This note sits alongside my Presuppositions and My Method of Simple Study.
There I explain how I approach Scripture; here I’m focusing on how a disciple grows in the truth God has already given.

How to Pursue Truth

• Line upon line, precept upon precept
• Yield and trust Him
• Be a doer of the Word

This is not a formula or magical method. It is a pattern I see in Scripture for how a disciple grows in the truth God has already received—and how I try to walk it out in my own life.

Line Upon Line, Precept Upon Precept

Truth is usually not “downloaded” in one moment. God grows us step by step, which fits the way I read the Bible in My Method of Simple Study—as a real narrative that unfolds over time.

"For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:"
— Isaiah 28:10

Pursuing truth, for me, looks like:

• Returning to the Scriptures again and again.
• Letting God correct and deepen what I think I already know.
• Allowing Him to build one layer of truth on top of another over time.

I do not need to know everything today. I need to be faithful with the light I have and willing to receive more. That’s the same posture I bring to my Presuppositions—I start somewhere, but I keep letting Scripture refine that starting point.

Yield and Trust

Jesus Christ alone redeems you.

• He forgives your sin.
• He cleanses you.
• He justifies you before the Father.
• He saves you and keeps you.

These are things you cannot do for yourself. I remind myself of this often so I don’t confuse His work with my response.

At the same time, God has given you and me a real, commanded response. It does not earn anything—not salvation, not status—but it is often the condition under which we actually receive many of His promises. That’s why I talk elsewhere about conditional promises.

Your role (and mine) is simple: yield and trust.

• Yield: stop resisting His Word, His Spirit, and His dealings with you.
• Trust: believe what He has said enough to stake your choices on it.

In truth, almost every promise of God comes with conditions.
His love is unconditional; His promises are not. He calls you to respond.

The question is not only, “Do you believe His promises?”
The question is, “Do you trust Him enough to obey the conditions?”

Be a Doer

Pursuing truth is not just about hearing more sermons or collecting more notes. It is about doing what God has already shown you.

"But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves."
— James 1:22

Truth becomes real in your life (and mine) when:

• You act on what you know.
• You align your choices with what God has said.
• You repent where His Word exposes you, and obey where it directs you.

To pursue truth, then, in the same spirit as My Method of Simple Study:

1. Let God teach you line upon line.
2. Yield and trust Him as He speaks.
3. Be a doer of the Word, not a spectator of it.

This is the path of a disciple who truly wants to walk in the truth—and it’s the path I am trying to walk as I study, teach, and live.