5 Practical Reasons For Studying a Bible - The
Bible teaches that there as reasons for studying the Bible. The following
passages express God’s instructions to us concerning our need to investigate
His communicates do us through His ward of revelation.
The
following reasons are considered practical simply because if one applies Bible
principles do his or her living, one will experience the abundant life about which
Jesus talked in John 10:10.
1. STUDY IN ORDER TO RIGHTLY DIVIDE THE
WORLD OF GOD
We
must study the Bible is order to understand and correctly apply Bible teachings
that were meant for even one in his or her time to Obey. Paul wrote to timothy,
“Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to
be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2Tim 2:15). One studies the
Bible therefore in order to determine what is applicable to his life. Some things
is the Bible were written to be applied to the lives of people who lived
contraries ago. Other things were written to be applied to the lives of all
Christians until Jesus comes again. In order to understand what is applicable
to our lives, therefore, we must study the Bible.
2. STUDY IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHAT IS
TRUTH
We
must study the Bible in order to be considered noble before God and to prove
the truthfulness of the teachings of Bible teachers. Like wrote of the Bereans,
“These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received
the ward with all readiness, and searched the scriptures daily to find out
whether there things were so” (Act 17:11).
When Paul and Silas preached before the
Bereans, the Beveans searched the Old testament Scriptures is order to confirm
what was preached. The Holy Spirit affirmed that these people were “fair minded’
because of what they did in their search of the scriptures. They did not
discard what was preached because it disagreed with what they believed. They
wanted do know if what was preached was according to the word of God. In this
way, therefore, they were fair-minded and sincere in their desire to know what
the Bible taught.
3. STUDY IN ORDER TO DETERMINE GOD’S
MORAL LAWS
We
must study the Bible because it is not wise do establish and trust in our own
moral rules. Solomon wrote, “He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but
whosoever walks wisely will be delivered” (Pv 28.26) see PN 3:5). Since it is
impossible for men to establish timeless moral laws that are based on the
concept do love one’s neighbor as himself it is imperative that men seek for authority
in moral laws that are above man himself. Since God’s moral laws have consisted
for centimes, it is reasonable to search the Bible for His moral principle in
order to direct our ways.
4. STUDY IN ORDER NOT TO ESTABLISH OUR
OWN MORAL LAWS.
We
must study the Bible because man often seeks to construct his own moral code of
living after his own desires. Jeremiah wrote, “O lord, know the way of man is
not in himself-it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps” (Jere
10:23). Solomon also wrote, “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its
end is the way of death” (Pv 16:25).
If
man Could establish their own moral Gods by which do live, than we would live
in a world of peace.
However,
the fact that societies have forsaken the moral Gods of God in order to follow
after their own desires manifest to the point that men cannot establish moral
lows that do not violate the human rights of others the Bible is perfectly
clear on this point. It is not in man to direct his path. Since God made this
statement about man He created, then we accept this principle without question God
did not make man with the ability to establish an archanging moral God that
would apply to all societies of this world. Therefore, He head to reveal to man
that which would guide man while on this earth. That direction is in the Bible.
5. STUDY IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH OUR
ASSURANCE
We
must study the Bible because through a knowledge of it we can be assumed of
God’s moral values and our own sonship, John wrote;
“By
this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His
commandments” (1Jn5:2). When we study, the Bible, we learn God’s commandments
and thus, we know when we walk kin His commandments John also wrote,
“we know
that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the ways of the wicked one (1
Jn5:19). The only way we can know that we are of God is if we Know God’s word.
Our assurance of knowing that we are God’s children is not based on our
feelings or on our religious traditions. Our assurance is based on the world of
God.
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