當我們到神的家去的時候，另一個能夠令我們改變自己的看法的原因，就是閱讀以及領悟聖經的教導。我這麼說是基於你的教會有對聖經做清楚的解釋，很可惜今天很多教會都沒有這麼做。詩人的時代並沒有我們今天所認識的聖經，但他們卻很樂於背誦和默想僅有的神的話語。

你曾經多少次是帶著對神的疑惑到教會去的？不過當你一打開聖經，你對神以及對生命的看法就都得到了改變，然後是帶著煥然一新及重新得力的感覺離開教會。加爾文（Calvin）說：「年長的人或者視力欠佳的人不能夠看清楚書本上的字，但在眼鏡的幫助下閱讀的問題就迎刃而解；同樣地，聖經使我們對上帝的觀念，從本來的混亂變為清晰，因為它驅走了黑暗，讓我們清楚看到了神。」

你在家的時候當然應該閱讀聖經，只是在教會聆聽聖經的講解有著特別不同的意義，因為有時聽到別人朗讀一段熟悉的經文，或強調一個我們可能不曾留意的詞句，都足以給我們帶來嶄新的啟發。此刻的你，對神以及對生命是否感到不滿呢？讓我邀請你星期天到一間篤信聖經的教會去吧，神要透過祂自己的話語來對你說話，因為最高的權威者讓我相信祂肯定會對你說話的。

Another thing that brings about a changed perspective when we make our way to the house of God is the reading and exposition of the Scriptures. I make this statement on the assumption that the Scriptures are expounded in your church, for, sadly, in some congregations this is not so. In the days of the psalmist, of course, they did not have the Bible as we know it today, but the portions of the Word of God that they did have they recited and meditated upon.

How many times have you gone to church feeling confused about God's dealing with you, only to find that as the Scriptures are opened your view of God and life changes, causing you to leave refreshed and reinvigorated? Calvin put it like this: "As the elderly, or those with poor sight can hardly make out the words in a book, but with the help of glasses can read clearly, so Scripture crystallises ideas about God which had been very confused, scatters the darkness and shows us the true God clearly."

You could, and should, read the Scriptures at home, but there is something special about hearing the Word of God expounded in church. Merely to hear a well-known text spoken by someone who emphasises a word which we might not emphasise, can strike us in a way that adds new meaning to it. Do you have a jaundiced view of God and life at this very moment? Go to church on Sunday, to a Bible-believing church, and expect God to speak to you from His Word. I have it on the highest authority that He will.