Chapter 11 - What is the Bible?
WHAT WERE WE BORN-AGAIN OR SAVED BY? (I PETER 1:23)
AS NEW CHRISTIANS, WHY SHOULD WE READ THE WORD? (I PETER 2:2)
IF WE ARE TO LIVE A HOLY LIFE, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT WE READ THE WORD?(HEBREWS 4:12)
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR US TO MEMORIZE GOD'S WORD? (PSALM 119:11)
WHAT TAKES PLACE IN THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO READ THE WORD AND KEEP IT? (I JOHN 2:3-5)
WHAT DID JOHN DECLARE HAD MADE THEM STRONG AND GAVE THEM POWER TO OVERCOME THE WICKED ONE? (I JOHN 2:14)
JAMES TELLS US OF MANY THINGS THAT WE ARE TO TAKE OUT OF OUR LIVES, AND IN THEIR PLACE RECEIVE WITH MEEKNESS THE ENGRAFTED WORD OF GOD. WHY? (JAMES 1:21) JESUS WAS THE WORD MADE FLESH (JOHN 1:1-14). YOU AND I ARE FLESH TO BE MADE THE WORD. AS WE ARE DILIGENT TO READ AND DO THE WORD IT BECOMES LIKE A SKIN GRAFT. IT BECOMES PART OF US AND OUR ACTIONS AND REACTIONS ARE CHANGED TO MATCH THE WORD.
WHAT DOES JAMES COMMAND US TO DO BESIDES READ THE WORD? (JAMES 1:22)
IF WE HEAR THE WORD BUT FAIL TO PRACTICE IT, WHO ARE WE DECEIVING AND HURTING? (JAMES 1:22)
HOW MUCH OF THE WORD SHOULD I TAKE INTO MY HEART? (COLOSSIANS 3:16)
WE SHOULD NOT ONLY READ THE WORD, BUT STUDY IT WITH GREAT CARE. WHY?
(II TIMOTHY 2:15)WHY MUST WE READ, STUDY AND MEMORIZE THE WORD? (I PETER 3:15)
THE WORD NOT ONLY TELLS US HOW TO LIVE, BUT ALSO WORKS IN US TO HELP US LIVE IN GOD'S WILL. HOW? (PSALM 119:105)
WHAT IS THE ORIGINAL SOURCE OF ALL SCRIPTURE? (II TIMOTHY 3:16)
WHAT ARE THE SCRIPTURES USEFUL FOR? (II TIMOTHY 3:16-17)
READ II PETER 1:16-21. DO THE SCRIPTURES COME FROM THE PROPHETS' OWN OPINIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS? WHERE DO THEY COME FROM? (II PETER 1:16-21)
IF WE DON'T KNOW GOD'S WORD AND HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR US, THEN HOW CAN WE SHARE HIS WORD WITH OTHERS AND HELP THEM TO BELIEVE?
MEMORIZE: PSALM 119:11 & JAMES 1:22
