All of us are familiar with the Surgeon General's warning on cigarette packs:
I wish the following statement could appear at the bottom of the diploma of everyone who graduates from seminary or a university with a degree in Biblical Studies:
The God of all wisdom and knowledge has determined that the pursuit of knowledge can destroy your church and be lethal to your walk with God.
The word of God does us no good unless it is mixed with faith (Heb. 4:2). A critical attitude that is ready to find fault with God's word can get no profit from the Bible. There must be obedience: "Be doers of the word and not hearers only" (James 1:22).
Hearing the word always implies the responsibility of heeding it. If we do not obey it, we are self-deceived.