【要能读出圣经里面的实际】请看这个台子，你说它是甚么颜色？是深咖啡色。但是你若打开台子一看，里面是另一个颜色。外面是一个样子，里面又是一个样子。圣经的表面大家都能读懂，但是要摸着圣经里头的实际，就需要神的启示。
 
【读经当心吃错神以外的东西】圣经乃是一本讲究吃的书。吃甚么？吃神！吃主！亚当当初堕落，就是因为吃错了。我们肉身的吃，也象征这件事。无论是动物的、植物的，凡我们好吃的东西，都给我们生命的供应。若我们吃错了东西，那就叫我们中毒，叫我们轻就生病，重就死亡。在属灵方面也是如此。只有神是对的，我们只有吃神才是对的。我们吃神之外的东西，都是吃错了东西。所以难怪今天个个人都中毒了。创世记的末了一句话就是说：「收殓在棺材里，停在埃及。」这是约瑟的结局，也是整个人类的结局。这就是神所创造的人中了毒的结果。吃中毒就死了，死了就装棺材，装了棺材就停在世界里。
 
【正常读主话之后，灵里的感觉大不一样】我们洗过了澡，身上并没有水留下，但洗过了总和没有洗大相同。照样，我们这样用灵来接触主的话，事后头脑里好象没有留下甚么，灵里感觉却大不一样。
 
【享受主的话不一定记得读了些甚么】当我们真是用灵来享受主的话，这正如你吃了一顿丰美的早餐一样，吃的是甚么可能都记不太清楚了，但是吃过之后，总觉得里面充实了，有力量了，不饥渴了，舒服了，有一种说不出的光景。
 
【读经不仅是为着认识神，也是为着接触、享受神】你到饭馆去，侍者拿来一张菜单给你看，你是去读菜单呢？还是去吃饭？但是今天许多基督徒到属灵的餐馆里是读菜单。你光把主耶稣当作话来认识，却没有把主耶稣当作灵来接触，来享受，来经历。
 
【须注意圣经和圣灵的平衡】神给了我们两个大的恩赐：一个是圣经，再一个是圣灵。圣经是话，圣灵是灵。圣经在我们的外面，圣灵在我们的里面。我们需要认识这本圣经，我们更需要接触这个灵。你看火车轨是两条，我们走路也是要用两条腿，缺一不可。感谢主，有圣经，还有圣灵，叫我们又能清楚，又能活。这是平衡，这是保障。
 
【是行为的教训呢？还是真实的经历呢？】在新约书信的释义引言中，J.B. Phillips发出了这样一段震撼性的评论：「现代基督教与我们在这些书信上所读到使徒时代的教会间，最大的不同就是：信仰对我们而言，只是行为的教训，对于他们却是一项真实的经历。」在当时，那些基督徒能够很清楚地知道，有一股新的能力，将他们整个生命都占满，他们能毫无犹豫地说道：「基督活在我们里面。」这对于今日我们的教会是多么严重的指责啊！每思及此，我不得不自问：「我到底是怎么样的一个基督徒？我曾否借着圣灵经历到全能的神在我里面显现？」─《Moody Monthly》
 
【迷信的读经法】曾经有一个商人经营事业失败了，他就祷告求神指点。这位先生就按照中国人到庙宇抽签的方式对神说：「神啊！我闭眼祷告，我翻开那一页，我指头所指的就是你给我的指点。」刚巧他翻到马太二十七章五节：「出去吊死。」他想了一下，「难道神要我上吊吗？」他觉得不对，又祷告说：「神啊！你是满有仁慈的，你不会要我去上吊，你再指点我怎么作，我一定怎么作。」他再翻开，所指的是路加十章三十七节：「你去照样行吧！」他越想越不对，最后又点了一节，是约翰十三章二十七节：「你所作的，快作罢！」。
 
【手点圣经】有一信徒，受浸以后，如同学校毕业一样，再也不读圣经了。一次，急事临头，不能解决，就把圣经从床底破旧网篮之内翻找出来，除去蛛网，拂下灰尘，放在桌上，自己坐在椅上，面对圣经，低头把心中难决的事祷告一阵，求主借着圣经指示如何解决。于是就像世人卜卦一样，猛然打开圣经，用手一指，指着一处经文：「犹大出去吊死了」(太廿七5)。他一看不对，就再重翻重指，刚巧指在：「你去照样行罢」(路十37)。读经要用心灵接受神的话语，得着生命的供应；属肉体的读法毫无益处。
 
