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Introduction
Last Sunday was a great week.
It was amazing to have the teens leading service.
What beautiful music.
What an amazing children’s message.
What awesome prayer, scripture reading, and a beautiful benediction.
And what a great message.
Hannah did an amazing job bringing God’s message of being rooted in him to us.
I have to say I was a very proud dad last Sunday.
So proud I even let the joke about my hair slide.
There are definitely times when I can see God working in and through my self and my family and this was one of those times.
I could see God working even more and I read the Scripture from the lectionary today.
Our passage today from 2 Timothy 3 & 4 seems to be the perfect second part to Hannah’s message of being rooted in Christ.
When Paul tells Timothy that Scripture is essential he is not talking about the Christian New Testament, that wasn’t written yet or at least was still in the process of being written.
What Paul is talking about is the Jewish Scriptures, prophecies, and hymn books.
He is talking about what we call the Old Testament.
But why the Old Testament?
Sometimes as Christians we treat the Old Testament like it is no longer useful, but remember Jesus tells us Matthew 5:17
So we as Christians to be rooted in God must pay attention to all of our Scripture because......
Scripture Teaches us Truth
vs. 14-16
The world is constantly feeding us lies
Tells us other things are more important than God
Tells us we are more important than God
Tells us that we can do whatever we want
Scripture teaches us what is true
Scripture is inspired by God
Scripture teaches us God’s truth and not the worlds truth
Scripture Helps us Identify False Teaching
There are many people who will try to present a false message about God
They do it for personal gain
For power
For wealth
For fame
Churches in the Middle Ages
They do it out of ignorance
They just don’t understand the Gospel
Scripture helps us to identify false teaching
We must test all teaching against Scripture
This is why we are told to hide it in our hearts
This is why we are told to let is guide us
Scripture Shows us God
Two types of revelation
General Revelation - Nature, everyday things
Special Revelation - Supernatural thing, Scripture
God revealed in Jesus
God revealed in the Church
The church is the kingdom of God here on earth
When the church lives out God’s mission
Love
Compassion
Kindness
God is revealed in all of us
When we display the fruits of the Spirit God is revealed in us
Conclusion
Knowing scripture is not a suggestion it is an essential element of our Christian walk and not only the New Testament, but all of Scripture.
If we do not read Scripture how can we know Scripture, and if we don’t know Scripture how can we really know God.
Scripture gives us the most complete revelation of God.
It tells us who God is, it tells us how God works in the world, and it tells us how God is working in us.
So as you go this week it is my prayer that you will spend time with God, not only in prayer but in his word.
And if you do I guarantee it will lead you closer to God.
Let us pray
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