Can you imagine twenty-four years in the first grade? That is how long it would take to pass if public schools only met as often as Sunday bible schools and that is if no classes were missed.
Now suppose you came to bible school only half the time. That would be the equivalent of forty-eight years in the first grade. At this rate you can see why we have so much bible ignorance in the world today. There was a time when members of the Lord's church were known as people who really knew the book - - - has that day past for you?
Ignorance can only be corrected by educating. Bible reading is good, but it is not the same as study. The old saying goes, "you can't study w/o reading, but you can read w/o studying".
It has been said that if a person spent twenty minutes a day on a given subject for a period of twenty years, he could be an authority in the field. If that is true, then think what twenty minutes a day over twenty years would mean in bible knowledge.
We live in an age of education. even retired people return to college and many of the younger ones are still in school at the age of 30. With all the emphasis on education, we need to emphasize bible knowledge. We spend a great portion of our lives preparing for a profession or vocation in this world which at best will be less than one century, yet spend so little time in preparing to live for eternity.
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