Scripture:
Isa. 55.8-11; 2 Tim. 3.16-17; Heb. 4.12-13; 2 Pet. 1.20-21; John 17.17; Ps.
119.160; Heb. 6.18; 1 Tim. 5.18; 2 Pet. 3.14-16; 1 Cor. 2.10-16; Luke 24.44
Translation: 2 Tim. 3.16All
Scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, for exposing, for
correcting, and for training/discipline in righteousness, 17so that
the man of God can be ready, completely prepared for every good work.
Heb.4.12You see, the Word of God is living
and at work and sharper than every double-edged sword and stabbing through
division of soul and spirit, and of the joints and the marrows, and able to
judge the ideas and thoughts of the mind. 13And creation is not
invisible before Him—moreover, all things are naked and exposed to His eyes,
for Whom the word [came] to us.
Heb. 6.18so that by two unchangeable
things, among which it is impossible for God to lie, we, who have taken refuge,
would have a strong encouragement to hold on to the hope set ahead of us.
2 Pet. 1.20first knowing this, that every
prophesy of Scripture didn’t come to exist out of its/his own interpretation, 21because
prophesy was not ever brought by the will of a human being, rather men from God
spoke carried by the Holy Spirit.
John 17.17Make them holy with the truth.
Your Word is truth.
1 Tim. 5.18After all, the Scripture says,
“Don’t muzzle a threshing ox” and “the worker is worthy of his pay”
2 Pet. 3.14Therefore, loved ones, while
expecting these things, hurry to be found in Him faultless and blameless in
peace, 15and consider the patient salvation of our Lord, just as our
beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him, 16as
also in all his letters, speaking in them about these things, in which are some
things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people twist as
they do the rest of the Scriptures to their very own destruction.
1 Cor. 2.10And God reveals it to us by the
Spirit, because the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. 11Afterall,
what man knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man that is in
him? In the same way also no one knows the things of God, except the Spirit of
God. 12And we haven’t received the spirit of the world, but rather
the Spirit that is from God, so that we might know the things graced to us by
God, 13which we are also talking about not with words taught by
human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit: with Spirit-related things
we are explaining Spirit-related things. 14And natural man doesn’t
welcome the things of the Spirit of God, because it is stupidity to him and he
can’t understand it, because they are judged Spiritually. 15And the
Spiritual person judges all things, but he is being judged by no one, 16because
who knows the Lord’s mind? Who will teach Him? And we have Christ’s mind.
Isaiah 55.8You see, My thoughts are not
your thoughts, and your ways are not My ways—Yahweh’s declaration. 9If
the heavens are higher than the earth, in the same way My ways are higher than
your ways, and My thoughts are higher than your thoughts. 10You see,
just as the rain and snow fall from the skies, and doesn’t return there, unless
it has watered the earth—it both waters it and makes it sprout, and gives seed
to the sow and bread to eat, 11My Word is the same way when it goes
out from My mouth. For sure, it does not return to me empty, until it does what
I planned, and achieves what I sent it for.
Psalm 119.160The head of Your Word is
truth, and all your righteous decisions last forever!
Interpretation
1.
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2.
Themes
a.
God’s speaks
b.
God’s sovereignty
c.
God’s intentionality
d.
God’s
intelligence/creativity
e.
The Bible’s necessity
f.
Truth
g.
Trustworthiness of God
h.
Necessity of the Holy
Spirit to understanding the Bible
i.
The eternal relevancy of
the Bible
3.
Doctrines
a.
The Bible is the only final
rule and norm for the Church
b.
The Bible is inspired by
God
Applications
1.
What do we believe about
the Bible?
a.
The Bible is God’s Word
i.
So it’s true and
trustworthy (Ps. 119.160; John 17.17; Heb. 6.18)
ii.
So it’s absolutely authoritative
(Heb. 4.12-13; 2 Pet. 1.20-21)
iii.
So it’s eternally relevant
(Isa. 40.8; Matt.24.35)
iv.
So it’s only understandable
by the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 2.10-16)
b.
The Bible is Effective
i.
It always accomplishes
God’s purpose (Isa. 55.8-11)
ii.
It always is necessary for
growing and living for Christ (2 Tim. 3.16-17)
c.
The Bible is the 39 books
of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament
i.
The Old Testament is the
Bible (Luke 24.44)
ii.
The New Testament is the
Bible (1 Tim. 5.18 [Paul quotes Luke 10.7/Jesus]; 2 Pet. 3.14-16 [Peter calls
Paul’s writings Scripture])
iii.
The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
are not the Bible
iv.
The Koran, the Book of
Mormon, and other non-Christian books that claim to be true are not from God (1
Cor. 14.37-38)
2.
Why does it matter?
a.
Because it’s necessary to
have God’s Word to know Who God is (1 Cor. 2.10-16)
i.
Because it’s necessary to
have God’s Word to trust in Christ meaningfully (1 Cor. 15.12-19)
b.
Because it’s necessary to
have God’s Word to know what’s true
i.
How do we know what to
believe when all these people claim to know the truth?
c.
Because it’s necessary to
have God’s Word to know what to do
i.
How will you know what you
should and shouldn’t do? What is right and wrong?
ii.
How will you know what God
is calling you to do?
d.
Because it’s necessary to
have God’s Word to know how to grow (2 Tim. 3.16-17)
i.
Positively, knowing what to
do
ii.
Negatively, exposing our
secret sins or sins we didn’t know were sins
iii.
Positively, setting us
straight, so that we are in the right place
iv.
Mixed, training
us/disciplining us to do every good work
e.
Because it’s necessary to
have God’s Word to know real hope
i.
To have real hope in
Christ, we need to know that His message is true
ii.
To know anything about God
or the future, we need a place to get the information
3.
Discussion Questions
a.
What is your favorite book
of the Bible? Why? Please share something encouraging from it.
b.
Do you ever have a hard
time trusting what the Bible? Why or why not?
c.
Do you ever feel like the
Bible just doesn’t connect with your everyday life? Why or why not? Talk about
a time when it did connect with your life? How did it help?
d.
Why should it be
encouraging to know that God’s Word is always working?
e.
Share a time when the Bible
helped you see a sin in your life and overcome it.
f.
What do you think you need
the Bible to know about God, the world, and life?
g.
Commit to reading a certain
section of the Bible this week.
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