Joshua 1:8
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
The Bible is the book of life. The best way to find the solution of problems is to find an answer in the Bible. You will get all the knowledge and wisdom in this book of life; the only condition being you should devote time to read and meditate on the book. If you think that you are giving an hour every day to read the Bible but still you aren’t able to elucidate your problems, then the imperative thing that you are skipping is to meditate on the verses that you reading. Ask Jesus to help you find the meaning of the verses that you reading and help you to connect it with daily life or trouble you go through. You will see a remarkable change in the way things get crystal clear in mind.
The Bible is a user manual provided by the creator himself. As when we bring any new electronic appliance, we get a user manual with it to guide us as to how to use it at optimum capacity; similarly if we use the user manual given by the creator, i.e. the Bible we will be able to live a life at an optimum level. A life that would be pleasing to his eyes, a life that will be full of obedience to Jesus commandments. Reading of scriptures also helps us to enhance our faith in the Lord as it gives an insight knowledge of his mercy, kindness, and love.
Romans 10:7
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
The more we hear, read and meditate on the word, the greater the expansion and steadfastness of faith. In the times of adversity and in the times of happiness the word of the God helps us to rejoice in the Lord as it glorifies the Father in happiness and gives us the protection in case of adversity. It gives us a clear insight of our inner personality and our thought process. It nurtures our thought process and makes us mature of the things which earlier either we denied or were incapable of understanding. The Bible guides us of the things that are correct and incorrect, it gives us the power to make a decision to follow the truth and unfollow the false doctrine. What many books, including highly recommended scientific and other doctrine books, couldn’t answer, The Bible answers us in the most unambiguous ways. It is the only book which starts with the creation, then goes on to describe the life and death and eventually ends with the description of the afterlife and a new world. It covers all the facets of life and death, righteousness, and sin, God, and Satan.
The word of God is like a living fountain of water. We need to come to that fountain daily and drink from it to keep our souls alive. The word of the Lord is infallible in any and every sense. It provides us the complete doctrine which can’t be changed.
Proverbs 30:5-6
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Every word, every sentence, every page and every book in the Bible is astounding and it gives us the assimilation of life, death, sin and eternal truth. Not only is the Bible infallible but it is a complete book. Not a word could be added or subtracted for the book of life.
Revelation 22:18-19
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
The Bible should be taken as it is, no changes should happen while reading it then only you will get the correct interpretation of the Bible. For implementing the scriptures in practical life, a sound and unadulterated elucidation of the Bible is indispensable. Unless you read you won’t be able to know what is written and unless you don’t know what is written; anyone can fool you with false doctrine. Remember we keep lay our trust and faith on a living God and the things he has written in the user manual for humans has to be taken seriously with utmost respect and importance.
The value of scriptures is not limited to our own eternal life, but it goes beyond the boundaries of eternal life. It helps us to spread the message, the good news, The Gospel. Only a person having sound knowledge of the Bible can spread the gospel because when non-believers ask him of questions, that person should be able to pick up the verses from the Bible and explain them.
Remember, how Jesus always quoted scriptures to the Pharisees.
Matthew 4:4
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
This was in reference to Old Testament:-
Deuteronomy 8:3
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
Another reference -
Matthew 4:7
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Old Testament reference
Deuteronomy 6:16
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
There are a lot of examples in the Bible, where Jesus quotes Old Testament scriptures. This tells us to have profound knowledge in the Bible. Also, the word of the God is the only absolute authority. Sometimes you might get to hear a verse from the Bible while having a conversation with your friend or maybe on TV or maybe while surfing internet, so write it down. It could be that Lord is speaking to you through that verse. The Bible is the only source of absolute divine authority.
Psalm 119:89
For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
Worldly knowledge through various books is good, but the wisdom bestowed on us through the Bible is superlative. Not only it has life teachings in it, but it contains the truth which when read and meditated upon will unravel the mysteries and bring a whole new world to us which has all the answers to our questions. It will make us understand the purpose of our life. It will give a new meaning and dimension to our life. Our entire life is dependent of scriptures and how we interpret it and implement in our daily routine.
Psalm 119:15-16
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
With the scriptures and prayers, comes the wisdom of God. To know good and bad is plain knowledge but to segregate the two and enact upon the good/righteousness is wisdom we get only through Jesus blessings and reading scriptures.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of the God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
The word of the God penetrates our body and humbles our heart which otherwise is filled with amour propre. It’s our daily hope and propels our faith to new heights. Sometimes when we feel depressed, the Word of God is there to lift us up from slumber and helps to inject a sense of rejuvenation in our body which makes us come out of depression. Every day becomes a blessing when we read the Bible and have an intercession with the Lord. It is by far the only book wherein we could know about our creator and his expectations from us. So, to know about who created, how he created us and why he created us and how he expects us to live, it’s imperative that we study the scriptures which would guide us in every way possible to our ultimate goal of achieving the eternal life with Jesus. Without the knowledge of scriptures our live would be soulless and meaningless; having no direction and no purpose. Scriptures are there from the very beginning, as it is written in the Bible -
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Matthew 4:4
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
This was in reference to Old Testament:-
Deuteronomy 8:3
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
Another reference -
Matthew 4:7
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Old Testament reference
Deuteronomy 6:16
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
There are a lot of examples in the Bible, where Jesus quotes Old Testament scriptures. This tells us to have profound knowledge in the Bible. Also, the word of the God is the only absolute authority. Sometimes you might get to hear a verse from the Bible while having a conversation with your friend or maybe on TV or maybe while surfing internet, so write it down. It could be that Lord is speaking to you through that verse. The Bible is the only source of absolute divine authority.
Psalm 119:89
For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
Worldly knowledge through various books is good, but the wisdom bestowed on us through the Bible is superlative. Not only it has life teachings in it, but it contains the truth which when read and meditated upon will unravel the mysteries and bring a whole new world to us which has all the answers to our questions. It will make us understand the purpose of our life. It will give a new meaning and dimension to our life. Our entire life is dependent of scriptures and how we interpret it and implement in our daily routine.
Psalm 119:15-16
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
With the scriptures and prayers, comes the wisdom of God. To know good and bad is plain knowledge but to segregate the two and enact upon the good/righteousness is wisdom we get only through Jesus blessings and reading scriptures.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of the God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
The word of the God penetrates our body and humbles our heart which otherwise is filled with amour propre. It’s our daily hope and propels our faith to new heights. Sometimes when we feel depressed, the Word of God is there to lift us up from slumber and helps to inject a sense of rejuvenation in our body which makes us come out of depression. Every day becomes a blessing when we read the Bible and have an intercession with the Lord. It is by far the only book wherein we could know about our creator and his expectations from us. So, to know about who created, how he created us and why he created us and how he expects us to live, it’s imperative that we study the scriptures which would guide us in every way possible to our ultimate goal of achieving the eternal life with Jesus. Without the knowledge of scriptures our live would be soulless and meaningless; having no direction and no purpose. Scriptures are there from the very beginning, as it is written in the Bible -
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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