Go Back To The Base!

Saturday's Devotion (2-5-05)

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” 2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV)

Today’s devotion is going to go along with yesterday’s. In yesterday’s devotion you were shown how you could be deceived by someone who doesn’t rightly divide the scriptures. You can make this mistake by error too, it’s not always because you mean to deceive someone. This scripture tells us to study the Bible to show ourselves approved to God, a workman that doesn’t need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. That pretty much means to study and know the scriptures good enough to where we know what we’re talking about and to where there are no mistakes when ministering it to others. You can deceive someone without knowing it and you can even deceive yourself!

This is one of those things where people say, “I don’t need to read the Bible to be saved!”.. The scriptures say, “And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.” 2 Timothy 3:15. The Bible is needed very much, it’s an important part in salvation. Surely none of you that are saved got saved without hearing some kind of scripture... right? I mean we all know how to be saved because the Bible gave the answer. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1 (KJV) and we also know that Jesus (The Son) is one with God (The Father), because He tells us this in the Bible. With all this in mind, we have to realize that the base of our salvation is the Bible! We are saved by faith, but, “So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10:17 (KJV). So we now know that if you’re saved, you’re saved because somewhere along the lines you heard God’s Word preached or you read it. If you were saved because of God’s Word, then imagine how much closer it will bring you to Christ and how much more assurance you will have of that salvation, if you only study His Word. There are two great things that God, gave us and they are His Spirit and His Word... and they work together! The Holy Spirit, is able to bring understanding of the Bible and the Bible helps us to understand the Spirit. That’s not all that they do, but get in the Word of God and find out personally all the great things that they do as a team for you! Want to be closer to God? Then go back to the base, go back to where it all started... go back to the Bible!

Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this message and for all things. Please forgive us of all our sins and we forgive all those who’ve wronged us. Please help us to be closer to you, help us to know your Word and to be filled in your Spirit. Help us to never be deceived and to never deceive anyone else. In Jesus, name. A-men!

God bless!

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