What The Bible Says About The Value Of The Bible

John 8:31

1. Think back to the first time that you can actually remember reading the Bible for yourself. What were your initial impressions of the Bible? Was The Book mysterious? Encouraging? Difficult? Frustrating? Wonderful? Overwhelming? Or...?

• When you had problems understanding the Bible during the early years of your exposure to it, what were some of the questions or type of questions you remember asking?

• To whom did you direct these questions? Do you feel you received adequate answers?

2. Read II Peter 1:20,21; Hebrews 1:1; I Corinthians 2:13 According to these passages, where did our Bible come from? Specifically, who was responsible for it being written? Did anyone help with this project?

3. According to the following passages, how does a person go about understanding the meaning of the Bible as it is being read or studied? Or, looking at the issue in a different light, what kinds of things should a student of the Bible expect to discover?

I Peter 2:2

II Timothy 3:16,17

Psalms 19:11

Matthew 7:24

Psalm 119:130

4. How long is the Bible good for, ie, how many generations, peoples or tongues will it be valid for?

Matthew 5:18

Matthew 24:35

I Peter 1:23-25

5. In order to grasp these important life changing truths as found in the Bible, what practices make it possible to study and retain the truths effectively?

Joshua 1:8

I Peter 1:22

John 5:39

Acts 17:11

6. In light of our study, how much time do you think it would take (give a minimum, please) in study of the Bible to begin to experience the kind of results promised?

7. Both Moses and Jesus have said: “Man does not live by bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.”

There is a minimum amount of food that it takes for the body to stay healthy – an amount that varies according to the amount of activity in that body. The same is true spiritually. There is a minimum input for the soul to stay healthy, too, and this minimum increases with any increase in the activities of the soul. How much time does it take to become a man or woman influenced by the Word of God for the good? What kind of minimum threshold do we need to cross in order to come to the point where we are fed (i.e., nourished or satisfied) in our soul rather than starved? How well are you doing in reaching a personal minimum in spiritual feeding?