Search the Scriptures.
John 5:39
"THE Greek word here rendered search
signifies a strict, close, diligent, curious search,
such as men make
when they are seeking gold, 
or hunters when they are in earnest after
game.
We must not rest content with having given a superficial reading
to a chapter or two, but with the candle of the Spirit we must
deliberately seek out the hidden meaning of the word.
Holy Scripture requires searching—much
of it can only be learned by careful study.
There is milk for babes,
but also meat for strong men.
No man who
merely skims the book of God can profit thereby; we must dig and mine
until we obtain the hid treasure.
They are the
writings of God,
bearing the divine stamp and imprimatur—
who shall dare
to treat them with levity?
He who despises them despises the God who
wrote them.
The word of God will repay searching.
God does not bid us sift a mountain of chaff with here and there a
grain of wheat in it, but the Bible is winnowed corn—we have but to open
the granary door and find it." Charles Spurgeon
