Can we understand God’s word?

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What’s Your Question? for Oct. 1

Some teach that the average man cannot understand Scripture, therefore he should leave Bible study up to a special group of men. Others teach we need miraculous guidance in order to understand. In the parable of the sower, Jesus said the four kinds of soil represent four kinds of hearts (Lk. 8:12-15). The good soil represented the good heart that receives the word and brings forth fruit. Paul told the Ephesians not to be unwise "but understand what the will of the Lord is" (Eph. 5:17). How? He had received it by revelation and wrote it in few words, which by reading they could "understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ" (Eph. 3:3,4). God is not giving new revelations, and He expects us to use our minds to read and understand the revelation He gave through Spirit-guided men.