Bible study n4

WHO ARE WE?

Introduction:

What person has never questioned who we are, or why we were born in this family, or what we will be when we grow up? These are questions made by humans only, no other animal, vegetable or mineral; only humans question their existence. This is because when God created the world He saw that everything was good, but He was only truly happy when He created the man, for God could talk to man, He could have a relationship with man that was not possible with animals. We are special beings, made with perfection by God, thought of since the beginning, we have always been part of God’s plans. God loves us as we are for He was the one who made us! Therefore, the only thing we can do is to live a life that is good for the Creator, for this amazing God! But how can we do that? How to live a happy life according to God’s wishes if very often we catch ourselves wondering why we are like ‘this’ or ‘that’?

Let us go to the Word of God to find out!!! This is the best way to get the real answer about WHO WE ARE.

1) We are creatures of God

The Bible teaches us, in Genesis, about the creation of the world and everything in it. (Genesis 1 and Genesis 2:1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) Through the word of God, He made everything, water, earth, sky, day, night, animals, vegetables, minerals, etc. These verses teach us that there was no rain yet, only dew, and there was also no one to take care of the land. That was when God made his masterpiece: YOU!!!

1.1) THE MAN - Genesis 2:7 – “The LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.”
This is fantastic!!! God saved the best for last, and through His power he gave life to man.
God gave man this beautiful garden to look after: Genesis 2:15 - “The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.”
And so it was official, the first human job: Gardener and Garden’s Keeper.


1.2) THE WOMAN – Genesis 2:18 – “The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."
God loves the Man so much that He realized it would be much better if he was not alone, so He decided to create someone to help him, a partner, a woman. But note that God did not make the woman from parts of the man’s feet, so she wouldn’t be subdued by him; or
from parts of the man’s head, so she wouldn’t feel superior. God is perfect and knows us VERY well. Read what the Bible teaches us about the creation of the woman:

Genesis 2:21,22 e 23 – “So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the place with flesh. Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, ‘This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, for she was taken out of man.”
Wonderful!!! We are God’s masterpiece; we were created with a purpose, with perfection! So you should never think you are ugly, or unimportant, for God loves us as we are, He would never make something ugly, despicable or wrong. We are creatures of God!

2) We are Children of God

All men and women are Creatures of God, but not all of them are Children of God. It is very common to hear people saying “We are all children of God”, but the Bible teaches the following:

John 1:12 and 13 – “Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.”


These verses teaches us that all men and women who have received Jesus as their only Savior, these people only, receive the privilege of becoming Children of God!
We are all children of God, brothers and sisters of Jesus, co-heirs of the Christ. Our adoption was official, final, nobody can argue, and that is why we will receive our father’s inheritance.

Romans 8:12-17 – With these verses we may clearly understand that some do not become children of God and, for their own choices, they live according to their own will and the consequence will be death, being apart from God. However, we can see there is another group of men and women who have decided to follow Christ, to live in the Spirit, obeying the Holy Spirit. These are called Children of God, who will not die, will not be apart from God in eternity (after this life), who will enjoy eternal life with Christ.

Vr.14: “because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.”

Oh, such a great feeling! Those who have received the Spirit of God, the children of God, did not live in slavery of spirit and should not be scared, for they received the spirit of ADOPTION, and can call God Father!!! (Vr.15).


How can we be sure we are in group 1 (Creatures of God) or in group 2 (Creatures and Children of God)? Take a look at verse 16: “The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.” Notice that inside of us the Holy Spirit shows us and teaches us, daily, how to have a life as children of God, and not only as His creatures.
Therefore we are co-heirs with Christ. Take a look at verse 17: “Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.”
That’s awesome!! We are children and heirs of God! That is why we should live a life that is worthy of the sons and daughters of the King, the Almighty God!


3) We have a special purpose in life

We’ve seen we were created by God and through Jesus Christ, through his sacrifice, death and resurrection, we were made children of God. But God didn’t make us ‘just because’, with no purpose or reason in life. His Word shows us in several verses that He created us to be something special. The most incredible thing is that once we realize this we start living the life He planned for us. We live a life of abundant joy, joy that nothing else in the world can provide. Thus, we discover our reason to live.

