I'm so thankful that through the Holy Spirit teaching us about Jesus through the Letters to the church (Bible) and those who read and study the Bible give out the truth through the Holy Spirit. Just look up the word "word" in the concordance and you'll see how important the Word of God is. Jesus is also the Word and there is a written Word as well. Faith comes by us hearing the Word of God.
God has taken the written Word (letters to the church) and as Fishnook has said He has protected and kept the truth of it pure throughout the ages even though the world and the devil have sought to get rid of it for years. Thousands of people of God have died to get the written word out to the masses. To get people to learn how to read. Evil men want to keep people uneducated so they can't find out the truth themselves and have to depend on evil people.
Those who couldn't or can't read depend on God's people., preachers and teachers and evangelists given to the church the body of Christ.
Man corrupts everything and the Lord has preserved the Bible so any person can get it and grow thereby. How beautiful are their feet! Romans 10:15
[SUP]13 [/SUP]For everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord [invoking Him as Lord] will be saved.
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14 [/SUP]But how are people to call upon Him Whom they have not believed [in Whom they have no faith, on Whom they have no reliance]? And how are they to believe in Him [adhere to, trust in, and rely upon Him] of Whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?
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15 [/SUP]And how can men [be expected to] preach unless they are sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings! [How welcome is the coming of those who preach the good news of His good things!]
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16 [/SUP]But they have not all heeded the Gospel; for Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed (had faith in) what he has heard from us?
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17 [/SUP]So faith comes by hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the preaching [of the message that came from the lips] of Christ (the Messiah Himself).
The Bible says that His word will not return to Him void but will accomplish what He sends it out to do. Heb.4:12 ; 2 Tim.2:13-20;
[SUP]12 [/SUP]For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the [SUP][a][/SUP]breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]If we are faithless [do not believe and are untrue to Him], He remains true (faithful to His Word and His righteous character), for He cannot deny Himself.
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14 [/SUP]Remind [the people] of these facts and [solemnly] charge them in the presence of the Lord to avoid petty controversy over words, which does no good but upsets and undermines the faith of the hearers.
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15 [/SUP]Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth.
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16 [/SUP]But avoid all empty (vain, useless, idle) talk, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness.
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17 [/SUP]And their teaching [will devour; it] will eat its way like cancer or spread like gangrene. So it is with Hymenaeus and Philetus,
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18 [/SUP]Who have missed the mark and swerved from the truth by arguing that the resurrection has already taken place. They are undermining the faith of some.
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19 [/SUP]But the firm foundation of (laid by) God stands, sure and unshaken, bearing this seal (inscription): The Lord knows those who are His, and, Let everyone who names [himself by] the name of the Lord give up all iniquity and stand aloof from it.
We are called to Study the Bible and learn about Jesus and our salvation. Paul gave great detailed instruction to the Church about how we are saved in the book of Romans. About what Jesus has done for us believers. Every word in the Bible old and new testament is to be read and studied be each believer so we can grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Each of us has a responsibility to learn how to rightly divide the whole Bible and just as we each have the HolySpirit., God worked it out that we have the written Word of God so that we will not be deceived by evil or distorted people who try to misrepresent Jesus. Missionaries are sent to give out the Word of God and tell about Jesus.
Don't be tricked to think you don't need the Bible if you have Jesus. We need to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior and we need both the Holy Spirit and the written Word of God that has been preserved supernaturally by God Himself. What a gift!! Even those of us who can't read the Greek and Hebrew letters can still learn God's Word and grow because we also have the Holy Spirit.
God has taken the written Word (letters to the church) and as Fishnook has said He has protected and kept the truth of it pure throughout the ages even though the world and the devil have sought to get rid of it for years. Thousands of people of God have died to get the written word out to the masses. To get people to learn how to read. Evil men want to keep people uneducated so they can't find out the truth themselves and have to depend on evil people.
Those who couldn't or can't read depend on God's people., preachers and teachers and evangelists given to the church the body of Christ.
Man corrupts everything and the Lord has preserved the Bible so any person can get it and grow thereby. How beautiful are their feet! Romans 10:15
[SUP]13 [/SUP]For everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord [invoking Him as Lord] will be saved.
[SUP]
14 [/SUP]But how are people to call upon Him Whom they have not believed [in Whom they have no faith, on Whom they have no reliance]? And how are they to believe in Him [adhere to, trust in, and rely upon Him] of Whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?
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15 [/SUP]And how can men [be expected to] preach unless they are sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings! [How welcome is the coming of those who preach the good news of His good things!]
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16 [/SUP]But they have not all heeded the Gospel; for Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed (had faith in) what he has heard from us?
[SUP]
17 [/SUP]So faith comes by hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the preaching [of the message that came from the lips] of Christ (the Messiah Himself).
The Bible says that His word will not return to Him void but will accomplish what He sends it out to do. Heb.4:12 ; 2 Tim.2:13-20;
[SUP]12 [/SUP]For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the [SUP][a][/SUP]breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]If we are faithless [do not believe and are untrue to Him], He remains true (faithful to His Word and His righteous character), for He cannot deny Himself.
[SUP]
14 [/SUP]Remind [the people] of these facts and [solemnly] charge them in the presence of the Lord to avoid petty controversy over words, which does no good but upsets and undermines the faith of the hearers.
[SUP]
15 [/SUP]Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth.
[SUP]
16 [/SUP]But avoid all empty (vain, useless, idle) talk, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness.
[SUP]
17 [/SUP]And their teaching [will devour; it] will eat its way like cancer or spread like gangrene. So it is with Hymenaeus and Philetus,
[SUP]
18 [/SUP]Who have missed the mark and swerved from the truth by arguing that the resurrection has already taken place. They are undermining the faith of some.
[SUP]
19 [/SUP]But the firm foundation of (laid by) God stands, sure and unshaken, bearing this seal (inscription): The Lord knows those who are His, and, Let everyone who names [himself by] the name of the Lord give up all iniquity and stand aloof from it.
We are called to Study the Bible and learn about Jesus and our salvation. Paul gave great detailed instruction to the Church about how we are saved in the book of Romans. About what Jesus has done for us believers. Every word in the Bible old and new testament is to be read and studied be each believer so we can grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Each of us has a responsibility to learn how to rightly divide the whole Bible and just as we each have the HolySpirit., God worked it out that we have the written Word of God so that we will not be deceived by evil or distorted people who try to misrepresent Jesus. Missionaries are sent to give out the Word of God and tell about Jesus.
Don't be tricked to think you don't need the Bible if you have Jesus. We need to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior and we need both the Holy Spirit and the written Word of God that has been preserved supernaturally by God Himself. What a gift!! Even those of us who can't read the Greek and Hebrew letters can still learn God's Word and grow because we also have the Holy Spirit.