How to Study the Bible: 8 - Apparent Contradictions

God cannot lie, and that also means the Bible cannot lie or contradict itself. If there happens to be an apparent contradiction, always give the Bible the benefit of the doubt. Apparent contradictions are often God's way of teaching us some great and deeper spiritual truths... and at the same time, scoffers will use those same passages as an excuse to walk farther and farther away from the will of God for their lives.