You NEED The Bible 1

I have the best job in the world, giving people the word of God, the Bible. It is the most necessary book in existence. It is my treasure. The more I share it the more I see what it accomplishes. It is God’s book. It is His only book. It conveys His power. It is his tool of choice to impact the children of men.

Job 23:12: Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

The Bible is more important and necessary than food. Our food keeps us alive and functioning for up to 100 years. But the Bible is infinitely more important. It can give us life that lasts forever. For most of my life I did not value the word of God. Since I gave my heart to the Lord in 1985 the Bible has become increasingly important to me. It needs to be important to you as well. The loftier the place you give the Bible in your life, the loftier will be your life and your relationship with the Lord and the greater will be your enjoyment of all things.

The Bible is unique among books.
It has the authority of God.
It has the power of God.
It is a gift from God.
It is the perfect book.
It is the only book that will cause a relationship between man and God.
It is the most logical of books.
It is the most useful book.
It is the best guide for life, particularly in the proverbs.

It would be preposterous if any other book laid claim to the things the Bible says about itself. Reading it, hearing it, believing it and obeying it are the wisest and most important things any man, woman or child can do. We are very foolish if we do not give it a prominent place in our life.

2 Timothy 2:15: Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

A superficial look into the Bible is insufficient. The Bible deserves diligent work and it rewards that.

James 1:21-22: Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Laying the Bible apart is the sin connected to all sins. It will assure that our other sins will not be forgiven. It will assure that we will never cease from sin. It will assure that the Bible will not bless us. When we repent of our sin, read it and respond to it, The Bible can become part of us in a way that no other book can. If any other book made the claim that it could save our souls, we would be wise to burn that other book. If we will not hear the Word of God and obey it we are self-deceived and hopeless.

Proverbs 4:20-22: My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Something that is left out of medical research is the Bible. We mortals cannot measure people’s commitment to the Bible therefore we cannot measure the impact it has on our physical health. Even so, a daily dose of the Bible should be prescribed along with the medications.

2 Timothy 4:2: Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

We don’t just preach the word in a pulpit. We preach the word when we sing a song that quotes scripture. We preach the word by the lives we lead. We preach the word by loving others. We preach the word by avoiding sin. We preach the word by serving God in any way.

Read also You NEED the Bible 2 through 9.

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