REALITY OF THE WORD SERIES: AMAZING TRUTH!!!.....THE PURPOSE OF THE SCRIPTURE....

REALITY OF THE WORD SERIES: AMAZING TRUTH!!!.....THE PURPOSE OF THE SCRIPTURE....: WHY DO WE NEED TO STUDY AND KNOW THE SCRIPTURES? Many people may doubt the authenticity of God’s Word, but I believe it is The Truth....

AMAZING TRUTH!!!.....THE PURPOSE OF THE SCRIPTURE..

WHY DO WE NEED TO STUDY AND KNOW THE SCRIPTURES?

Many people may doubt the authenticity of God’s Word, but I believe it is The Truth.   The reason you can trust this word is true is simple: GOD SAID IT! So did God also write it? Alright, Bible says that ALL scripture is given by inspiration of God. God inspired men to write His word. In other words, men received inspiration from God to put down whatever he told and taught them. They received these words in their spirit. The thing is that, God gave the message to the spirit of man, and now man translated the message from the spirit into the mind, that was when the message was downloaded into any human language. So, it is something God Himself had in His heart, he intends His church to have access to it, because the church needs it. That was why he made it available. So what is it going to be used for? According to 2 Tim 3:16, it is meant for:

1.      Teaching- that is for information or instruction on the doctrines or teachings of God

2.      Rebuking – point out what is wrong, it describes or defines wrong, and it doesn’t hide it, but reveals it

3.      Correcting – that is straightening up again, bringing someone back to the right place that he ought to be and function

4.      Training for righteousness – instruction for righteous living/nurturing to grow in righteousness

Now the scripture is first used for teaching. This is a very important activity the church must engage in. Every Christian must be taught the Word of God, so that they will be firmly rooted in this Gospel of Truth they have come to accept. It will make them function better in the kingdom, and also make them understand their relationship with God. Also when taught well, they will not accept any other teachings which is not scriptural. All these depend on the foundation laid in teaching them. Secondly it is used for rebuking, that is reproaching any action that is inconsistent with what the scriptures teach.  Thus for rebuke to be effective, the church might have been taught the Gospel. You can tell that it is a wholistic document. You don’t use it for just a part of its functions, example, rebuking without teaching. The Scripture says that “everything in it is profiting for the following”. Profiting here means to enjoy the benefits of the whole document, it tells how useful it is for the believer that is why I doubt if there is any successful believer who is not knowledgeable in the scriptures. The church is like a school for all believers, where they will be taught the Word of God. God expects His children to know His intentions, what he has in store for them, and all these are in His Word. That is not all, this same scripture is for correcting, that is bringing someone back to the right place that he ought to be and function. What it means is that, if someone goes wrong and you want to know how to correct him, the Word of God will show you how. It will tell you how it is supposed to have been done. Glory to Jesus!!!

Finally the Word is to teach us or instruct us about our righteous living. Rom 6:18 tells us that we have been set free from sin and made slaves to righteousness. Through the perfect Work of Jesus Christ, we have become the righteousness of God. Thus God’s Word will teach you to walk in the light of this truth. Hallelujah! Glory to Jesus!

We will go deeply into “THE DOCTRINE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS” in our next post.

Stay blessed !!!

By: Gifty Sitsofe Amewor