Monday, October 15, 2012

All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to
make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip His people to do every good work.                                                                  --2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NLT)
 

Something I’ve noticed is that people generally experience this in reverse order.
Someone is not yet a follower of Jesus…they get exposed to something in the Bible…
And they think or say…”Hey, that’s relevant to my life…that speaks into my life…

When they do what the Bible says, they find that it helps their life…
They find that the Bible can be applied to all kinds of areas in their life…
Career, marriage, parenting, finances…and it start to build their confidence in the Bible.

As time continues, they experience the sharp edge of the Bible cutting deep into some areas of their life…maybe even revealing some areas that need work in their life…
Things like greed or impatience or pride or jealousy…
They become aware of some things about themselves that need to change…
And they realize that they can’t disagree with what the Bible says in those areas…

They finally come to a point where they’re ready to believe…
“Maybe this is really a supernatural book…maybe this is truly God's Word!"


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excerpt from "40 Days in the Word"--Part 01    free download at pathwayonline.org