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Promises of a Text Driven Life
The story has been told of a South Sea Islander who proudly displayed his Bible to a G.I. during World War II.
“We’ve outgrown that sort of thing,” the soldier said.
The native smiled back, “It’s a good thing we haven’t.
If it weren’t for this book, you’d have been a meal by now!”59
Sometimes we need to devour the Word of God to keep from Devouring the people of God don’t we.
Karen’s mother was startled to find her five-year-old going through a new Bible storybook and circling the word God wherever it appeared on the page.
Stifling her first reaction to reprimand the child for defacing a book, she quietly asked, “Why are you doing that?”
Karen’s matter-of-fact answer was: “So that I will know where to find God when I want him.”
Karen’s mother was startled to find her five-year-old going through a new Bible storybook and circling the word God wherever it appeared on the page.
Stifling her first reaction to reprimand the child for defacing a book, she quietly asked, “Why are you doing that?”
Karen’s matter-of-fact answer was: “So that I will know where to find God when I want him.”
[1] Michael P. Green.
(2000).
1500 illustrations for biblical preaching (p.
29).
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.
Sometimes its necessary for us to devour the Word of God, so that we won’t devour the people of God isn’t it, not literally of course.
[1] Michael P. Green.
(2000).
1500 illustrations for biblical preaching (p.
29).
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.
Karen’s mother was startled to find her five-year-old going through a new Bible storybook and circling the word God wherever it appeared on the page.
Stifling her first reaction to reprimand the child for defacing a book, she quietly asked, “Why are you doing that?”
Karen’s matter-of-fact answer was: “So that I will know where to find God when I want him.”
Sometimes its necessary to search the pages of scripture so that we can find God when we need Him.
When reading the Bible we see the transcendence of God - The heavens cannot contain themselves in declaring the glory of their Creator.
Yet, thanks be to God, the magnificent One has revealed himself as the merciful One - The Bible cannot contain itself in declaring the grace of our Savior.
Please join me, take your tablet, phone or physical Bible and make your way to , and let’s read from this song of praise by King David about God’s Word.
Honor Him and Stand as we read about Him.
Psalm 19:8-
Howard G. Hendricks wrote a book on the art and science of reading the Bible, titled “Living by the Book.”
He goes into much greater detail about the how, or some beneficial processes in reading.
I highly recommend you finding/purchasing a copy to aid you as we continue our challenge of reading through the Bible together in 2018.
In his book, he gives some reasons why people do not read the Bible:
The story has been told of a South Sea Islander who proudly displayed his Bible to a G.I. during World War II.
“We’ve outgrown that sort of thing,” the soldier said.
The native smiled back, “It’s a good thing we haven’t.
If it weren’t for this book, you’d have been a meal by now!”59
Michael P. Green.
(2000).
1500 illustrations for biblical preaching (p.
29).
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.
Michael P. Green.
(2000).
1500 illustrations for biblical preaching (p.
29).
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.
2. Some think there is a secret technique
3. Some think only pastors and theologians know the technique (or they might think that’s what they pay the preacher for)
4. Priorities are upside down or twisted around (I’ll read if I get around to it or have time)
I have learned over time, after 17 years of parenting and 18 years of being a kid before parenthood, that guilt is a horrible motivator.
So my goal is never to guilt you into reading your bible more.
I mean which would you rather go see: the grandma who makes you feel guilty about not coming more often; or the grandma who gives you moon pies, cokes, dumplings and peach cobbler whenever you do visit.
(I miss my grandma).
God wants you to see all the goodness of His Word.
He wants you to be satisfied and fed when you leave.
He wants you anxious for the next visit because of how sweet and precious the last one was to you.
Transitional Sentence(s) and Keyword: Like I mentioned, Hendricks in his book on Bible Study gives a more in depth discussion on the various ways of How to read.
This sermon and the others in the series are an aerial view of why or the benefits we receive when we read the Bible.
God wants His promises found in His Word to be your motivation for living a text-driven life.
The next promise we find this psalm revealing to us is:
God’s Word is Spiritually Illuminating
One or more versions of the Bible, translate the word “pure” in v.8 as “radiant” - This is another parallelism the author makes to the sun mentioned in the first six verses.
The commands of God are so crystal clear that they bring light into the darkest places of the human heart.
Ronald Reagan was right when he said, “ Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.”
That is because when the Bible is rightly understood there is nothing in it that would lead a person into sin.
The less we sin the less problems are created.
But, there in also lies one of the reasons so many are antagonistic at worst and lackadaisical at best towards the Bible.
One or more versions of the Bible, translate the word “pure” in v.8 as “radiant” - This is another parallelism the author makes to the sun mentioned in the first six verses.
The commands of God are so crystal clear that they bring light into the darkest places of the human heart.
I went with Silas on his 3rd grade field trip to the Florida Caverns in Marianna Fl.
I remember the guide taking us into the deepest cavern, he had us gather in the center and then he pulled the switch on the one light hanging there.
Pitch black, cannot see my hand in front of my face, then he pulled the switch again, and instantly I could see to walk around
To the one who has been saved by grace and become believer and follower of Christ God’s word says in
To the one who has been saved by grace and become believer and follower of Christ God’s word says in
2 Corinthians
God’s word eliminates the Darkness, and it is through us He intends to do it.
Colossians 1:13-
- If you are a Christ follower you are the light of the World, a city set on a hill, not intended to be hidden.
It is by the book - Us in the Word and the Word getting into Us - that our light shines brighter.
The more we are in it the brighter we shine
- If you are a Christ follower you are the light of the World, a city set on a hill, not intended to be hidden.
It is by the book - Us in the Word and the Word getting into Us - that our light shines brighter.
The more we are in it the brighter we shine
It is not enough just to be saved and given a little light.
God is found in all of his Word.
The word “command” in v.8 - refers to the Law/Word as a Whole.
That is why Paul prays for the Ephesian Christians
Ephesians 1:17-
The work of the Spirit is divinely linked with the work of the Word.
Enlightening is God opening your mind to see clearly what he intends for you to do with your heart and your hands.
God’s commands provide us with a code of moral and ethical purity our attitude and our actions.
It promises:
God’s Word is Morally Stabilizing
V.9 - speaks of a moral reverence developed by God’s Word in the one who reads it.
The more it is read, studied and the more one becomes enlightened by it and God’s Spirit, then the deeper one’s reverence for God as Holy goes.
This reverence becomes the attitude of your hearts developed by God that leads you to seek a right relationship with the source of the fear (God) and to live righteously with Him
Hab.
God expected His people, based on His character, to be morally pure and stable.
A little boy walked down the beach, and as he did, he spied a matronly woman sitting under a beach umbrella on the sand.
He walked up to her and asked, “Are you a Christian?”
“Yes.”
“Do you read your Bible every day?”
She nodded her head, “Yes.”
“Do you pray often?” the boy asked next, and again she answered, “Yes.”
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