Knowing the Scriptures; Rules and Methods of Bible Study

by Arthur Tappan Pierson

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... XXXV. MIRACLES AND DISCOURSES. XXXV. MIRACLES AND DISCOURSES. Some of the contents of the Word of God belong on an exceptional level, by themselves, and. in a separate group. They remind us of mountain peaks which, however separated, are parts of one range, by their very altitude and solitariness attracting special notice. In all things importance is relative; not even in an inspired book are all contents of equal value as revealing God or availing man. To ascertain what the divine Author would have most prominent is one legitimate aim in study. XXXV. MIRACLES AND DISCOURSES. AMONG these Scripture prominences three, not already considered, deserve special mention: Biblical Miracles, Parables, and Discourses. The first are special exhibitions of supernatural power; the second, of divine illustration of truth; and the third of continuous development of doctrine. As to miracles, there are reckoned about sixty-two in the Old Testament, which some one has carefully compiled and arranged as follows: Lot's Wife becoming a Pillar of Salt. Gen. xix:26. The Burning Bush. Ex. iii:2. The Changing of the Rod of Aaron into a Serpent. Ex. The Plagues of Egypt: The Turning of the Waters into Blood. Ex. vii U9-25. The Frogs. Ex. viii:5-is. The Lice (or Mosquitoes). Ex. viii: i6-i9. The Flies (or Bloodsuckers). Ex. viii:2i-32. The Murrain upon the Cattle. Ex. ix: i-/. Boils upon Man and Beast. Ex. ix:8-i2. The Hail-Storm. Ex. ix: i3-26. The Locusts. Ex. x: i2-i5. The Darkness. Ex. x:2i-23. The Death of the Firstborn. Ex. xii:29. The Pillar of Cloud. Ex. xiii:2i. The Dividing of the Red Sea. Ex. xiv:2i-22. The Healing of the Waters of Marah. Ex. xv:23-25. The Giving of the Manna. Ex. xvi: i5. Water from the Rock in Horeb. Ex. xvii:6. The Giving of the...

114 pages, Paperback

First published December 9, 2013

About the author

Arthur Tappan Pierson (March 6, 1837 – June 3, 1911) was an American Presbyterian pastor, early fundamentalist leader, and writer who preached over 13,000 sermons, wrote over fifty books, and gave Bible lectures as part of a transatlantic preaching ministry that made him famous in Scotland and England. He was a consulting editor for the original "Scofield Reference Bible" (1909) for his friend, C. I. Scofield and was also a friend of D. L. Moody, George Müller (whose biography 'George Muller of Bristol' he wrote), Adoniram Judson Gordon, and C. H. Spurgeon, whom he succeeded in the pulpit of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London, from 1891 to 1893. Throughout his career, Pierson filled several pulpit positions around the world as an urban pastor who cared passionately for the poor.

Reviews

[Simeon Brazzell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quite possibly my most referred to book when I'm confused on how to interpret a portion of Scripture. This guidebook is an overview on how to interpret the different types of literature found in the Bible. Easy to read and understand as well