16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17That 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
13Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
Our responsibility to the scripture
++Read it
John 5:39 KJV 1900
39Search 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
15Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
Psalm 1:1–2 KJV 1900
1Blessed is the manThat walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,Nor standeth in the way of sinners,Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.2But 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
16Take 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
7He 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.
