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So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens of their country and respectable members of society. --John Quincy Adams
If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity. -Daniel Webster
think about the importance of careful Bible study and learning.
2 Timothy 3:15-17
15 And that from a child you have known the holy Scriptures,
which are able to make you wise unto Salvation
through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 All Scripture
is given by inspiration of God, and
is profitable
for doctrine,
for reproof,
for correction,
for instruction in righteousness:
17 that the man (and woman) of God may be perfect,
thoroughly furnished
unto all good works.
Ephesians 4:11-16
11 It was He Who gave
some to be apostles, some to be prophets,
some to be evangelists, and
some to be pastors and teachers,
12 for the equipping of the saints
for the work of the ministry
for the edifying of the body of Christ
13 until we all reach unity
in the faith and
in the knowledge of the Son of God and
become mature,
attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
14 Then we will no longer be infants,
tossed back and forth by the waves, and
blown here and there
by every wind of teaching and
by the cunning and craftiness of men
in their deceitful scheming.
15 Instead, speaking the truth in love,
we will in all things grow up
into Him Who is the Head, that is, Christ.
16 From Him the whole body, joined and held together
by every supporting ligament,
grows and builds itself up in love,
as each part does its work.
So what is this agapè love and what should be the top priorities of Christians?
1 Corinthians 13:1-8
1 If I speak with the tongues of people and of angels,
but I do not have love,
I have become [as] brass sounding or a cymbal tinkling.
2 And if I am having [the gift of] prophecy
and know all secrets and all knowledge,
and if I am having all faith so as to be removing mountains,
and have not love, I am nothing.
3 And if I dole out all my possessions,
and if I hand over my body so that I am burned,
but am not having love,
I am not at all benefited.
4 Love waits patiently; it acts kindly.
Love does not envy [or, is not jealous];
love does not boast;
it does not become haughty.
5 It does not behave disgracefully;
it does not seek its own [things];
it is not provoked [or, irritated];
it does not keep a record of evil.
6 It does not rejoice over unrighteousness,
but it rejoices with the truth.
7 It puts up with all [things],
believes all,
hopes [or, confidently expects] all,
endures all.
8 Love never fails.
But
if [there be] prophecies, they will become useless;
if tongues, they will cease by themselves;
if knowledge, it will become useless.
Philippians 2:1-11 & 3:7-10
1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ,
if any comfort of love,
if any fellowship of the Spirit,
if any bowels and mercies,
2 fulfill ye my joy, that ye be likeminded,
having the same love,
being of one accord, of one mind.
3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory;
but in lowliness of mind
4 let each esteem other better than themselves.
Look not every man on his (or her) own things,
but every man also on the things of others.
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God,
thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made Himself of no reputation,
and took upon Him the form of a servant,
and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man,
He humbled Himself,
and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him,
and given Him a name which is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven,
and things in earth,
and things under the earth;
11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
7 But what things were gain to me,
those I counted loss for Christ.
8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things
but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord:
for whom I have suffered the loss of all things,
and do count them but dung,
that I may win Christ,
9 and be found in Him,
not having mine own righteousness,
which is of the Law,
but that which is through the faith of Christ,
the righteousness which is of God by faith:
10 That I may know Him,
and the power of His resurrection,
and the fellowship of His sufferings,
being made conformable unto His death;
11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
12 Not as though I had already attained,
either were already perfect:
but I follow after,
if that I may apprehend that for
which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended:
but this one thing I do,
forgetting those things which are behind,
and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark
for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded:
and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded,
God shall reveal even this unto you.
16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained,
let us walk by the same rule,
let us mind the same thing.
Now are you “part of the solution” for humankind “or are you part of the problem”?
Are you frequently praying, studying, and living Scripture from the Holy Bible?
On June 25, 2004, I shocked my German wife when I told her that I don’t read and study the Bible everyday for my new ministry of Preparation for Heavenly Living Correspondence School. Later during the sermon on Romans 5:1-5, eight ways of relating to the Bible came to my mind. So the ways one should relate to the Bible are 1.) Read, 2.) Study, 3.) Meditate, 4.) Memorize, 5.) Discuss it, 6.) Counsel with it, 7.) Prepare a Bible study tool or teach it. Frequently living it should be done everyday by Christians, but at least one of the others should be done too, preferable several.
Reading and study of the Bible should never be done when an individual is not thinking as Proverbs 3:5-8 says. In other words, reading just to read or just because someone else says so will usually not have lasting results. To me a key is thinking as Proverbs 3:5-8 commands, and then an individual can become sensitive to the Holy Spirit, Who Jesus said in John 14-16 would be a believer’s convictor, comforter, teacher, and guide. The following is my translation and logical formatting of those important verses:
Trust in the Lord
with all my heart, and
lean not on my own understanding
or past experiences;
in all my ways acknowledge
(be thankful for) Him,
and He (via the Holy Spirit) shall direct
my thinking and doing.
Do not be wise in my own eyes;
fear the Lord (have awesome respect for)
and depart from evil.
It will be health to my flesh,
and strength to my bones.
