{"id":367,"date":"2008-09-02T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-02T21:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=367"},"modified":"2013-06-26T15:40:25","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T19:40:25","slug":"owen-on-divine-aid-in-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=367","title":{"rendered":"Owen on Divine Aid in Bible Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In going back over my OT Survey material in preparation for the beginning of term, I came across this quote from John Owen. It is well put in so many ways and a good warning to us not to rest in our own abilities when approaching Scripture. Of course we must study and labor, but we must also pray.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;For a man solemnly to undertake the interpretation of any portion of Scripture without invocation of God, to be taught and instructed by his Spirit, is a high provocation of him; nor shall I expect the discovery of truth from anyone who thus proudly engages in a work so much above his ability.&#8221;\u009d<br \/>\n&#8211; John Owen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In going back over my OT Survey material in preparation for the beginning of term, I came across this quote from John Owen. It is well put in so many ways and a good warning to us not to rest in our own abilities when approaching Scripture. Of course we must study and labor, but &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=367\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Owen on Divine Aid in Bible Study&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[64,135],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3268,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions\/3268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}