Books In a Book

Reading the Books in the Book

What is the Bible?  The word means 'Book' or 'Writings'.  It contains 66 separate  books written by various people over a period of 1000 + years.

How did the Bible arrive?   2 Timothy. 3:16a All Scripture is God breathed.

2 Peter 1:21 Men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

What is the purpose of the Bible?  (2 Timothy 3:15-17)

- To give  us the wisdom that leads us to salvation

 - Words from God himself (written down by his writers) God speaking.

- Useful for teaching things God wants us to know

- Rebuking (standing against wrong thinking)

- Correcting (Giving the truth where there is error)

- Training in righteousness (equipping us to live God’s way)

The Bible is given to us so that we will be thoroughly equipped for every good work (17) -That is to live a happy life in good relationship with God.

How to read the Bible

Suggestions:  Start with the New Testament.

Questions to consider as you read:

- What does the passage say to the people it was first written to?

- What is the application for me?

- What does it tell me about God?

- What does it tell me about myself? Is there an instruction to obey, a promise to hold, a action to avoid, a warning to heed, a fact to believe or a truth to consider.

The Bible is God actually speaking to us. He does this through the inspiration of gifted people who have written down what the Spirit of God has moved them to write. 

The Bible really is the book that leads to knowing God and living with  eternal life. When we come to read it we should come with the prayer: "What does God want me to know?" And a mind that is open to hear, learn and do what God tells us through the inspired words.