Have you ever put something together wrong because you didn’t read the instructions? Have you ever failed an assignment because you didn’t read the syllabus? Have you ever lost a game because you didn’t know the rules: either you broke a rule or your opponent took advantage of a rule you didn’t know about? How many of life’s problems, big and little, could be solved if we just took the time to read the instructions? There might be times in this life when we can get away with not reading them, but in preparation for the next life we cannot. God has provided us a written revelation of His will for us and what we need to do to be in fellowship with Him. The only way we can know what it takes is for us to take the time and read His instruction book – the Bible.
“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32 NKJV).
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15 KJV).
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17 NKJV).
