© 1994-2020, Scott Sperling
Test the Bible for Yourself
“[God] has given you a judgment: judge for yourself too. Say, concerning all that
you have [learned about the Bible and Christianity], ‘Well, I will not lightly part
with this, for it may be sterling gold; but at the same time, I will not blindly
hoard it, for it may be counterfeit coin. I will sit down to the study of the Sacred
Book, and I will endeavour, as far as I can, to unprejudice myself. I will read the
Bible, just as if I had never heard any preacher, or had never been taught by a
parent; and I will there endeavour to find out what God saith, and what God
saith, be it what it may, I will believe and espouse, hoping that by his grace I
may also feel the power of it in my own soul.’”
-- C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892)