Being In The Presence of the Spirit in Scripture

But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
II Timothy 3:14-17

Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, because
” All flesh is as grass,
And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass.
The grass withers,
And its flower falls away,
But the Word of the LORD endures forever.”
Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.
Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord
is gracious.
1 Peter 1:22-25, 2: 1-3
I cannot stress how important Scripture is. I honestly cannot. A lot of Christians have this view of Scripture that is very demeaning to It.
They see the Bible as just a book to memorize, they go, “The more passages I memorize, the better!”, and they only look at it when they are feeling down and need
encouragement. They fail to see Scripture as it truly is.
In Paul’s letter to Timothy, we see why we have Scripture and how we are suppose to use It. Scripture ultimately, is a corrective tool, which allows us to become wise for salvation, which only comes from faith in Jesus Christ. But, Scripture will not only be corrective, but we will be shown, through the discipline and love of God for us, which leads to our restoration. The Scripture is a corrective tool as a means to an end, so that we may stand upright, even as we bow in humility before God. This is also were we get our doctrine.
Doctrine isn’t just something people make up (unless you’re Joseph Smith =D), doctrine comes straight from the Scripture.
The Scripture is what edifies us, so that we may NOW be complete and equipped for every good work we do for the glory of the Lord, which comes from the Spirit

When we open up Scripture we are truly coming into the presence of the Scripture, the word for “inspiration” used in 2nd Tim, is the Greek word Theonostus, which literally means, God-breathed. What you are reading is the divine will of God. Many people ask what God’s will is, but, we have it! It’s right in front of you! Read it, so you may be edified. We are
to THIRST for the Word of God, just as newborn babes thirst for their mothers milk. Newborn babes grow physically with the milk from their mother’s breast. We grow spiritually by the milk of the Word. And it is sweet to the mind! Indulge yourself in the Word, in doing so, you indulge in the Spirit, which edifies you, corrects you, and completes you, so that you may do and perform God’s will, which is revealed in the Scripture. Amen!

One Response

  1. Hey Jon,That is really good!Thanks for reminding me about that =)

    Regan - April 21st, 2007 at 9:06 pm

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