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2 Timothy 3:16–17 KJV 1900

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 of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

The Significants of the Bible

The scripture is

++The word of God

++Given by God

++Inspired of God (God Breathed)

1 Timothy 4:13 KJV 1900

13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

Our responsibility to the scripture

++Read it

John 5:39 KJV 1900

39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

Our responsibility to the scripture

Read it

++Meditate on it

1 Timothy 4:15 KJV 1900

15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

Psalm 1:1–2 KJV 1900

1 Blessed is the man That walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; And in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Our responsibility to the scripture

Read it

Meditate on it

++Listen to it

1 Timothy 4:16 KJV 1900

16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

Take Heed is

++To have

++To hold on to

++To never forget

These things are important

We must understand

++Who we are

++What we know

It all starts with listening

In listening

++The voice of God is known

++The Heart of God is revealed

++The will of God is declared

Revelation 2:7 KJV 1900

7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.