Q. What's So Good About The Bible?
I quote the bible in every episode because it’s so important!
The bible is the most important book to every Christian.
Why is it so important?
The Bible is important because it is God’s Word.
The Bible is the way God communicates with us and tells us things - 2 Timothy 3:16 “Everything in the Scriptures is God’s Word. All of it is useful for teaching and helping people and for correcting them and showing them how to live. The Scriptures train God’s servants to do all kinds of good deeds.”
Each author who wrote part of the bible was inspired by God.
The bible is a living book - Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is alive 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.”
The Holy Spirit is working in us when we read the Bible. Satan does not want us to read this book. Often I don’t want to read it, but I will happily read any other novel. There is a spiritual battle going on about reading this book.
The bible teaches us things - Romans 15:4 “For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”
If we read the bible, it will make us grow stronger and it will improve us.
What proof is there that the bible is true?
It was written down by different people who didn’t know one another or read each other’s writings, but still wrote down the same things
Things that were written down by believers were also written down by a journalist, Josephus, who did not even believe in God
If someone were to make this up, the story would have been different eg. Women would not have been the first to Jesus’ tomb, because they were not considered reliable witnesses in those days. If someone made it up, they would have said that the men were the first to the tomb.
No one doubts the events about the famous ruler Julius Caesar, but there is many many more writings about Jesus’ death than about that ruler.
How did The Bible come to have 66 books in it?
About 300 years after Jesus died there was a group of leaders in the church who got together and prayed about which books should be included and which ones should be excluded and that is how the bible came to be as we know it. Another 2 councils got together later and both confirmed what the other group of leaders had decided.
After Jesus died people didn’t read much, and so stories were passed down the generations by word of mouth.
There was a few pieces of writing that were not genuine. They were written at a later date by authors pretending to be Jesus’ disciples.
One book that was said to be written by the disciple Thomas was excluded because there were things written in there and in a language that showed that Thomas hadn’t actually written the book at all.
Do not add or take away anything from the bible - Revelation 22:18-19 “Here is my warning for everyone who hears the prophecies in this book: If you add anything to them, God will make you suffer all the terrible troubles written in this book. If you take anything away from these prophecies, God will not let you have part in the life-giving tree and in the holy city described in this book.”
I wish I could choose the bits I like and leave all the rest, but that is not how we are to read God’s Word, the Bible.
The Bible is important because it is God’s Word.
Discussion Questions:
Do you like reading the bible? Why/why not?
What things to you think you might learn by reading the bible?
Pray to God, asking him to help you to read The Word more.
Is there anything that you have read in the bible that you don’t understand? Maybe you can ask your parents about it now, or if there’s heaps you could write a list, or you could email me and ask.
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