WHY SEARCH THE BIBLE ?

 

Searching and reading the Bible is a way to receive communication from God.  Like checking your e-mail or voice mail for messages, the Bible is where God allowed some of His thoughts to be written down for us to learn from Him. 

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and, training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work,”says 2 Timothy 3:16-17.  Because the Bible contains God’s thoughts, recorded by men under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, it is different from any other book in the world.  The Holy Spirit is at work any time a Christian reads the Bible, helping him or her to understand what is written. 

 

The Bible is full of answers about how we are to live.  Hebrews 4:12 tells us: “For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” I can tell you from first-hand experience that the Bible can correct and judge my attitudes, and that it also gives great hope and encouragement to keep going in the Christian life.