God Spoke

Hello everyone! Hows everyone doing today? My name is Harrison and I am the youth pastor here at the quarry church. Did ya’ll have fun last week hanging out with your groups? I heard people went kayaking, I heard some of ya’ll won mustaches and shredded in guitar hero. Sounds like some of you even lied about your bowling scores. Cmon ya’ll. No, I’m just playing with you guys. It’s great to be back today, whether you are new to QSM or have been coming for 65 million years, we are grateful you are here and excited to see what God has spoken in his Word.

First things First, who here has siblings? I grew up with 4 siblings, anyone in here have more than 4 brothers and sisters? Well, here is my family, and these are all of the children that I grew up with. My family was and still is awesome, however, there are some challenges with having brothers and sisters. Does anyone like getting into arguments? Anyone got a sibling that likes getting into arguments? When I was growing up, we would get into arguments all the time. For some reason, when your a kid the number one thing you fight about is who gets the front seat on car rides. Like really? Whats so fun about the front seat? Anyways, this one particular Sunday in the church parking lot, my brother and I were in a pushing war over who gets the front seat. You know, like one of you is yanking on the car door and your like trying to karate chop your brothers arm off. Anyways, my dad goes hey! Enough! Starting today, the oldest always gets the front seat. And just like that, My evil little brother never saw the front seat of that car ever again. No but seriously, any time my little brothers tried to steal the front seat from me, any time my little brother would argue with me that it was his turn for the front seat, how would I win the argument? Dad said! Yeah, I was that kid. Well dad said the oldest should have the front seat. Dad said.

Anyone ever use that argument before, well mom said, or, well dad said? If you ever say, mom said, it’s like an automatic win in the argument. It’s funny, as kids who do you have to listen to, who are you obligated to listen to? Mom and Dad. They have the most authority, they pay for the house, they bought the xbox you play Minecraft on, they pay for the phone that you watch tik-toks on. But not only that, they give you guidance. You’re like, parent, can you teach me how to ride a bike? and they show you how to ride a bike. They show you how to tie your shoes, they show you how to drive a car. Parents give us guidance.

I want us to think for a second, and shout it out if you know the answer, as human beings, who is the person that all of us must listen to for guidance. God. The person with the most authority in the universe, the person who allows us to live. God. We go to God for guidance because he’s the boss. Just like your parents are the boss of the house, God is the boss of the universe.

Has God Spoken to Us?

Now, here’s the thing. Parents speak to us. Sometimes they speak too much. Here’s the question of the day. Has God Spoken to us?

Get out your bibles. We will be turning to 2 Timothy 3:16. First one there, let me know. Maybe your new and you didn’t know to bring a bible, you can go on your phone and download the YouVersion bible app. And you can have a bible on your phone. here we go,

2 Timothy 3:16-17

English Standard Version Chapter 3

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.

All scripture is breathed out by GOD....

First question, when i say scripture what is the first thing that comes to your head? Did any of you think of the bible? Yeah! Yeah you’d be right. Our bibles are ancient scripture translated into modern day English.

Second question, who did the bible originate from? God! The entire bible, not just like a little bit of it, but the entire bible, 100% was breathed out by God. 100% of the bible was spoken from Gods mouth, was literally breathed out and given life by God. All of it.

Third question, does the bible have any flaws? Is the bible imperfect? No! If God is 100% perfect, why would he write a books that has errors? Since God is perfect, the bible is perfect. If anyone tells you, the bibles not perfect because it was written by a bunch of humans, what are going to say? You’re gonna say No! 2 Timothy 3:16 says that the bible was breathed out by a perfect God, not a bunch of humans.

All scripture is breathed out by GOD and profitable....

Someone say Profitable. When you hear the word profitable what do you think? When I think of profitable, I think of something that is beneficial, or useful. For example, does anyone here play sports? Is listening to your coach profitable? Yes! Why, because they are going to make you into a great soccer player. What about teachers. Does anyone here like to learn? Is it beneficial to listen to your math teacher? I know all of us want to say no, but yes. Why, because listening to the math teacher is going to help us be a good student.