My personal testimony is that when I am playing at church, or teaching music to children, teenagers or adults, or even when I am studying the Bible and writing these studies, I feel such a great happiness that no other drug or medicine can provide. So I stop and think, ‘God has made me so I can be one of His servants, teaching others about His Word, showing Jesus through my gifts’. That’s wonderful!
This can also happen to you! I’m not better or worse than anyone! You are as special as I am! If you haven’t discovered the purpose God has for your life yet, stop for a moment, look around you, watch the people who have found Jesus because of something you did, analyze your talents, for God gave special talents to everyone! You have something different that nobody else has! If you use your talent for God, to take Jesus to other people, you will be the happiest person in the world! Just like me!

Take a look at some verses that will help you with this analysis.


* Ephesians 2:8-10 – “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

* Philippians 3:12-16 – “Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in
Christ Jesus. All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. Only let us live up to what we have already attained.”

* 1 Timothy 4:12-14 – “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching. Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy when the body of elders laid their hands on you.”

* 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 – “Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.”

Conclusion:

We were made by God, wonderfully. And we were loved by God so much that He gave his only son to die for us, so we can be made children of God. Therefore, we should live with the purpose of pleasing God! Wonderful!!! Do not let yourself get down, sad, for any reason, for we have plenty of reasons to rejoice in our Lord Jesus Christ!!!

Bible study n.3

Who is God???

Introduction:


Many people believe that God is a superior being that sits up there on His throne looking at us, and judging all our actions, and always sending punishments for us, humans, who can never do anything right. Other people believe in a superior force that rules the universe. We sometimes believe that God does not have time for us, that he is very busy looking after the universe and its problems, and consequently doesn’t care about our daily issues, doesn’t listen to us. I also know people who do not believe in God, atheists, who believe that everything that happens around us has a scientific explanation which is not related to God.

But as we saw in the other two studies, we need to know that the Bible speaks about who God really is, so we can believe in what the Word of God says about him. That is the reason why he left us the Bible, so we can get to know Him better, so we be closer to Him, so we can be sure of what pleases God.

Once I heard a very interesting explanation about the Person of God: God is similar to a stereo system that we have at home which allows us to listen to music from a radio station, a CD, or even a cassette tape (remember the cassette tape? hahaha). Well, God presents himself to us in the form of three persons, totally Divines, totally Saints, totally Eternal, totally God: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.


GOD THE FATHER


-THE CREATOR, who made heaven and earth, and everything within it, who made each one of us, in al His power and majesty!
Psalm 95:6 – “Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our maker.”
Psalm 121:2 – “ My help comes from the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth.”
Proverbs 22:2 – “Rich and poor have this in common: the LORD is the maker of them all.”
Isaiah 42:5 – “This is God the LORD says – he who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and all that comes out of it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it.”

- THE FATHER, loving, caring, who looks after each one of us, who knows us (for he was the one who made us), who delivers us from evil, who teaches us, educates us, who cares about us, who sets purposes in our lives. We can call Him Father because He adopted us as His beloved children.
1John 3:1 – “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!”
1John 4:16 – “And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.”
Mathew 6:13 – “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.”
Proverbs 4:1-2 – “Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pain attention and gain understanding. I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.”
Joshua 1:9 – “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Psalm 139:1-3 – “O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.”


- THE JUDGE, who rules the earth with perfect justice. He will judge everybody equally for we are all the same to his eyes.
Psalm 98:9 – “Let them sing before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equity.”
Psalm 98:2 – “The LORD has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations.”

- THE REDEEMER, who gives us a second chance in Christ Jesus.
Isaiah 44:6 – “This is what the LORD says, Israel’s King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God.”
Isaiah 44:24 – “This is what the LORD says, your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched ou the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself.”


