The best commentary

The best commentary 15 Dec 2012

The Bible is its own best commentary. 

Isaiah 28:9-10; 

9 “Who is it he is trying to teach?

    To whom is he explaining his message?

To children weaned from their milk,

    to those just taken from the breast?

10 For it is:

    Do this, do that,

    a rule for this, a rule for that;

    a little here, a little there.”

1 Corinthians 2:13-14.

¹³ This is what we speak, not in words taught us 

by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, 

explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.

 ¹⁴ The person without the Spirit does not accept 

the things that come from the Spirit of God but 

considers them foolishness,and cannot understand

 them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.

Many think that they must consult 

commentaries on the Scriptures in order to understand the

meaning of the word of God, and we would not take the 

position that commentaries should not be studied;

but it will take much discernment to discover the 

truth of God under the mass of the words of men

Be sure that the evidence of truth is in the 

Scripture itself. One scripture is the key to unlock

other scriptures. The rich and hidden meaning 

is unfolded by the Holy Spirit of God, making plain the word

to our understanding.” “We should day by day 

study the Bible diligently, weighing every

thought, and comparing scripture with scripture.

 With divine help, we are to form our opinions for

ourselves, as we are to answer for ourselves before God.” 

We should seek to find all texts that have a 

bearing on the subject, to gain a grasp of the entire

scope of the doctrine by the obvious harmony of the whole;

 at the same time no text must be given a

meaning inconsistent with its context. Base no truth 

solely on the thought of a lone isolated text, with

disregard to others which qualify and clarify its true intent.

“The best commentary on Scripture is Scripture 

itself - comparing spiritual things with spiritual which

yields a threefold result, interpretation, illustration,

 illumination. The Bible is its own lexicon,

defining its terms; its own expositor, explaining its meaning; 

its own interpreter, unlocking its mysteries.”-