Question 5

May all Men make use of the Holy Scriptures?

All Men are not only permitted, but commanded and exhorted, to read, hear, and understand the Holy Scriptures.

Scripture references for paragraph 1

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John 5:39
39You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

Deuteronomy 17:18-19
18When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
19It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.

Revelation 1:3
3Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.

Acts 8:30
30So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

Source and edition

Baptist Catechism. NonlinearFruit/Creeds.json, Unlicense. Creeds.json, English transcription

Unlicense. Source transcription.

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