And you know, we live in a culture where you drive up and out of street and what do you see?

I mean, your eyes are literally assaulted with garbage, aren't they?

Whiskey ads and beer ads and girly shows and rotten movies and garbage stuff just pouring into your head.

And God says, take my word and let it be a billboard in front of your eyes.

Let it be all over your arms, filling your mind, your voice, wherever you go.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur. I'm your host, Phil Johnson. If you've ever lived

outside your home country, you know there are language and culture gaps.

And of course, it's not your new country's job to adapt to you. You have to bridge those gaps

of understanding. Well, in a similar way, there are gaps in understanding when you read the Bible.

You can't impose your thinking on the text. It has one meaning, and your job is to get that meaning right.

That's exactly what John MacArthur helps you do today on Grace to You as he continues his series, How to Study the Bible.

And now with today's lesson, here's John.

Inaccurately in handling the word and interpreting the word, there are three errors to be avoided.

Three errors to be avoided. Number one, don't make a point at the price of a proper interpretation.

Don't make a point at the price of a proper interpretation. In other words, don't make the Bible say what you wanted to say.

Like the preacher who preached on the fact that

women shouldn't have hair on top of their head. And his text was, top not come down.

From Matthew 24 where it says, let those on the house top not come down. That is not what

the passage is teaching. And that's a bizarre illustration, of course, comical.

But you can approach the Bible, like the guy who said, I've already got a sermon.

I just have to find a verse for it.

You cannot make the Bible illustrate your sermon or your thoughts. So the thing you want to be careful of is that you

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