Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Lent Series Post 2

On the topic of Bible study.

Three passages that reveal the importance of knowing and doing what the Bible teaches


Joshua 1:7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

 

Matthew 7:24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."

 

John 8:31 Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

 
According to these passages the when the Word of God is followed it gives us several things:
  • success
  • proctection
  • Truth--freedom

Some symbols of the Word of God:
  • Light: insight into what is really going on in life. Higher, more in depth perspective
  • Food: revitalizes us when we are tired
  • Shower: It refreshes and cleanses
  • Sword: Tremendous protection, as we memorize it. HS will use our memory of it to remind us of action we need to take or things we need to avoid.
  • Library: it is the stories of our family’s experience with God over the centuries.

 

It is much more than:
  • Owner’s manual for trouble shooting problems
  • Constitution or Law Book
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