GOD THE SON

- HE IS WITH THE FATHER, Jesus is God, and He is in God. The Bible calls Jesus a verb, an action, and shows that He was present in the creation of the world.
John 10:30 – “I and the Father are one.”
John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

- SON OF GOD, Jesus is the beloved son of God, the Father’s only begotten, who God loves abundantly.
Mathew 3:17 – “And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”

- GOD INCARNATE, Jesus came to the world as a man, grew up and lived among us. He was tempted by Satan, but won His victory on the cross and is alive today!!!
John 1:14 – “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

Mathew 1:23 – “’The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel’, which means, ‘God with us’.”
Luke 2:40 – “And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.”
Luke 4:2 – “where for 40 days he was tempted by the devil”


- THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD, Jesus carried our sins on the cross, therefore saving us from the death which would separate us from God, the one that takes all those who do not accept Jesus as their Only Savior to hell. Yes, hell is real, and according to the Bible it is like a river of burning flame, a place where nobody should desire to go. Jesus is our savior who takes us closer to God the Father so we can live eternal life in Heaven. Many people say that all ways take us to God, the bible says ‘no’, the only way to God is Jesus, our savior.
John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
John 14:2 – “In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you.”
John 14:6 – “Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’”


GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT

- THE COUNSELOR, Jesus promised to send a comforter, who would always be with us, cheering us, comforting us. We are not alone, for the Holy Spirit is always with us.
John 14:16-17 – “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever, the spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be with you.”


- OUR INTERPRETER, the Holy Spirit translates our prayers, the things we ask for, to God, for in reality we don’t know how to ask.
Romans 8:26 – “In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit itself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.”

- LIVES IN US, our body is the house, the temple of the Holy Spirit, and that is why we should look after our body, watch what we eat, drink, wear and where we go, for He lives in us.
1 Corinthians 6:19 – “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?
2 Timothy 1:14 – “Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you – guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.”


- TEACHES US EVERY DAY, because it is in us, the Holy Spirit guides us, teaches us, admonishes us, exhorts us, shows us where we should and should not go. It is up to us to obey.
Luke 12:12 – “For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should do.”


- SENDS US TO EVANGELIZE, the Holy Spirit helps us to talk about Jesus, sending us to places where we need to show Jesus as our Savior.
Acts 13:4 – “The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.”


- CONVINCES US OF OUR SINS, He shows us where we have sinned, and He alone is the one who convinces our heart of the need to accept Jesus and to have Jesus as the Lord of our lives. We can talk about Jesus to our friends, for years, but only on the right time of God the Holy Spirit convinces our friends. This is not our job, but the Holy Spirit’s, so let’s not be sad in case we can’t seem to convince our friends of Jesus Christ. Everything is under God’s control.
Hebrew 3:7 – “So, as the Holy Spirit says, ‘today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the desert.”

God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are 3 persons in 1. They act in different ways in our lives, but they are all Divine, Saints, Omnipotent (they can do all things), Omniscient ( they know all things), Omnipresent (they are everywhere). They love us, teach us, exhort us, comfort us, and they never leave us alone. We should know them better, so we can learn how to please them, and therefore live a life that is worthy of God’s love for us.

Bible study n.2

Biblical Outlook

1. Is the Bible true?

The Bible is the Word of God. It is true and it teaches us, comforts us, reprehends us and shows us the plans that God has for our lives; it introduces us to Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, our way to God our father, our only way to heaven. (as seen in the previous study).

“All Scriptureis God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and trainingin righteousness, so that the man of God may be thouroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Thimothy 3:16-17

a) The bible is true because the author is God:

As 2 Thimothy says above – ALL SCRIPTURE IS GOD-BREATHED;

b) The Bible is true because its promises were accomplished. Some of them:

- About the Messiah (Jesus Christ) 700 years before Christ – Isaiah 42, 45, 53 etc.

- The fulfillment with the Holy Spirit – Jeremiah 33, Ezekiel 36, etc.

- Daniel and the empires around the world – Daniel

c) The Bible is true and archeology can prove so. Some archeological findings:

- The dead Sea Scrolls (in 1948);

- Ebla tablets (in 1964) – 350 clay tablets that attests the writing about Abraham;

- Egypt – The Amarna letters. In the tomb of a little girl (year 90) Psalms writings were found dated of 450 B.C.

d) The Bible is true because it has been changing lives:

Through the Bible, God has transformed lives in a real, clear and definitive way. What can change one’s personality? Becoming a Christian is a mystery to psychology.