Now, who thinks the bible profitable? Is the bible useful? Why?

All scripture is breathed out by GOD and profitable....that the man of God may be complete

You want to be complete. You want to live a life that counts? Well guess what, this book has everything you need in it to live a life that actually has meaning. You want your life to count, it’s all in this book. The only way to actually be complete and satisfied is to live by this book and nothing else. This is called.....

Scripture Alone = God spoke, I follow what God spoke and nothing else

Someone say scripture alone. This means, God spoke life into a book, I base my entire life off of what that book says and nothing else. That means if your little cousin johnny comes up to you and says the meaning of life is to worship the aliens, what are you gonna say? No johnny, thats not what God says. Here, let me show you what God says in the bible. God spoke life into a book, that’s all we need to live a life that counts. Now this brings up the question,

How is God using the bible to change me?

How does God change us with this book. We are messed up people believe it or not. Like could you imagine, if all of your thoughts for today were chucked up on this projector for everyone here to see. You’d be gone, by Monticello, I’m moving to Wisconsin. We are messed up people, but the good news is that God Spoke and we now have a book that promises to change us, and make us look more like christ. Let’s look at how God is using the bible to change us.

2 Timothy 3:16 (ESV)

1) All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching

Someone say teaching! The bible is useful for teaching us. This is how we learn whats true. The bible tells us right from wrong, it tells us to love God and to love others, it teaches us that God created all things and that there are no other Gods. But what are you going to do when someone lies? What are you going to do when someone says something like this.....

Watch this, 1 Peter 2:22 “He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.” Jesus was perfect, and we need to be taught by what this book says, not by what anyone else says.

This doesn’t mean the bible is a fact book, like the bible isn’t going to tell you that a chetah can go from 0-60 in 3.1 seconds. What it does mean is it will teach you all the truth you need to live a life that counts.

2 Timothy 3:16 (ESV)

2) All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for......reproof

This means that the Bible is also how we identify sin in our lives. The bible exposes us and shows us our wrong behavior. When I’m doing something I shouldn’t be doing, like gossiping about someone behind their back, the bible exposes me and tells me that I have a sin issue and I’m not seeking after the things of God. But the bible doesn’t just expose us, the bible also points us back to Jesus.

2 Timothy 3:16 (ESV)

3) All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for......correction

God will expose you, but he’s also going to show you whats correct. Like the worst thing in my 8th grade math class was when ever I got something wrong, I was never shown the correction. Isn’t that the worst, when you get your hw back or your test back and its just got big x’s all over it with no correction. Jesus is like the good math teacher. He’s going to show you where you’re wrong, but also give you the correct answers and point you back in the right direction. The bible gives us the correct answers and isn’t going to leave us in our sin. And lastly,

2 Timothy 3:16 (ESV)

4) All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for......training in righteousness

The bible is not only going to expose me, it’s not only going to correct me, but it’s also going to train me from making the mistakes I made before. The bible is going to train you to walk in step with Jesus and avoid sin. The bible is like a really good personal trainer, or coach, anyone ever have a really good coach? The bible is like a coach thats giving you guidance. Satan on the other hand wants you to be trained by everything besides the bible. Satan wants you trained by other false religions, he wants you trained by the friends at school, he wants you trained by tik-tok, the news, or your teachers. But heres the thing, if anyone tries to train you in a way that is different than what the bible says, it’s wrong!

Hear me out, this is super important, what I’m not saying is ditch all your friends and go live on an island with just your bible. Go find a cabin in the woods and live off the land as a 13 year old hermit. The bible actually teaches you need Christians in your life because they are the ones who are going to point you back to the bible. Don’t become a bible hermit, but live a life where your testing everything by what the bible says!

You need the bible to live a complete life that matters, a life that counts is a life that is commited to reading this thing. If God wrote this book, would you read it?

Let’s pray!