08/07/2022
THE LEVERAGE DEVOTIONAL
KEYS TO BIBLE STUDY
"Everyone who hears these words of mine." Matthew 7:24 NIV
Some certain products carry a label that says: "Warning! This can be hazardous to your health." Instead of helping you, certain kinds of Bible study can actually hurt. The Bible says, Knowledge puffs up" (1Cor. 8:1 NIV). The Greek word for "puffs" contains the idea of being inflated, like a hot air balloon. By the time a Pharisees was ordained, he could quote hours and hours of Old Testament law to you. Yet Jesus said the Pharisees were like beautifully painted gravestones: filled with dead men's bones. satan knows the scriptures so well that he was able to quote them to Jesus in the wilderness temptation. And what is satan's chief quality? Pride. It's the sin that got him thrown out of heaven. The whole point in studying the scriptures is to make you more dependent on God and give you the right approach to life. People mainly read scriptures for three reason:
(1) To find proof texts that supports their views
(2) To find promises that apply to their particular needs.
(3) To discover principles to live by. If you are wise you'll be a member of this third group.
Jesus said, "Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a man who built his house on the rock." When the storm of life came, (which will definitely come) the wise man's house stood firm while the foolish man's---the one who didn't practice what he knew---came crashing down.
Added knowledge brings added responsibility.
So if you're not planning on applying the knowledge you've received from your Bible study, you'd be better not to study.
But study and put them to work that your profiting my appear unto all.
Be blessed in Jesus Name.
Timilehinilori
