
3. Context: What does it mean for me today? 

The importance of SSR: 

• Jesus is the source

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

• God wants you to seek! 

Hebrews 11:6 

“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”

• Reading the Bible is a long-term goal 

Psalm 1:2–3 

“But 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…”