7 Reasons a Christian Believer Must Engage In Bible Study
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7 Reasons a Christian Believer Must Engage In Bible Study
Have you heard people asking questions like, why should a Christian
study the bible? Is the church bible study not enough? Is the bible
the word of God? Some want to study the bible but seem not to have the
time for it. This article is to give reasons Christian believers MUST
do bible study and they are listed in no particular order
The bible is God’s words to mankind. Anyone who cares to study it gets
to know more about God, what and how He thinks and why He thinks the
way He does. Also, the bible teaches us how God operates and how to
plug into His ways to delight in all God’s blessings and escape
destruction. Now, breaking these teachings from the word of God;
Why should we study the bible?
1. Revelation of our position in Christ
The bible is centred round the Messiah, our Lord Jesus Christ, from
Genesis to Revelation. The scriptures point to the salvation of
mankind by Jesus. This was fulfilled in the New Testament. Jesus
redeemed man and restored his relationship back to God, restoring him
to his original state before the fall. Bible study reveals this to us
and teaches us how to gain access to this victory and how we can
exercise this triumph only in Christ. That is, it reveals who you are
in Christ and what power you have in Christ Jesus. We are seated with
Christ in the place of authority in heavenly places as Ephesians 2:5-6
says.
2. Revelation of our inheritance in Christ
Through studying the bible, a Christian believer discovers what
belongs to him as a believer. Paul said in Acts 20:32 that the word of
God is able to give you an inheritance among all them which are
sanctified. This inheritance includes healing, success, long life,
peace etc and eventually eternal life. When people are ignorant of
what they stand to delight in as Christians, the devil will always
cheat or ruin them, just like God said in Hosea 4:6 that His people
are ruined for lack of knowledge.
3. Revelation of our authority over the devil
Bible study reveals our authority over the devil. Though Satan has
dominion over the world, he does not have dominion over the
Christians. He only oppresses believers who do not know their
authority over him and how to exercise it. Jesus said in Luke 10:19
that he has given you power to trend on serpents and scorpions and
over ALL the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt
you.
4. Spiritual growth
What eating of food is to the body is what studying the bible is to
spirit. Peter encouraged new believers in 1 Peter 2:2 to desire the
sincere milk of the word so they can grow. Also in Hebrews 5:12-14,
Paul was rebuking the Hebrews that they ought to have graduated to
strong meat from milk. Therefore bible study enables a baby Christian
to grow spiritually to become a matured Christian believer. The word
of God in your heart keeps you away from sin and causes you to live a
victorious life in Christ.
5. Direction
You delight in divine direction and guidance by studying the bible and
doing what it says. The psalmist described the word of God in Psalm
119:105 as a lamp unto his feet and a light unto his path. Bible study
enables you to know what step to take in any situation that will lead
you to success and not failure, to life and not death, to victory and
not defeat. It is what makes the variation between a blind doubting
Christian and a seeing believing Christian.
6. Wisdom and appreciative
The bible is a bank of wisdom. Through bible study wisdom and
appreciative are imparted unto Christian believers. The psalmist said
in Psalm 119:98-99 that God’s words made him wiser than his enemies
and gave him more appreciative than his teachers. All the wisdom and
appreciative you need are in the bible but it is through studying the
bible that they can be delivered to you.
7. Boldness
Many Christians shy away from talking about Jesus because they do not
have word of God in them. They are worried that if they are questioned
some questions they would not know the answers. Bible study takes care
of that. Paul admonished Timothy, in 2 Timothy 2:15 that he should
study so that he would not be ashamed but be able to teach the word of
truth accurately.
Studying the bible though requires that you make out time for it, is
indispensable if you are to delight in your Christian walk with Jesus.
Furthermore, church bible study cannot take the place of personal
study of the word of God in a Christian’s life, both are needed.
Attend to God’s words, let them not depart from your eyes and keep
them in your heart, and they will be life and health to your body.
Make studying the bible a priority in your life today and you will be
pleased you did tomorrow.
