Creator and Blogger God 10 A Blog of a Book 4 Listening to the Blogger

Listening to the Blogger

The difference between the thinking of man and the ways of God is huge. Man may talk a lot and today we do find a lot of blogs on the internet. When there was not such a mean to communicate, God used another way, but not less sufficient.

Head-piece to the second epistle of Paul the apostle to Timothy, vignette with an altar and incense burner (2 Timothy 3:5); letterpress in two columns below and on verso. 1800. Inscriptions: Lettered below image with production detail: “P J de Loutherbourg del”, “J Heath direx.” and publication line: “Pubd. by T Macklin, Fleet Street London”. Print made by James Heath. Dimensions: height: 490 millimetres (sheet); width: 390 millimetres (sheet). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

He provided the longest existing texts which are still useful for today and ‘actual’. His Words are not only Wise Words, they are also Words which make others wise.
By reading the Bible, we will gain an understanding which is far greater than the wisdom of man’s thinking, because we know that when we read the Bible, we are reading God’s word. In 2 Timothy chapter 3 verse 15, Paul tells Timothy that the Scriptures are powerful, in that they can make us “wise unto salvation”. In other words, the Scriptures can give us the understanding of God’s plan and purpose and explains to us the meaning of God’s mercy in that He will allow individuals like you and I to be a part of that plan.

“15 and that from a babe you have known the holy scriptures, which are able to make you wise to salvation through faith in christ jesus. 16 all scripture [is] god-breathed, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of god may be perfected, thoroughly furnished to every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:15-17 MKJV)

We should, so to speak ‘take in the sacred Scriptures with our mother’s milk’! There’s nothing like the written Word of God for showing us the way to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. We must come to the Bible with humility and reverence, with love, with a child-like willingness to learn. We must never come to think that we know all we need to know, or all there is to know, or to feel proud that we can remember facts or recite quotations. Such things as these mean nothing unless we use them to improve ourselves, and to help others.

Quadruple combination opened to the Book of Isaiah – note the cross references between Biblical and Latter-day Saint scripture in the footnotes (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

God has given us this God-breathed and useful Book of books not merely to supply information, but to mould and fashion our lives to the glory of His name. The rewards of Bible reading and study do not come in five minutes, or in five days. Even in five years the effects have scarcely begun, the natural, man being so strong and at the same time so resistant to Spirit truth. But if there is lack of serious and prolonged application to this Book, then expectation of true knowledge and any lasting profit is vain.

We must be hard-working and thorough in the way we go about our Bible reading. It should not be jumping from one short message on Facebook until the next one. God His blog deserves something better than an easy-going one minute, 15 or 20 minutes of reading a day.

We should take the time to let the Words come into our head and make sense, one way or another—showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way. Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us.

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Dutch version / Nederlandse versie: Schepper en Blogger God 10 Een Blog van een Boek 4 Luisteren naar Blogger

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2. 15 years that changed the world
3. Obstacles to effective evangelism
4. Internet Evangelism Day
5. Changing screens
6. Words to push and pull & Words to bring message
7. Sharing thoughts and philosophical writings
8. Be Honest
9. Bible Word of God, inspired and infallible
10. Learn to read the Bible effectively
11. Living in faith
12. A Living Faith #4 Effort
13. Heed of the Saviour
14. Jesus Christ being dispatched as the Figurehead of a Religion
15. Let us become nothing, and Christ everything
16. Humility and the Fear of the Lord
17. There is no true and constant gentleness without humility
18. Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience
19. Some one or something to fear #5 Not afraid
20. Wishing to do the will of God
21. Learn how to go out into the world and proclaim the Good News of the coming Kingdom
22. Know by trying
23. Power in the life of certain
24. The task given to us to love each other

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