And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching…Acts 2:42
This past Sunday we focused on the churches’ objective to Illuminate Truth –teaching the Word of God.
We began in Acts 2:42, clarifying that this was a priority to the early church, that they were “devoted” to it! We also spent time in 2 Timothy 4:1-5 where Paul charges a young Timothy to “preach the word” and warns him that people will not always want to “endure sound teaching”.
“One generation believes a truth, the next generation assumes a truth, and the third generation denies a truth” D.A. Carson
We also spent time in Psalm 19:7-11. In this passage David very eloquently outlines several wonderful benefits to the Word of God.
Finally we ended our time in John 5:39-40. Where Jesus' words helped us see that our commitment to the Word of God has got to be about our relationship with Him. If not, we are missing it!
The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God, that they may enter into Him, that they may delight in His Presence, may taste and know the inner sweetness of the very God Himself in the core and center of their hearts.-- A. W. Tozer
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