welcome and forgive his runaway slave when he came home? Question four: What does the passage mean to me personally? We not only study the Bible but the Bible studies us! One morning, I was working on a sermon from James 4, and I realized I had to phone an acquaintance and straighten out a misunderstanding. James had warned me, and I had to obey. Once I did, my studies went much better. The Word of God is a mirror that reveals what God sees when He looks into us. If I don’t apply the text first to myself,