THE BE READING BEREANS

BE READING BEREANS

Acts 17:11–12 NASB95

11 Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed, along with a number of prominent Greek women and men.

I. CHARACTER COUNTS IN RECEIVING THE WORD. (noble-minded)

II. THEIR PREPARATION FOR LEARNING THE WORD OF GOD.

A. They came READY. (great eagerness)

B. They questioned RESPECTFULLY.

C. They approached the Bible REASONABLY. (examining daily)

Romans 12:1–2 NASB95

1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

Not with Bias.

Not with Blindness.

2 Corinthians 4:2–4 NASB95

2 but we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Mark Twain has been credited with saying, “It ain’t the parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.”

D. They took RESPONSIBILITY. (many believed)

III. Challenge to commit over the next school year:

I will plan to read

All 66 books of the Bible

The New Testament

The Old Testament

3 Psalms a week.

Read the chapter of Proverbs that correlates to the day of the month. (Example on the 15th day of the month, read Proverbs 15). You will go through Proverbs nearly 12 times in one year.