Although many find meaning in life in reading the Bible, still many have not made it a practice or habit to read the Bible. These are the people that we must be concerned about: how do we draw them to God through the Bible? We should read and observe the Bible as it is God’s Word to us. The Bible is “God-breathed” ( two Timothy 3:16 ). To explain, it is God’s wonderful words to us.
People who say the Bible has blunders have their ears closed to the truth. We should read and observe the Bible because God doesn’t change and because humankind’s nature doesn’t change ; it is as important for us as it was when it was written. We find, as we studied the pages of biblical history, that whether we are talking about one to one relations or societies, “there is nothing new under the sun” ( Ecclesiastes nineteen ).
And while humankind in total continues to find love and satisfaction in all the incorrect places, Godour good and gracious Creatortells us what will bring us lasting joy.
His made public Word, the Bible, is so important that Jesus expounded of it, “Man doesn’t live on bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God” ( Matthew 4:4 ). To explain, if we wish to live life to the fullest, as God intended, we must hear and heed God’s written Word. We should read and observe the Bible because there’s so much fake teaching. To have an inaccurate impression of Almighty God is to worship an idol or fake god.
We are worshiping something that he’s not. The Bible tells us how one actually gets to heaven, and it’s not by being good or by being baptized or by anything more we do ( John 14:6 ; Ephesians 2:1-10 ; Isaiah 53:6 ; Romans 3:10-18, 5:8, 6:23, 10:9-13 ). Along this line, God’s Word shows us quite how much God loves us ( Romans 5:6-8 ; John 3:16 ). And it is in learning this that we are drawn to like Him in return ( one John 4:19 ). The Bible provides us to serve God ( two Timothy 3:17 ; Ephesians 6:17 ; Hebrews 4:12 ).
It helps us know the way to be saved from our sin and its final result ( two Timothy 3:15 ). God’s Word helps us see sin in our lives helping us lose it ( Psalm 119:9, eleven ).
It gives us guidance in life, making us wiser than our teachers ( Psalm 32:8, 119:99 ; Proverbs 1:6 ). The Bible keeps us from wasting years of our lives on that which does not count and won’t last ( Matthew 7:24-27 ).