{"id":1703,"date":"2019-12-14T18:48:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T23:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2019-12-31T12:39:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T17:39:23","slug":"are-you-a-bible-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/14\/are-you-a-bible-scholar\/","title":{"rendered":"“Are You A Bible Scholar?”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Are You A Bible Scholar?” <\/strong>
“The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, \u2026” Malachi 2:12 <\/strong>
Most people would consider this a term not applicable to them. It would be thought only for a person with a high IQ and not attainable by them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The definition of a scholar is a learned person, one who attends school or studies with a teacher. The world scholar is only used twice in the Bible. In our text, the one who answers is the scholar and the teacher is the master. How does he answer? Taking time, being an erudite student of what is being taught. This student acquires knowledge by study and research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This makes me think of an old southern saying, “root hog, root.” Root is to turn up the soil with the snout, to poke, to pry, search to find something. As a Bible student, we should be “erudite,” that is digging in, searching and finding what God has given to us. To learn of God and the salvation He has provided for us through His Son Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other place the word scholar is used can be found in I Chron. 25:8, “\u2026 the teacher as the scholar. ” There seems to be no difference in ability, age or position in life, God holds us all equally responsible to Him. He is no respecter of persons (see Rom. 2:11). We are told to study His Word as a workman and to rightly divide what we unashamedly discover (see II Tim. 2:15). When we are faithful to the study of God’s Word, we become students, that is scholars of the Bible. \u2014 J.P. MR. JOSEPH C. POLKEY, Tabernacle Baptist Church, Orlando, FL JP <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prepared by Roger Fulk, from the \u201cBaptist Bread\u201d December 14th, 2019 devotional by author MR. JOSEPH C. POLKEY, Tabernacle Baptist Church, Orlando, FL With permission from Tim Green, editor Baptist Bread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
The Baptist Bread<\/a><\/blockquote>