February 23 2014 How The Bible Changes Us
/How The Bible Changes Us
Psalm 33:6 “The Lord merely spoke and the heavens were created. He breathed the word and all the stars were born.”
John 6:63 “The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.”
The Bible was not given to increase our knowledge; the Bible was given to change our lives. -D.L. Moody
SIX WAYS GOD WANTS TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE WITH IS WORD.
1. God’s Word recreates my life.
James 1:18 “He chose to give us birth through the word of truth…
1 Peter 1:23 “You have been born, again not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring Word of God.”
2. God’s Word eradicates my guilt.
1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins to God he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Romans 8:1 that says “There is now no condemnation no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
Ephesians 5:25-26 “Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the Word.”
3. God’s Word activates my faith.
Romans 10:17, “Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the Word of Christ.” 2
Exodus 23:29-30
4. God’s Word stimulates my growth.
Acts 20:32 “I commit you to God and to the Word of his grace,which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.”
2 Timothy 3:16-17“All Scripture is God-breathed, and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
5. God’s Word elevates my mood.
Romans 15:4 “Everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”
6. God’s Word liberates my potential.
John 8:31-32 “If you continue in my Word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free!”
HOW DO I GAIN THESE BENEFITS?
1. I’ve got to learn it.
Mark 12:24 “Your trouble is that you don’t know the Scriptures…”
Proverbs 14:12 “There’s a way that seems right to men but it always ends in death.”
2. I have to accept it.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 “When you received the Word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it actually is, – the Word of God, which is at work in you who believe.”
3. I have to act on it.
John 13:17 “Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.” 3
Memory Verse: Psalm 119:18. Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.”
