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Chapter 20—Bible Teaching and Study
In childhood, youth, and adulthood, Jesus studied the Scriptures.
As a little child He was taught daily at His mother’s knee from
the scrolls of the prophets. In His youth the early morning and
the evening twilight often found Him alone on the mountainside or
among the trees of the forest, spending a quiet hour in prayer and the
study of God’s Word. During His ministry His intimate acquaintance
with the Scriptures testifies to His diligence in their study. And since
He gained knowledge as we may gain it, His wonderful mental and
spiritual power is a testimony to the value of the Bible as a means of
education.
Teach Children From an Early Age
In giving His Word our heavenly Father did not overlook the
children. In all that mortals have written, where can anything be
found that has such a hold on the heart, anything so well adapted to
awaken the interest of little ones, as the stories of the Bible?
In these simple stories may be made plain the great principles
of the law of God. Thus by illustrations best suited to a child’s
comprehension, parents and teachers may begin very early to fulfill
the Lord’s injunction concerning His precepts: “You shall teach
them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit
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in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and
when you rise up.”
Deuteronomy 6:7
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The use of object lessons, maps, and pictures, will be an aid in
explaining these lessons and fixing them in the memory. Parents and
teachers should constantly seek for improved methods. The teaching
of the Bible should have our freshest thought, our best methods, and
our most earnest effort.
In arousing and strengthening a love for Bible study, much de-
pends on the period of worship. Morning and evening worship
should be the sweetest and most helpful time of the day. Into this
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