BUT CAN I UNDERSTAND ALL OF IT?

God has not breathed inspiration into any portion of His book to bore us. All of it has truth which can guide us, and further reveal the nature of God to us.

But can I understand all of it?

Yes, you can! H. A. Zimmerman is a classic example of how even an uneducated person can grow from the study of scripture. Raised on a Pennsylvania Dutch farm, he was apprenticed to a Jewish jeweler while in his teens. Early in his life, he began to read the Bible every day. At age 22, he and his bride left the countryside and moved to Shamokin, where they opened a small jewelry store. He made a small stool which would fit under their bed and placed a Bible on it. Each morning he would awaken about 4 A.M. , turn on his side and quietly turn on a light near the floor. He spent much time reading his Bible in this way.

His jewelry store prospered as he and his wife worked six days a week, 12-15 hours a day. He became known as the best 'watch fixer' in the region. Beside his workbench, always spread with tiny watch parts, was another Bible!. As he worked into the night on a broken clock, he would meditate on scripture portions. He learned how to remember the locations of passages by ingenious memory devices he created for himself.

For him, the Bible was a living thing! This poorly educated watchman became a friend of preachers and Bible scholars, who frequented his workroom on a daily basis. Doctrinal discussions raged in the back of "Zimmie's" jewelry store as travelling evangelists and pastors met with the watchmaker.

He put all the truths he learned into his lifestyle. Literally hundreds of persons accepted Christ because of his loving, caring witness to them in his store.