Real, God-glorifying, life-giving Bible reading doesn’t even begin in us until God causes us to be born again, until the Spirit works in us to see the word of God and the person of God in the word, as irresistibly beautiful, true, good, and desirable (1 Peter 1:23).

And then, once the Spirit causes us to be born again to read the Bible rightly, we do not “graduate” to reading the Bible in our own power. From the point of the new birth, all of our Bible reading must rest on the new appetite, the new taste that God has given to us. We never move on from God’s help in Bible reading, which means that as long as we depend on God’s help, we can be sure that his purposes for our reading will succeed.

Reading the Bible Supernaturally

Seeing and Savoring the Glory of God in Scripture

John Piper

In this book, John Piper helps us read the Bible for ourselves so that we might take part in God’s glorious purpose — to see and enjoy his glory.