Do you have other reasons for studying the bible?
http://www.africaministry.com/7-reasons-a-christian-believer-must-engage-in-bible-study
Have you heard people asking questions like, why should a Christian
study the bible? Is the church bible study not enough? Is the bible
the word of God? Some want to study the bible but seem not to have the
time for it. This article is to give reasons Christian believers MUST
do bible study and they are listed in no particular order
The bible is God’s words to mankind. Anyone who cares to study it gets
to know more about God, what and how He thinks and why He thinks the
way He does. Also, the bible teaches us how God operates and how to
plug into His ways to delight in all God’s blessings and escape
destruction. Now, breaking these teachings from the word of God;
Why should we study the bible?
1. Revelation of our position in Christ
The bible is centred round the Messiah, our Lord Jesus Christ, from
Genesis to Revelation. The scriptures point to the salvation of
mankind by Jesus. This was fulfilled in the New Testament. Jesus
redeemed man and restored his relationship back to God, restoring him
to his original state before the fall. Bible study reveals this to us
and teaches us how to gain access to this victory and how we can
exercise this triumph only in Christ. That is, it reveals who you are
in Christ and what power you have in Christ Jesus. We are seated with
Christ in the place of authority in heavenly places as Ephesians 2:5-6
says.
2. Revelation of our inheritance in Christ
Through studying the bible, a Christian believer discovers what
belongs to him as a believer. Paul said in Acts 20:32 that the word of
God is able to give you an inheritance among all them which are
sanctified. This inheritance includes healing, success, long life,
peace etc and eventually eternal life. When people are ignorant of
what they stand to delight in as Christians, the devil will always
cheat or ruin them, just like God said in Hosea 4:6 that His people
are ruined for lack of knowledge.
3. Revelation of our authority over the devil
Bible study reveals our authority over the devil. Though Satan has
dominion over the world, he does not have dominion over the
Christians. He only oppresses believers who do not know their
authority over him and how to exercise it. Jesus said in Luke 10:19
that he has given you power to trend on serpents and scorpions and
over ALL the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt
you.
4. Spiritual growth
What eating of food is to the body is what studying the bible is to
spirit. Peter encouraged new believers in 1 Peter 2:2 to desire the
sincere milk of the word so they can grow. Also in Hebrews 5:12-14,
Paul was rebuking the Hebrews that they ought to have graduated to
strong meat from milk. Therefore bible study enables a baby Christian
to grow spiritually to become a matured Christian believer. The word
of God in your heart keeps you away from sin and causes you to live a
victorious life in Christ.
5. Direction
You delight in divine direction and guidance by studying the bible and
doing what it says. The psalmist described the word of God in Psalm
119:105 as a lamp unto his feet and a light unto his path. Bible study
enables you to know what step to take in any situation that will lead
you to success and not failure, to life and not death, to victory and
not defeat. It is what makes the variation between a blind doubting
Christian and a seeing believing Christian.
6. Wisdom and appreciative
The bible is a bank of wisdom. Through bible study wisdom and
appreciative are imparted unto Christian believers. The psalmist said
in Psalm 119:98-99 that God’s words made him wiser than his enemies
and gave him more appreciative than his teachers. All the wisdom and
appreciative you need are in the bible but it is through studying the
bible that they can be delivered to you.
7. Boldness
Many Christians shy away from talking about Jesus because they do not
have word of God in them. They are worried that if they are questioned
some questions they would not know the answers. Bible study takes care
of that. Paul admonished Timothy, in 2 Timothy 2:15 that he should
study so that he would not be ashamed but be able to teach the word of
truth accurately.
Studying the bible though requires that you make out time for it, is
indispensable if you are to delight in your Christian walk with Jesus.
Furthermore, church bible study cannot take the place of personal
study of the word of God in a Christian’s life, both are needed.
Attend to God’s words, let them not depart from your eyes and keep
them in your heart, and they will be life and health to your body.
Make studying the bible a priority in your life today and you will be
pleased you did tomorrow.
Do you have other reasons for studying the bible?
http://www.africaministry.com/7-reasons-a-christian-believer-must-engage-in-bible-study
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