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Why Don’t People Study The Bible?
Why Don’t People Study The Bible?
Why Study The Bible
Why Study The Bible
It is essential to Grow (1 Peter 2:2)
2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—
Attitude
Appetite
Aim
It is essential to Spiritual Maturity (Hebrews 5:11-14
11 About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, 13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. 14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
There is a disconnect
They did not get the fundamentals
It is like graduating high school and being told you need to go back to kindergarten to learn your abc’s
What is Milk?
Basic Principles, Doctrine, the oracles of God
What is Solid Food?
Application and Obedience
Power of discernment, Distinguishing good from evil
It is essential for Spiritual effectiveness (2 Timothy 3:16-17
16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
What does all mean?
When Jesus was tempted he quoted Deuteronomy
4 Things the Bible is Profitable for
Doctrine or Teaching
It will structure your thinking
“If you are not thinking correctly, you are not living correctly”
Reproof or rebuke
It will tell you when you are out of line
It will show you your sin
Correction
The Bible is a purifying agent for your life.
It shows you where you need to clean up
Training in Righteousness
Having cleaned up the negatives it will give you the positives on how you should be living your life.
What is the result?
You will be Complete and equipped for every good work
God can use you for His honor and Glory.
