80。圣经是抵御错误教义最好的武器（莱尔，小草译）

作者：莱尔 翻译：小草

如果有人问我，抵御错误教义的最佳方法是什么？我用一句话回答：“圣经 - 经常读经，经常为读经祷告，经常学习圣经。”我们必须回到我们主人的旧对策：“勤于查考圣经”（约翰福音5:39）。

如果我们想要一个武器来抵抗撒旦的计划，就没有什么能像“圣灵的宝剑 - 上帝的道”这样的武器了。但要成功地运用圣经，我们就必须习惯性地、勤奋地、理智地，虔诚地阅读圣经。但是，恐怕很多人在这一点上是失败的。

在这匆忙和喧嚣的时代，很少有人读圣经能读到该读的那么多。也许人们比以往阅读更多其他的书籍，但对于这本能使人有得救智慧的书却读得更少了。

如果不是因为各地存在着最为肤浅的圣经知识，罗马天主教和新派神学在过去五十年里绝不会对教会造成如此严重的破坏 。

阅读圣经的会众是教会的力量。 “勤于查考圣经！”

--- 摘录和译自莱尔的书籍《Warnings to the Churches 》（对教会的警告）

英文原文：

If any one should ask me, What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? I answer in one word, "The Bible—the Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied." We must go back to the old prescription of our Master: "Diligently study the Scriptures" (John 5:39).

If we want a weapon to wield against the plans of Satan, there is nothing like "the sword of the Spirit—the Word of God." But to wield it successfully, we must read it habitually, diligently, intelligently, and prayerfully. This is a point on which, I fear, many fail.

In an age of hurry and activity, few read their Bibles as much as they should. More books perhaps are read than ever——but less of the one Book which makes man wise to salvation!

The Roman Catholic Church and new theology, could never have made such havoc in the Church in the last fifty years—if there had not been a most superficial knowledge of the Scriptures throughout the land.

A Bible-reading congregation is the strength of a Church. "Diligently study the Scriptures!"

--- Quoted From《Warnings to the Churches 》By J. C. Ryle