【算猪价】有位弟兄读到马可五章十一节，主耶稣在格拉森赶鬼的故事，鬼入猪群，一次二千头猪跳到海里淹死。读到此处，就想如此多的猪能值多少钱呢？一头猪有多重呢？想来想去，不知猪的重量若干？每斤价值几何？于是他就跑到街上打听猪价。明明是在那里读圣经，却又跑到街上打听猪价。
 
【Bible, Translation of】The story is told of four ministers discussing the pros and cons of various bible translations and paraphrases. Eventually each stated which version, in his opinion, is the best. The first minister said he used the King James because the Old English style is beautiful and produces the most reverent picture of the Holy Scriptures. The second said he preferred the New American Standard Bible because he felt it comes nearer to the original Greek and Hebrew texts. The third minister said his favorite was the paraphrased Living Bible because his congregation was young, and it related to them in a practical way.
 All three men waited while the fourth minister sat silently. Finally he said, "I guess when it comes to translations and paraphrased editions of the Bible, I like my Dad's translation best. He put the Word of God into practice every day. It was the most convincing translation I've ever seen."
 
【Bible, Hatred of】It is told that many years ago, while on a visit to England, a wealthy businessman was fascinated by a powerful microscope. Looking through its lens to study crystals and the petals of flowers, he was amazed at their beauty and detail. He decided to purchase a microscope and take it back home. He thoroughly enjoyed using it until one day he examined some food he was planning to eat for dinner. Much to his dismay, he discovered that tiny living creatures were crawling in it. Since he was especially fond of this particular food, he wondered what to do. Finally, he concluded that there was only one way out of his dilemma-he would destroy the instrument that caused him to discover the distasteful fact. So he smashed the microscope to pieces!
 "How foolish!" you say. But many people do the same thing with the Word of God. They hate it and would like to get rid of it because it reveals their evil nature.
 
【Bible, Knowledge of】There is a story about a New England teacher who quizzed a group of college-bound high-school juniors and seniors on the Bible. The quiz preceded a "Bible as Literature" class he planned to teach at Newton High School in Massachusetts, generally considered one of the better public schools in the nation. Among the most unusual answers from his students were: "Sodom and Gomorrah were lovers" and "Jezebel was Ahab's donkey."
 Other students thought that the four horsemen appeared "on the Acropolis," that the New Testament Gospels were written by Matthew, Mark, "Luther," and John, that Eve was created "from an apple," and that Jesus was "Baptized by Moses." The answer that took the misinformation prize was given by a fellow who was academically in the top 5 percent of the graduating class. The question: "What was Golgotha?" The answer: "Golgotha was the name of the giant who slew the apostle David."
 
【Bible, "Problem" Passages in】Mark Twain once said: "Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture which they cannot understand; but as for me, I have always noticed that the passages in Scripture which trouble me most are those which I do understand."
 
【Bible, Context in】There is a story of two lawyers on opposing sides of a case. During the trial, one thought he would make a great impression on the jury by quoting from the Bible. So he said, concerning his opponent's client, "We have it on the highest authority that 'All that a man has will he give for his skin.'"
 The other lawyer knew the Bible better. He said, "I am very much impressed by the fact that my distinguished colleague here regards as the highest authority the one who said, 'All that a man has will he give for his skin.' You will find that this saying comes from the Book of Job and the one who utters it is the devil. And that is who he regards as the highest authority!"
 
【Bible, Context in】On a Christmas card the following verse was cited: "They exchanged gifts and made merry…(Rev. 11:10)." The context of the verse, which describes anything but what it appeared to mean on the Christmas greeting, is rejoicing over the death of God's two witnesses at the hand of the beast.
 
【Bible, Authority of】Trying to destroy or defend the Word of God is like having two men push with toothpicks on opposite sides of the Rock of Gibraltar. While one is trying push it over with his toothpick, the other is trying to hold it up with his. The rock is going to stay firm regardless of what either man does!
 
【Bible, Authority of】The authority of Scripture is so rooted in and closely linked to the authority of Jesus Christ that the two are indivisible. To attempt to distinguish them is like asking which blade of a pair of scissors is more important, or which leg of a pair of pants is more necessary. We know Christ through the Bible, and we understand the Bible through the knowledge of Christ and the Spirit he sent.