I quote the bible in every episode because it’s so important!
The bible is the most important book to every Christian.
Why is it so important?
The Bible is important because it is God’s Word.
The Bible is the way God communicates with us and tells us things - 2 Timothy 3:16
Each author who wrote part of the bible was inspired by God.
The bible is a living book - Hebrews 4:12
The Holy Spirit is working in us when we read the Bible. Satan does not want us to read this book. Often I don’t want to read it, but I will happily read any other novel. There is a spiritual battle going on about reading this book.
The bible teaches us things - Romans 15:4
If we read the bible, it will make us grow stronger and it will improve us.
What proof is there that the bible is true?
It was written down by different people who didn’t know one another or read each other’s writings, but still wrote down the same things
Things that were written down by believers were also written down by a journalist, Josephus, who did not even believe in God
If someone were to make this up, the story would have been different eg. Women would not have been the first to Jesus’ tomb, because they were not considered reliable witnesses in those days. If someone made it up, they would have said that the men were the first to the tomb.
After Jesus died people didn’t read much, and so stories were passed down the generations by word of mouth.
There was a few pieces of writing that were not genuine. They were written at a later date by authors pretending to be Jesus’ disciples.
One book that was said to be written by the disciple Thomas was excluded because there were things written in there and in a language that showed that Thomas hadn’t actually written the book at all.
Do not add or take away anything from the bible - Revelation 22:18-19
Discussion Questions:
Do you like reading the bible? Why/why not?
What things to you think you might learn by reading the bible?
Pray to God, asking him to help you to read The Word more.
Is there anything that you have read in the bible that you don’t understand? Maybe you can ask your parents about it now, or if there’s heaps you could write a list, or you could email me and ask.
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