Oct 8, 2018
All Scripture is
God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in
righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every
good work. 2Tim 3:16-17
Only God's ways
create lasting positive results --- become a student of His Word.
The Bible is an incredible book. It is the oldest, most analyzed text of
history. It is more studied and tested than any
document you have ever read, and has been quoted more than any text. The resulting book of books is not only
webbed together better than most single-author books, it applies to cultures
for thousands of years better than any other book as well.
According to this passage, Paul believed every verse was
more than just a story from history or a philosophy of the writer. Paul recognized the hand of God orchestrating
the entire work. God not only dictated
some of the writings, He coordinated the timing, led in the retelling, and
protected it from destruction. Paul
fully believed that the end result we call the Bible was planned out and
delivered by the breath of God, and is not just for mankind’s understanding of
history, but for you and I to understand God’s heart so that we could change
our lives! Knowing that the text is
compiled over 1000s of years for us today makes it the most impressive book of
all time.
If you believe all this is true – that the Bible was
orchestrated by God, created for each of us, and still applies today – why in
the world are we so dispassionate in studying it? If we believed the Bible is God’s Word and
His whispers to us, we should value it like we value water, oxygen and
sunlight. Yet many Christians today put
little discipline or effort into fully studying the Bible, and many even
discount the instruction given from it by skipping church or bible studies.
So that must mean many people are not really believers of
the Scriptures – they either feel like it’s not really from God’s heart, or
mismanaged by men. If you’re That Guy/Girl, then maybe it’s time to
reconsider:
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How come we continue to see Scripture’s stories
be proved out in archeology?
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How did all 400+ prophecies of Jesus come true after
being written hundreds of years prior?
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How is it that you can hear a good teaching from
a few short verses, and it feels like the speaker had cameras in your house
watching your life?
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How is it that billions of people continue to seek
the wisdom of the Scriptures, and have their lives changed, marriages rescued, and
relationships reconciled by its words?
Before throwing out the Scriptures, take time to read
them. You might just discover like Paul
that every Scripture has a point worth knowing.
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