KNOWING YOUR BIBLE
July 25, 2021: Friends, In this blog, we will continue our quest to know who God is, how God thinks, and how God wants us to think and act. The Bible is God’s “Holy Word” to each of it’s readers, as described in 2nd Timothy, chapter 3, verses 16-17, where it is written: “All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work.” Continuation in studying God will be the focus for several weeks in this series of blogs.
Refer to the last 3 blogs, by going to the website above left, to read verses about who God is, and, in his being, how he thinks and acts, and wants us to think and act. In this blog, we will begin to study on how God wants us to think and act. Verses will be written for the follower to read and contemplate. Consider searching in the Bible for each verse, or verses written, and reading verses before and after reading the verse listed, to gain a broader perspective of what God is trying to teach to readers of the Bible. Realize while reading the Bible, that each person should interpret for themselves what is being read when contemplating on what has been read. If confusion or misunderstanding of what is read occurs, seek someone who is knowledgeable in knowing the Bible, to help in clarifying the verse or verses in question.
MAY GOD BLESS YOUR BIBLE STUDY THIS WEEK! Bible Verses: Deuteronomy, Chapter 10, verse 17-18: For the Lord your God is a God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe, who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves strangers, providing them with food and clothing. Deuteronomy, chapter 6, verses 4-9: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead, and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” Deuteronomy, chapter 30, verse 16: “If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, that I am commanding you today, by loving the Lord your God, walking in his ways, and observing his commandments decrees, and ordinances, then you shall live and become numerous, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that your are entering.” Jeremiah, chapter 7 , verse 23: “But this command I gave them, ‘Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk only in the way that I command you, so that it may be well with you.’” Proverbs , chapter 11, verse 23-25: ”The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath. some give freely, yet grow richer; others withhold what is due and only suffer want. A generous person will be enriched, and one who gives water will get water.” and verses 29-30: “Those who trouble their households will inherit wind, and the fool will be the servant of the wise.” The fruit of righteous is a tree of life, but violence takes lives away.” Matthew, chapter 7, verse 12: “In everything, do unto others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and prophets.” Galatians, chapter 5, verse 14: “For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Other verses to search for and read: Psalm, chapter 32, verses 8-9; chapter 31, verse 24; and Psalm 29, verse 2; and chapter 27, verse 14. Proverbs, chapter 12, verses, 1-28; 2nd Timothy, chapter 2, verses 22-23; Hebrews, chapter 10, verses 24-25; James, chapter 1, verses 12-16; chapter 2, verses 15-17; 2nd Peter, chapter 2 verses 5-6; 1st John, chapter 3, verses 17-18.