The Bible is an amazing book, a living book. It provides information that can be found in no other book. President Ronald Reagan pointed to that Amazing Book and said, “Indeed, it is an indisputable fact that all the complex and horrendous questions confronting us at home and worldwide have their answer in that single book.” Newsweek magazine (Dec. 27, 1982) on its cover wrote about that Amazing Book, “How one book unites us, divides us, and still defines us.” The Bible: Learn it, live it and love it!
The Nature of the Bible (2 Timothy 3:16; Psalm 119:9-11; 1 Peter 1:20-21)
The attributes that make the Bible a unique book include its Author, authority, accuracy, adequacy, appeal and agenda. It contains the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as given through prophets of God, and it can help us become like God to the extent we believe, love, obey and follow its teachings. The Scriptures are sufficient to inform the ignorant, to confute the erroneous, to reform the wicked and to guide and direct, support and comfort the godly.
The Need for the Bible (1 Peter 1:23-25; James 1:18; John 5:24)
The Bible addresses all the needs of the human being. It is essential for life, likeness, liberty, light and labor. It is the single most important book ever written.
The Nourishment from the Bible (1 Peter 2:2)
The Bible reveals and regulates the development God planned, the diet God provided, the disposition God prescribed and the diadem God promised. Read Matthew 4:4; when Jesus quoted Deuteronomy 8:3, He showed that every word that proceeds from the mouth of God should be more precious to us than food itself. Go to the Bible for your protection, correction and direction.
The Neglect of the Bible (1 Corinthians 3:1-2)
Neglect of the Bible leads to dullness, drifting, disobedience, despising, denouncing and departing from the Lord. Unfortunately, many do not study for themselves as the Bereans did, who “received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so” (Acts 17:11; cf. 1 John 4:1-2).
Conclusion
Christians must peruse, ponder and pray over the Scriptures. This takes time, thought, toil and tenacity. We need to pray, “Father help me hear, heed, hold, honor and herald the Word of God.” The Bible is relevant because it is revealed. It is always a return to reality. AMEN!
