Good morning,
This week we begin a month-long study of the Bible. The Bible is… series. The Bible is God’s word, is practical, is to be obeyed, is about Israel, and is about Jesus and salvation.
Personally, my life has been influenced greatly by the Bible. Jesus Christ is my foundation and God’s word is my direction. Everything I am today is because God revealed His word to me. He taught me how to live in this ungodly world. He showed me that victory in the Christian life is through Him. And all this is revealed in the Bible.
Come with me on a journey to explore what the Bible says. The Scriptures are always helpful, encouraging, and challenging. That’s how we grow in our relationship with God!
The Bible is the Word of God
“The B I B L E, now that’s the book for me. I stand alone on the Word of God. The B I B L E, Bible.”
The power of the Bible
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12
Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Jeremiah 23:29
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Proverbs 30:5
The word of God is powerful, is like a fire, but is a shield to those who trust it. The Bible is God’s way of convicting us of sin, dealing with that sin, challenging us, and encouraging us. God wants the best for us.
Sometimes though, we do not want the best for us. He is always willing to take us back once we choose to repent.
The response to the Bible
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Colossians 3:16
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. John 6:68
When we choose to walk with God, we will have deep desire to share what we know with others. Since we have the mind of God, His directions to live life, we have much to share with others.
Conclusion
The Bible was with God from the beginning
The Bible is God’s authority on what His people are to do
The Bible was given to everyone by God
The Bible is powerful
The Bible demands a response
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001 chaplain@alaskaseniors.com
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