Bible Study not to be conducted like the "scholars"

"It is the first and highest duty of every rational being to learn from the scriptures what is truth and then to walk in the light and encourage others to follow this example. 

We should day by day study the Bible diligently, 

weighing very 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.

The truths most plainly revealed in the Bible have been involved in

doubt and darkness by learned scholars who with a pretense of great wisdom teach that the Scriptures have a mystical, a secret spiritual meaning not apparent in the language employed. These are false teachers. It was to such a class that Jesus declared, "Ye know not the
scriptures, neither the power of God." Mark 12:24.

*The language of the Bible should be explained according to its obvious meaning unless a symbol or figure is employed. 

If people would but take the Bible as it reads, if there were no false teachers to mislead and confuse their minds." 

E.G.W.