The need is great for earnest, prayerful study of the whole Word of God, with a view to bringing all the life into practical subjection thereto. The servant of God in the New Testament is exhorted to "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15).

It is not a question of following some favorite teacher or cleaving to a particular line of doctrines, but giving the Holy Scriptures, in their entirety, that honored place which God intended they should hold as the complete guide for His people and the suited food for their souls.

Nor is it merely Bible study that is prescribed, but we are called to be "doers of the Word," allowing no portion of it to be a dead letter to us, but giving it all its due weight and authority over our hearts and consciences, seeking to walk in all that is written therein

—H.A. Ironside