1. “Do You Understand What You Are Reading?” Acts 8:30

2. Do you understand what you are reading?
Acts 8:26-40, Philip joins the eunuch and asks the question.
Philip begins with the passage and preaches Jesus to him
The eunuch obeys the gospel
Do you understand what you are reading?

3. Do you understand what you are reading?
Are we incapable of understanding the word of God by ourselves?
Can God’s word be understood?
Do you understand what you are reading?

4. God’s Word Can be Understood
Eph. 3:3-5, “…you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ…”
God’s Word Can be Understood

5. God’s Word Can be Understood
Eph. 5:17, “Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.”
God’s Word Can be Understood

6. God’s Word Can be Understood
2 Tim. 3:16-17, “…that the man of God may be complete.”
Matt. 13:23, the “good ground” “hears the word and understands it”
God’s Word Can be Understood

7. God’s Word Can be Understood
2 Tim. 2:15, “…rightly dividing the word of truth.”
1 Pet. 2:1-2, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word that you may grow thereby
God’s Word Can be Understood

8. God’s Word Can be Understood
Matt. 12:3, 5; 19:4, “…have you not read?”
Acts 17:11, they searched the scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so
God’s Word Can be Understood

9. God’s Word Can be Understood
2 Tim. 3:14-15, From childhood, the holy scriptures “able to make you wise for salvation…”
God’s Word Can be Understood

10. God’s Word Can be Understood
John 20:30-31, “…These are written that you may believe…”
Luke 1:1-4, “that you may know the certainty of those things…
God’s Word Can be Understood

11. God’s Word Can be Understood
A simple reading of the New Testament epistles finds that we are intended to understand what is said!
God’s Word Can be Understood

12. We CANNOT understand His word
He is the author of confusion
1 Cor. 14:33
1 Tim. 2:3-4 IF
We CANNOT understand His word

13. We CANNOT understand His word
The Bible is Irrelevant
What good is the Bible? Why not some other philosophy or religion?
2 Pet. 1:3, Psa. 119:104 IF
We CANNOT understand His word

14. We CANNOT understand His word
WE cannot know how to be saved Salvation IS tied to our understanding – Mark. 16:15 IF
We CANNOT understand His word

15. We CANNOT understand His word
WE cannot know how to please God!
Are we guessing at it? John 12:48, Rom. 1:16-17 IF
We CANNOT understand His word

16. We CANNOT understand His word
True unity cannot be achieved
This is why we are divided! 1 Cor. 1:10, John 17:20-21
Philippians 2:2 – one mind IF
We CANNOT understand His word

17. Yes we CAN understand God’s word. Are you obeying God even in this?

18. IN our next lesson:
HOW to understand God’s word