Recalling & Reflecting on God’s Word (shared by Andrew, 3 Sep 2014 BOL1)

A. Importance of the Word 

John 1:1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelled among us 

Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp for my feet,
a light on my path. 

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.

 
After Jesus rose from the dead, one of His first recorded acts was to interpret Scripture: "And beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures" (Luke 24:27). 

Ephesians 6: 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

 

 

B. How to treat the Word (checklist)

c Pray and Seek the Holy Spirit’s help – John 14:26  (Jesus said) the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.  AND  John 16:13a When the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth.  

c Check - Acts 17:11-12 Now these (Bereans) were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. Therefore many of them believed.

c Read Daily - Luke 11:3 Give us each day our daily bread. 

c Study - Heb 5:12 - 13 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant.…

 

c Apply - Matthew 13:22 – 23 The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”

 

 

 

 

2 Timothy 3:16 (Three “versions”)

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, (New International Version). 

 

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. (New Living Translation)

 

Verses 14-17 But don’t let it faze you. Stick with what you learned and believed, sure of the integrity of your teachers—why, you took in the sacred Scriptures with your mother’s milk! There’s nothing like the written Word of God for showing you the way to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another—showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way. Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us. (The Message)