2. The division of the Bible

The word Bible means many books. The Bible is divided in books. The books are separated in two big collections:

a) The Old Testament:

    Books that narrate the history of the creation of the world, of the Jewish people up to 

    the birth of Jesus. It was written before the birth of Jesus.

b) The new testament:

    Books that narrate from the birth of Jesus to the Revelations about the future. It was

    written after Jesus’ resurrection.

The division of the Bible takes place at the time of the birth of Jesus. This fact is responsible for the separation between the Old Testament (OT) and the New Testament (NT), for Jesus is the main theme in the Bible.

The word testament means alliance or pact.

3. Books in the Bible – General outlook

The books are divided in chapters (big numbers), and the chapters are divided in verses (small numbers)

a)      Old Testament (OT): 4 divisions:

N.	Division	# of books	Books
1	Pentateuch (book of laws)	5	Genesis,Exodus,Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
2	Historical books	12	Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I and II Samuel, I and II Kings, I e II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
3	Poetic books	5	Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs
4	Prophetic	17	a)      Major Prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel; b)      Minor Prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

The catholic Bibles also include Apocrypha.

b)      New Testament (NT): 4 divisions:

N.	Division	# of books	Books
1	Gospels	4	Mathew, Mark, Luke, John
2	Historical books	1	Acts
3	Letters	21	a)      Letters from Paul: Romans, I and II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, I and II Thessalonians, I and II Timothy, Titus and Philemon b)      Other Letters: Hebrews, James, I and II Peter, I, II and III John, Jude
4	Prophetic	1	Revelation

4. New Testament

a)   Gospells – Mathew, Mark, Luke and John – These books show us the story of Jesus, his    ministries, his teachings, his death, resurrection and ascension to heaven. The books are narrated by four different disciples of Jesus, with four different points of view of the same situation. They are the most studied books in the world for they teach us to have a life that pleases God. Written by: Mathew – tax collector; Mark – actually named John Mark, travelled with the apostle Paul in his missionary trips, helping as an interpreter; Luke – Doctor, helped the apostle Paul in his missionary trips as a doctor and a scrivener; John – also called the beloved disciple, was a fisherman and used to fix fishing nets.

b)   Historical books – Acts – These books narrate the history of the primitive church, meaning the first church after Jesus’ ascension. They narrate the coming of the Holy Spirit over the first Christians after Jesus’ ascension to Heaven.  They were narrated between the years 80 and 90 after Christ (A.D.) by Luke. These books teach us how we should live and grow as a church, the bride of Christ.

c)   Letters – Because of the many missionary trips by Paul and other apostles, they way they found to send messages come from the heart of God to the newly converted Christians in various cities was the letter. Paul himself wrote to many brothers from many cities such as: Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Thessalonians. Some of these cities have more than one letter and that is why the numbers I and II, because they were written in different times. Other letters were written for a specific person like Timothy, Titus and Philemon. All the letters had the purpose of teaching the Christians how to live their new lives. Some other letters were written by other apostles like James, John (3 letters), Jude (not Jude Iscariots). Hebrews is a book which people are not sure who the writer is, but many researchers believe it was written by Paul.

d)    Prophetic – Revelation: This book was written by John, about a vision he had of the future   that we still don’t know. This book is about the 7 years of tribulations, about the Millennium.

Bible study n.1

Bible – The Word of God 

Introduction: The Bible is God’s own words for all the men, and that is why we should take it seriously, respecting and loving each word written in it. The Bible brings us peace, comfort, safety, relief, meekness, exhortation, clarifications about life and death, orientation and a lot more. 

