Bible '22
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Introduction
Introduction
New Year’s Resolutions and Goals.
Goodreads - A time to set reading goals.
Yet, from all the books I read, the one that impacts my life and holds a place at the center is the Bible.
It can be an intimidating book: size and content and mysteries. Unfamiliar names and themes and doctrines.
Yet, it provides the core of our Christian faith!
So much so that for centuries, nearly since the foundation of the Christian faith, Christians have been called, A People of the Book.
So many great conversations with people who participated in our reading plan through the Fall and Winter of 2021. A difference in systematically reading Scripture and knowing that it was happening within the entire community of the church.
For many, the richness and value of the Bible has been first discovered!
This value in Scripture is an ancient tradition.
King David expressed the value of Scripture and provides some instruction for us in how we should think about the Bible.
Psalm 19.
Vv. 1-6 - a lot to learn by observing nature.
But, it’s knowledge falls short of what the Bible contains.
For David, the Scriptures contained the Books of Moses and some stories passed down to him from the times of the conquest. Not much more.
Vv. 7-9, we find David praising the value of God’s Word as a complete source.
V. 7 - Law = Torah. Not like we think of “law.” Instruction for life. Perfect = lacking nothing. It revives the soul!
Scripture provides completely for spiritual health.
The cure for spiritual exhaustion.
Sure = will not fail. Wisdom/Torah = Instruction for life.
Precepts provide moral instruction.
Scripture provides a path to joy through moral living.
Then it is pure, lacks contamination, which provides light and understanding.
Scripture provides an external moral compass.
We are really good at justifying the sinful behaviors of our own and of our friends and family. That’s our internal moral compass.
Then “fear” which is an unexpected word. To acknowledge the power of someone else and submit to them. Free from corruption. Something supernatural about the Bible. It is a divine book.
Then it is “righteous altogether” which means it is beneficial.
Scripture is worth the effort.
Compares to possessions / gold.
Time we spend chasing “just a little bit more.” And yet we neglect the greater things.
Compare to pleasure / honey.
Again, we spend time chasing leisure and entertainment. What if we redirected that time to something with spiritual benefits?
The ultimate benefit - “by them is your servant warned.”
Warned? Of what??
The consequences of sin. Warns us from sin and to salvation.
Scripture shines its light upon our need.
It then directs us to Jesus.
And in keeping the truths of Scripture, we attain a great reward:
Scripture blesses us eternally and immediately.
Because Scripture is so rich and beneficial, it is worth our time to spend time reading it.
We got a taste of this, and so we will build upon this momentum with a reading plan for the year.
Again, there is value in us as a church. Accountability, conversations (small groups), and going through it as a family.
It is also going to provide for us the content of our sermons for the year. Each sermon, Sunday morning and Wednesday night, will come from a passage that was just read previously.
Kingdom Bible Reading Plan
Structure TNK / NT
All the Bible once except the Psalms, twice.
25 days per month to provide some flexibility.
Reading, underlining.
Wedding Cake - 3 tiers.
Keep it meditation. If you want to pick a passage to come back to, that’s great! But our goal is to just get Scripture in us.
16 Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.
Just as food nourishes your body, Scripture will nourish your soul.