Of course study of the Bible is lifelong and exhaustive. The purpose of the thread was to show that there is a right way and a wrong way to study the Bible and learn to be able to look to it to answer questions and interpret itself. It is amazing how many people I have run into on forums who have no clue how to study the Bible. Who read it as a compilation of stories and sayings, and promises, and these pulled out of all contexts.
And looking back at my own journey and know that I was in that same boat for the first 23 years which began in 1983. I did not begin to realize the proper way of studying to be able to handles the word of God correctly until I began learning about Reformed theology and the writings that flowed from it even to this day. It teaches proper Bible study. No A'ist/D'ist/Charismatic church I attended---and there were many---even knew themselves, let alone taught it.
