It's funny...
I've been doing this teaching series on the Bible and I haven't even talked about HOW to study it (yet).
That's because things have changed.
HOW to study the Bible isn't even the biggest obstacle anymore.
WHY to study it is something I thought I would never have to teach.
But it's the sign of the times we live in.
Mark my words...
"BIBLICAL ILLITERACY LEADS TO SPIRITUAL IGNORANCE."
And that explains this lukewarm generation.
Spiritual
riches handed to us on a silver platter and we're too busy, to
self-absorbed, to lazy to even reach out and take what is freely given.
Yes, I'm talking about the Scriptures.
Jesus said we must live by EVERY WORD of God (Mt. 4:4).
We don't get to pick and choose which words we want to live by.
"Oh,
I'm led by the Spirit... God speaks to me directly... and the Bible is
just a record of what He said in the past... I want to know what He says
today."
*Rolling my eyes*
EVERY WORD OF GOD means living, spoken, or written!
At some point you're going to have to get over yourself and get into the Bible if you want to grow spiritually.
Seriously.
Lazy people who want instant answers, shortcuts, and "hacks" choose the easy path.
You
know... going to a meeting, getting a "word" or getting somebody to lay
hands on them and create some instantaneous breakthrough while they sit
their like blob, soaking it all in, then going home and falling into
the same problems all over again.
Or worse - relying on the
pastor, preacher, prophet, or pope to tell them what to believe without
once searching anything for themselves.
In His grace, God sometimes helps people when they do stupid stuff.
But you need to get some wisdom.
And
for too many people, blasting the Bible is just an excuse for them not
to do the actual work of reading, searching, studying, and doing what He
says to do.
It's not that hard, but LAZY people find it unbearable.
I think LAZINESS is the root problem in these anti-Bible believers (so-called).
Oh yes, it's true that God wants to speak to us and lead us by His Spirit.
It's also true that the Holy Spirit uses Scripture to reveal Christ.
And
the truth is, most of us cannot be led *only* by the Spirit anyway
because we're too carnal, fleshly, immature, and doubled-minded.
The Holy Spirit cannot lead carnal Christians. That's kind of the point.
90% of people who claim to be "led by the Spirit" are really led by their feelings and emotions.
So
God, seeing that this would be the case with most people until they
grow up into Christ, said, "I'm going to write it down for you... My
Will, My Ways, My Wisdom, as demonstrated in the lives of ordinary
people and One Extraordinary Man so you can learn from their example."
All of these great spiritual truths and revelations written down in a book (of all things!).
A
book that you probably have one or two dozen copies of right now, while
people were killed trying to print, publish, pass it out or preach it.
And
here we are, sitting in our Facebook groups talking about "Bibleolatry"
and "we're led by the Spirit so we don't need to read the Bible."
Fools and blind!
God says, "My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge" (Hos. 4:6).
For us, it isn't for a lack of information, preachers, teachers, books and Bibles.
It's
because of a lack of knowledge - practical wisdom about how to take
these wonderful spiritual truths and put them into practice.
I'm sick and tired of seeing God's people destroyed for a lack of knowledge.
That's why I've been doing this teaching series on Decoding the Bible.
In this week's teaching we're going to look at:
- 4 common mistakes people make when handling the Scriptures
- How God elegantly leads us with the Holy Spirit AND with Scripture (so there is no contradiction)
- 7 HUGE benefits of studying Scripture
- A simple plan for getting started with the Bible
- Much more!
There are two times to choose from:
-- Option 1 --
DECODING THE BIBLE (Part 4)
THURSDAY, MAY 26 – 7:00 PM EDT
Click here to register:
http://gowoa.me/i/2x8
-- Option 2 --
DECODING THE BIBLE (Part 4)
SATURDAY, MAY 28 – 10:00 AM EDT
Click here to register:
http://gowoa.me/i/hK5
Just
register for one of the above times and you can join us online to watch
and listen from the comfort and convenience of your computer.
DO NOT COUNT ON A REPLAY. Make every effort to join us online because you never know.
It's free to join, but if you can give a little something towards the cost it is appreciated.
Hope to "see" you on the webinar!
I am your brother,
Chip Brogden
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