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*The Bible: Correctly Handled*
*/September 7, 2008/*
*Prep: *
· Last week’s sermon, Proverbs sermon, John 14
· How to Read the Bible, PDL: 185-192
· Leftovers: Driscoll on Revelation vs. speculation
· Jewelry: 1 Timothy 2:8, 1 Peter 3:3
*Intro*
Continuing our series on the Bible:
1.
Of Canon & Copies: Does our modern Bible have the right books and the original words?
2. Can We Trust the Bible?
Why should believe that the Bible is God’s revelation?
3. Rightly Handled: The *goal* of this sermon is to *inspire* and *equip* you to effectively study God’s Word.
The *goal* of this series is twofold:
1.
*Demonstrate* the *trustworthiness* of the Bible as God’s revelation, both to *strength* our *faith* in it and equip us to *defend* it.
2.
Train us to “*correctly* *handle* the word of truth.”
*Q & A:* Text questions to 360-421-5530.Answered at end of sermon.
*Prayer*
*I love law!*
The *longest* *chapter* of the Bible is Ps 119, an *acrostic*, and a long song.
To what?
The Law.
Reading it, I wondered how anyone could be that *in* *love* with a bunch of *statutes* about *mildew* *removal* and *dietary* *laws*.
That’s not the big deal – the big deal is that *God* has *spoken* and has told us what he *is* *like* and what he *wants*.
In both the Bible and Jewish literature there is an emphasis upon the fact that *God* has *only* *spoken* to his people.
· The rest of the earth is left trying to *figure* him *out*.
If you want to *know* God and *please* him, the Bible is a really good thing.
If you want to pretend he *doesn’t* *exist* or live like you want to, it is *not* so *good*.
Psalm 119:97-104 m Mem
97 Oh, how I love your law!
I meditate on it all day long.
98 Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.
100 I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.
101 I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word.
102 I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me.
103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.
If you believe that the Bible is God’s words, it’s still one thing to *know* you *should* study the Bible and another to *want* *t*o.
As a kid, I knew that I should take a *shower* every day, but I did not want to.
I knew that I should *brush* my *teeth* every day but I did *not* *want* to.
The Bible is far more than *rules* and *laws*, it is God’s revelation of himself, showing us what he is *like* and showing us how *we* *were* *made* to function.
But it is not enough to know that you *should* study the Bible.
Ultimately, until we want to, our success rate will be sketchy.
· We have to desperately want to be *healthy* and *whole* and seek God’s wisdom for your everyday problems.
· We have *to* be so in *love* with Jesus we want to *know* *him* more.
That doesn’t mean we will always be *eager*, but it means that we go from an *external* *motivation* to an *internal* one.
It is like *exercise*.
I have known for some time that I should exercise, but that did little to motivate me.
The biggest *motivation* I have is *having* *kids*.
Q How do we *cultivate* an *internal* desire to study the Bible?
No one answer: It takes *awareness* of *need*, and a *greater* *desire* to *know* God.
A sermon can’t drum up these up, rather they are *cultivated* through *prayer* and the *work* of the Holy *Spirit*.
Ä The *two* *purposes* of the sermon are to *inspire* and *equip* you to study, but I can’t really inspire you (I am not that good), but I hope to *inspire* you to *pray* the *Spirit* *inspire* you.
*Does the Bible support slavery?*
Q *Why* do we need to *learn* to study the Bible?
Can’t anyone just pick it up and read it?
Q Think about this: Does the Bible support *slavery*?
During the *Civil* *War*, many in the *South* used the Bible to *justify* *slavery*, people who just picked the Bible up and read it.
The Bible has been used to *justify*:
· Domestic violence.
· The Crusades.
· Saying Jesus isn’t God.
It takes more than reading; we have to read the Bible *carefully*, seeking to understand what God is *intending* to *convey* to us.
*2 Timothy 2:15 * 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
How many will be ashamed?
I know that *Charles* *Russell* will.
Q When I *stand* *before* God, you and I will be *accountable* for what was in this book – What will we say?
Ä So I hope to teach you some *basic* *tools* for “*correctly* *handling*” the Bible, no matter what *your* *background* is.
· We don’t all have to know Greek and Hebrew, but we are accountable to whatever our ability is.
This is a *crash* *course* that would normally be an entire *semester* at *college*, so I have boiled it down to down to *five* *big* *ideas*:
· These *notes* will be *online* soon.
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Read consistently, contextually, carefully, in community and read for change
1.
Read consistently
Everything I have to say will be *useless* if you don’t *actually* *read* the thing.
A Bible on the *shelf* is *worthless*.
· Create a *do*-*able* *plan* to study the Bible on a *regular* *basis*
It is vital to have a *practical* *plan* to read the Bible on a regular basis.
For the majority of us, the “when I get to it” plan ensures that it won’t happen.
Q When is a time in your day or week that you can read?
· There is a *particular* *place* in the house that you can put the Bible to *ensure* that it gets *read*.
There are also many *reading* *plans* that you can find: *Logos*, and *daily* *Proverbs*.
Not only will this keep you consistent, but it will assure that you *don’t* *skip* *around* all over the place.
The only “*offensive*” *weapon* in our spiritual armor (Eph.
6:10-20) is “the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God.”
In other words, the Spirit works through the Bible.
Q Will the Holy Spirit only find *John 3:16*?
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Read contextually
The Bible is not *31,103 verses* printed individually on decorated cards dropped from the sky in a pretty box.
It is the *record* of God’s *interaction* with *man*.
· It is a library of *66 books* written over *1,500 years* by over *40 authors*, from various areas.
I am *apprehensive* about any “*verse* of the *day*” because it tends to *rip* the verse from its *context* and can totally be*n*d its *meaning*.
Try doing that with *any* *other* *book*.
“*Never* *read* a *Bible* ver*s*e”:
a.
Know the *purpose* and *context* of the entire *book*: *Why* was it written?
What is the *basic* *point* of the book?
How does the *purpose* *influence* the meaning of *verse*?
· A good *study Bible* is a vital tool.
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