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Intro
Two weeks ago, we started into a series entitled, “Do you know?” It’s a three-part series dealing with this topic of biblical illiteracy.
What do I mean by biblical illiteracy?
This idea isn’t about whether you can read or not.
It’s a topic about knowledge and understanding of the Bible.
To be honest, this idea isn’t really meant for people who are not believers.
This idea is meant for people who have made the claim that Jesus is their Lord and Savior.
Why?
Because as followers of Christ, we not only claim his lordship and salvation, we claim that the Bible is the “instruction manual” for our life.
In our walk of faith, we start at point A and we progress through the different points through life.
This doesn’t mean we start with faith and the do not grow.
It means that we start with faith and then build from there.
Two weeks ago, we looked at .
In this passage we looked at how God has given us everything we need to live a godly life.
And then we looked at a series of words that are built upon each other.
The first was faith.
Peter uses the phrase “make every effort to add to” because our faith is meant to grow and flourish.
It’s like planting a bulb for a flower.
You just can’t toss a bulb in some dirty in a flower pot and expect it grow if you never water it and give it sunshine.
Those components are essential to the flower but they don’t matter until it has been planted.
Once planted, you add water and sunshine.
In our faith, it’s not enough just to believe if we want to live a life that glorifies God.
So Peter says to add to our faith goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, mutual affection (brotherly kindness), and love.
Why?
Because verse 8 tells us that adding these qualities to our lives will make us effective and productive.
Effective means that you are successful in producing the desired result.
It means the goal you were aiming for was met.
Productive means that you not only meet your goal but you surpass your goal.
The rewards were greatly than planned or anticipated.
So I ask a simple question: what seems like a more desirable, faith-lived life: ineffective and unproductive or effective and productive?
When we talk about a faith-lived life, it is a life that encompasses every aspect of life.
Job.
Spouse.
Children.
Friends.
Church.
Personal.
We can’t separate one from another.
In the Christian life, you can’t be great and successful at work and fail at home.
You can’t be great at home but fail at your job.
Everything about following Jesus overlaps with one another.
So I ask another simple questions: How do I begin to live an effective and productive, faith-filled life?
Since we’re approaching this from a biblical illiteracy perspective, it only makes sense on learning how I build biblical literacy within my life?
(As a side note, I find it very hard to believe that an effective and productive life can be lived apart from regular Bible study and prayer.)
Before we tackle this question, I think it’s time for a pop quiz.
I hope you brought your thinking caps.
Pop Quiz
Who were the first three kings of Israel?
Saul
David
Solomon
Who wrote the book of Acts?
Luke
What did Daniel do after finding out about a new decree that the only worship allowed is worship of the emperor?
He went back to his room and prayed just as he had done before
How many books are in the New Testament?
27
What is the most central verse in the entire Bible?
- “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”
How did you do?
How do I know
Before we get in to the message today, I want to read the verses we are using as our point of reference and then dive in to the lessons.
As we look at these verses and consider Bible study as a whole, there are several
As we look at these verses and consider Bible study as a whole, there are several principles for Bible study that we can learn.
We ask the question “how”?
What in these verses gives us any indication for how to study the Bible?
Time
Joshua gives us an indication that our thoughts are to be on the Bible day and night.
There are other Scriptures that reference this idea of morning and night.
It gives us the indication that time is required to study the Bible.
You can never learn something if you’re not willing to spend time on it.
What makes this point all the more important is time is the one thing we cannot get back.
Once that minute passes, it’s gone.
So if time is required to study the Bible, that ultimately leads to a perspective of priorities.
We all look at our week and try and figure out how to fit everything into it.
We look at the chores, groceries that need purchased, sporting events, family commitments, church and we instantly begin prioritizing which is most important.
We all do this consciously or subconsciously.
If we want the words of our verses to ring true, shouldn’t we make an effort to spend time with the Lord?
I wish that was a rhetorical question where everyone said, “duh”.
But do a quick inventory of your last week.
How’d it go with time in the Word?
1/7? 2/7? 3/7? 4/7? 7/7?
How’d you do?
If I might be so bold, anything 4/7 and under is not good prioritizing of time.
We all want more time and things to go well.
The best way for your time to prioritized is to prioritize time in God’s Word first.
Everything else will fall into place because you will learn effectiveness and productiveness.
Consistency
The next indication we learn is consistency.
This is regularly spending time in God’s Word.
God back and do the ratio for this past week.
How consistent were you?
Have you ever been doing a task, something you’ve done many times before, but this time you saw something you hadn’t seen before?
Or maybe you’ve been tackling a hobby and you learned a better method to accomplish the hobby?
Why do those things pop up?
Because you’ve spent time and been consistent at the task.
It’s rather amazing how the more consistent we are at something, the greater the results of the task we are performing.
It’s like learning how to use a computer.
Most people will not know all the keyboard shortcuts to navigate a computer.
Most people still use the mouse (which is fine).
But what happens if you want to begin to do things more efficiently?
You learn keyboard shortcuts.
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