Of this we can be most thankful; that God has not left His creatures in darkness, ignorant and uninformed. The Lord has spoken. The Bible, the Book we hold in our hands, is the very Word of God, just as truly the Word of God as were He to speak audibly from heaven. We discover, as we study this Book, that He has spoken again and again, and used various means to reveal Himself. The Epistle to the Hebrews opens with these words:

“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son.”

The purpose of these lessons is to study some of the “sundry times” and also the “divers manners” in which God has spoken, calling attention to the changes in His program for His people.

At the back of the book is a fold-out chart that has been included to help you gain an overall perspective of these various times and manners in which the Lord has spoken. The chart is directly correlated with the lessons themselves to aid you in your study of the Scriptures.

At the end of each lesson is a worksheet with questions relating to the material just covered. Though you may know the answers already, and though the answers may even be stated in the lesson text, if you take the time to look up each reference and record your answers on the worksheet, it will make the study much more profitable to you.

May the Lord use these lessons to bless you in the study of His Word. Our admonition to you is that which was given to the nation of Israel in the opening verses of the book of the prophet Isaiah,

“Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord has spoken.”