II Peter 3:14-16 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.  And account that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation: even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you.  As also in all of his epistles, speaking in them of things in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest as they do also the other scriptures unto their own destruction.

I came across this reference of the above verse in the book I am now studying, Bible History Old Testament written by Alfred Edersheim.  He makes the following statement the Bible “That in a work composed of so many books, written under such very different circumstances, by penmen so different, and at periods so widely apart, there should be “some things hard to understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest,” can surely not surprise us, more particularly when we remember that it was God’s purpose only to send the brighter light as men were able to bear it.”  He goes on in his introduction and states “Yet the ultimate object of our reading is not knowledge, but experience of grace… And so indeed every event points to Christ.”  That is why when studying the Bible, we need the Holy Spirit to reveal the truths that are found in the words we read.

The key to understanding scripture is Christ.  The Bible is the special revelation God has given mankind to point them to Christ.  In Christ we find the way, the truth, and the life by which we can know God.  To believe in God we must first believe in Christ.  To try to understand the Bible without using Christ as the key will only cause those that are unlearned and unstable to wrest unto their own destruction.  But for those who know Christ not only have the key to understand the scriptures, but can be find the peace that passes all understanding as they strive to live a life that is without spot, and blameless.