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2 Tim 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus."
The best book to read is the Bible because it has different genres for different people. One cannot open the Word of God without seeing the depth of its character and its challenges for all the ages. Charles Spurgeon said "Nobody ever outgrows scripture. The book widens and deepens with our years."
John Quincy Adams says "So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it, the more confident will be my hopes that they'll be useful citizens to their country and respectable members of society." My favorite quote comes from Mark Twain. "Most people are bothered by those passages of scripture they do not understand. But the passages that really bother me are those that I do understand."
It's actually a library of 66 books, written by 40 different authors over 1,500 years in three different languages all brought together so that now when we read it as one cohesive thought. It all centers around Jesus Christ. (Click here to read a good article on why we do not believe there are 73 books in the Bible.)
It's such an important book that we should be teaching it to our children. We should be teaching them the Bible, young. Ancient Jewish parents would start teaching the Old Testament to their children when they were about 5 years old. By the time they were 13, they knew it by heart. Even the Puritans of old in the United States would teach their kids how to read by using primers.
How sad is it that the Bible has become a forgotten relic; fancy to show on the coffee table, but hardly read or touched by those who desperately need it. Now, instead of teaching or even reading the Bible in our classroom, they’ve kicked it out of schools and people wonder why we have so many problems. From a child, Timothy (Paul’s son in the faith) had learned the Scriptures. It doesn’t matter how old or young , no one is ever too late to read the Bible for themselves and ask the Holy Spirit to lead you to see Jesus as your Savior!
This devotional has been adapted from the message, Not Just Another Book, preached by Pastor Dr. Doug Mann from 2 Timothy 3:14-17.
Click here for the complete message.
Click here if we can pray for you.
Complete Series
1. The Greatest Book for Our Family to Read
2. What God's Word Does in you, part 1
3. What God's Word Does in you, part 2
The best book to read is the Bible because it has different genres for different people. One cannot open the Word of God without seeing the depth of its character and its challenges for all the ages. Charles Spurgeon said "Nobody ever outgrows scripture. The book widens and deepens with our years."
John Quincy Adams says "So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it, the more confident will be my hopes that they'll be useful citizens to their country and respectable members of society." My favorite quote comes from Mark Twain. "Most people are bothered by those passages of scripture they do not understand. But the passages that really bother me are those that I do understand."
It's actually a library of 66 books, written by 40 different authors over 1,500 years in three different languages all brought together so that now when we read it as one cohesive thought. It all centers around Jesus Christ. (Click here to read a good article on why we do not believe there are 73 books in the Bible.)
It's such an important book that we should be teaching it to our children. We should be teaching them the Bible, young. Ancient Jewish parents would start teaching the Old Testament to their children when they were about 5 years old. By the time they were 13, they knew it by heart. Even the Puritans of old in the United States would teach their kids how to read by using primers.
How sad is it that the Bible has become a forgotten relic; fancy to show on the coffee table, but hardly read or touched by those who desperately need it. Now, instead of teaching or even reading the Bible in our classroom, they’ve kicked it out of schools and people wonder why we have so many problems. From a child, Timothy (Paul’s son in the faith) had learned the Scriptures. It doesn’t matter how old or young , no one is ever too late to read the Bible for themselves and ask the Holy Spirit to lead you to see Jesus as your Savior!
This devotional has been adapted from the message, Not Just Another Book, preached by Pastor Dr. Doug Mann from 2 Timothy 3:14-17.
Click here for the complete message.
Click here if we can pray for you.
Complete Series
1. The Greatest Book for Our Family to Read
2. What God's Word Does in you, part 1
3. What God's Word Does in you, part 2
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