13 Feb Book it! (Because a Bible that is falling apart indicates a life that isn’t!) Part 22

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My goal for you in this series is three-fold:

  1. To love the Word
  2. To learn the Word
  3. To live the Word

Over the last number of months we have shared with you two “Bible beholdings”:

  1. If you want to know God you must know the Bible.
  2. Prayer is talking to God.  The Bible is God talking to us.

We then began to share with you “Four Awesome Assignments to Assist you with the Word”:

  1. Activate the Word
  2. Accept the Word (Matt. 7:24-27).
  3. Assimilate the Word (II Tim. 3:16-17).
  4. Apply the Word (James 1:22).

Then we began to discover some Truths to Trust God’s Word:

  1. The Bible is historically accurate (Ps. 33:4)

Three Tests of Historical Accuracy:

  1. Eyewitness accounts (I cor. 15:6)
  2. The Bible was recorded and copied with extra care.
  3. Archaeological confirmation

2. The Bible is scientifically accurate (I Tim. 6:20)

      3. The Bible is prophetically accurate (Matt. 26:56)

      4. The Bible is thematically unified.

      5. The Bible is trusted by Jesus (Matt. 5:18)

      6. The Bible has enduring power (Luke 21:33)

3 Enduring Entities:

    1. The Bible is the most despised, derided, denied, dissected, debated and destroyed book ever.  However, it still endures and no one can stop it.
    2. What will you make final authority in your life…the Word or the world?
    3. There are times when you read it and there are times when it reads you

This month let’s continue….

  1. The Bible has transforming power (John 8:31-32)

Here the Bible tells us, “Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him.  If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed:  And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

This is my 35th year of ministry and throughout that time frame I have often told people concerning the Bible, “Take the recipe, go into the kitchen and cook with it.  Just see if that recipe produces something pretty tasty.”  Meaning, simply take the Word of God as it is a recipe for success, into the “kitchen” of your life and cook with it!  Not over night, but over time…it will always produce something tasty and satisfying in your life!

The Word of God has personally transformed me from an alcoholic to a free man!  It has transformed me from uncontrollable anger to peaceful!  The Word of God has transformed me from chronically depressed to habitually joyful!  It has transformed my body from the place where I could barely walk and barely talk, to a 56 year old man who can do things most 20 year olds can’t!  The Word of God has transformed my finances from a single man who had to cut up his credit card to a man who is absolutely and completely debt free!  Continue in it…don’t just try it but continue in it and it will transform your life too!

Join us this month as we continue in this series…