Why is it important in Bible study to realize things that are not in the Bible?
It is important because many have been brainwashed into thinking certain things are in Scripture when they are not, or that they ought to be in places where they are not. Bible study therefore requires not only seeing what is present but also recognizing what is absent, so assumptions are not treated as inspired truth.
Les explains that most of us have been so brainwashed that we think a lot of things are in the Bible, and they aren't. We also think they ought to be in certain places where they aren't. He says this becomes just as important in Bible study as seeing what is actually there: realizing that many times there are things that are not in the Book, which we may have thought really were. This guards the student from reading assumptions into the text and helps keep Bible study anchored to what Scripture actually says.
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Why is it important in Bible study to see what is not in the Bible?
Bible students must also recognize what is not in the Bible, because most people have been brainwashed to think that many things are in there that actually are not.