--Deuteronomy 6:4-9 -------- These words which I command you today shall be in your heart. ---Deuteronomy 6:6 ------- -Knowledge of the Bible is important, but God desires us to be saturated with His Word and to internalize it so we can grow in our relationship with Him. The Holy Spirit uses the Word to make us more like Christ (Eph. 4:20-24).
Consider these benefits of internalizing the Bible: joy and rejoicing (Jer. 15:16); spiritual success (Josh 1:8); a tool in spiritual warfare (Matt. 4:1-11); correction (2 Tim. 3:15-16); light for our path (Ps. 119:105); wisdom with problem solving (Prov. 1:1-2); and stimulating faith (Rom. 10:17).
Learning about the Bible just to increase our knowledge can lead to spiritual pride (1 Cor. 8:1). But allowing the Holy Spirit to transform us by the Word helps us navigate through life's twists and turns and respond in love to God and to each other.
-My hunger for the truth He satisfies; Upon the Word, the Living Bread, I feed; No parching thirst I know, because His grace, A pool of endless depth, supplies my need.~~ -------- --Many books can inform, but only the Bible can transform! -- -Jesus is the Word of God."In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.' [John 1:1-2)
--ODB/DF -/ "I BOWED ON MY KNEES AND CRIED HOLY!"/ Charles Billingsley / 'I WANT TO SEE JESUS, HE'S THE ONE WHO DIED FOR ME!' <http://youtu.be/FY40iw7DLns> ---------
Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]