However, we should not carry it as an amulet, or even a book of “magic”, we should not carry it everywhere we go so it brings us protection, or build it an altar so it will protect our houses; the book in itself has no power whatsoever. Many people have burnt the Bible (object), and throughout human history we see persecutions towards it. During medieval times large bonfires were built with the purpose to burn these books. Satan has incessantly tried to extinguish the Bible, all in vain, because today we have the Bible translated in hundreds of languages, for children with pictures, for blind people in Braille, for the elderly in large print, for women, on the internet, etc. 

The power is not in the book, in the paper, but in the words written in it. In order for these words to be powerful in our lives we need to read the Bible, to put each verse in our hearts and minds. We need to understand each word. This way, whenever we need help, the verses will be in our minds to calm our hearts down and bring us peace and joy! 

How careful should we be with the Bible? 

• We should have it always close by so we can have a daily reading. Developing a good habit out of this. 

• We should not add or detract anything that is written in the Bible: 

“Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you.” Deuteronomy 4:2 

“I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.” Revelation 22: 18 and 19 

• We should not misinterpret it, or interpret it in the most convenient way for us, for the Bible is like a magnifying glass that shows us our good qualities and faults more clearly. Very often we don’t want to see our faults and we end up reading from the Bible as too see our merits only. But the Bible is there to help us in our Christian path, to grow as people who want to be like Jesus!! 

What does the Bible say about itself? (some topics, not all of them) 

Seed – “The seed is the word of God” Luke 8:11 

In this passage Jesus tells the parabola of the Seed and to explain it He starts by saying that the word of God is the seed, and as such it falls to the ground, which is our heart, and depending on the type of soil, or heart, that it falls to, it might germinate, grow, and become a beautiful and fruitful tree. This means that if our hearts are open to understanding the Bible and we water our lives with it daily, we will be fruitful people with a fantastic purpose in life!! 

Shield – “ Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.” Proverbs 30:5 

In several moments of our lives we need a powerful shield, especially against Satan, and often against ourselves, so we don’t do things that do not please God or so that we do not surrender to temptation, which might hurt us. The Bible can guide us and help us in these moments, protecting us like a shield against enemies. 

Lamp or Light – “Your  word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path” Psalm 119:105 

The Bible lights our minds, bringing understanding about its verses and guiding us in the decisions we need to take. However, as every lamp or torch, we need to light it up and let it shine. This is how the Bible works, we need to read it so we can be illuminated by its light! 

Food – “Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with  the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.” Hebrews 5:13,14 

In these verses the writer is, in fact, disciplining the Hebrew Christians who continued feeding from milk even when already grownups, teaching them that it was necessary for them to mature in the Word of God. The bible is the food, when we accept Christ as our only savior we need to feed from the Bible daily, just like a baby needs the mother’s milk. But with time we need to feed from more solid food and we need to study the Bible more deeply and put the words into practice, otherwise we will grow weak of faith, like a malnourished person. 

Cannot be broken – “and the Scripture cannot be broken.” John 10:35b 

The Word of God is not contradictory, does not lie, it does not make mistakes. If in any moment we notice any contradiction, it is because we are misinterpreting it. 

Stands forever – “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.” Isaiah 40:8 

It does not matter what happens in human history, the Bible will still be there, even if it’s only in our hearts, for God promised it and He does not lie. 

 

Who wrote the Bible? 

The Word of God was written by men chosen by Him. They were inspired by God, this means God told them what to write. The authors were simple men (fishermen, etc), rich men (Job, etc), kings (David, Solomon), musicians, prophets, youngsters, elderly, doctors, judges, etc. All sinners like us, but who had their moments with God and turned their lives to Jesus, and could be used by God so His Words can reach us today. 

“All Scripture is God-breathed …” 2 Timothy 3:16 

What is the Purpose of the Bible? 

The purpose of the Word of God is to teach us. It is our instruction manual; it is the manual God uses to get us working properly. We should follow it as the only valid rule in our lives. We should obey it always. 

“All Scripture is God-breathed, and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16,17 

Conclusion: 

We should read and practice everything that is written in the Bible, for reading it is the same as God speaking to us. In order to have a happy life, with a real purpose, and to be more like Jesus, 

WE SHALL READ THE WORD OF GOD WITH OPEN HEARTS TO LISTEN TO HIS VOICE!!!