“And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.” (Ecc. 12:12), but there is only one book written by God.

How many copies are sold and how that compares with the #1 best seller is irrelevant (Matt. 24:35). Many have tried to destroy the Bible.

People like Matthew Henry have even predicted its disappearance.

WHY SHOULD WE KNOW THE BIBLE?

It Is from God.
2 Pet. 1:3-4

2 Tim 3:16—Spoken by God

2 Sam. 23:2

Jer. 1:9

2 Pet. 1:20-21

Psa. 100:5

John 17:17

It Gives Sight (Cures Blindness)
Psa. 119:105

Jer. 23:21-22

Isa. 29:13-14

Rom. 1:16

It Is Food for Your Soul
1 Pet. 2:2—DESIRE

Heb. 5:12-14—WHY DO WE NEED MILK?

Rev.10:9

Acts 20:32

We Must Be Sure of the Truth
1 John 4:1—Try the spirits (e.g. Moroni and Pentecostals)

Gal. 1:6-9

2 John 1:9-11—Penalty for ignorance

Acts 17:11

1 Thess. 5:20-21—Prove = examine/discern

We Must Be Able to Answer
1 Pet. 3:15—Good homework assignment

2 Tim. 2:24-25—Servant of the Lord

Jude 1:3—Earnestly

It Will Save Your Soul
1 Tim. 4:16—Save yourself

1 Cor. 1:21

Rom. 10:14

James 1:21

We Will Be Judged by It
John 12:48

Rev. 20:11-12

PONDER THIS:

If you were going to court tomorrow, would you want to know the terms by which you would be judged? Would you check them out—go to great expense to be informed?

The Scripture quotations in this article are from the King James Version.

Disclaimer: My practice has been to link Bible verses from BibleGateway.com or BlueLetterBible.org for the reader’s convenience, but I have found there are serious issues with both programs. I neither believe nor recommend the Calvinist’ doctrines of predestination/foreordination nor the Baptist/Lutheran doctrines of grace only. I firmly disapprove of the denominational advertising found on either site.

Let the reader understand.

B. Johnson