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The Importance of Bible Study

(Psalm 119:11,15) "Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee... I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways." I wonder how many believers today truly study God's Word? Too many people today are satisfied with an electric device that will open up a good Bible program, but never do they hold a real tangible Bible in their hands or mark it up with notes where the Holy Spirit spoke to them during devotions. Too often believers read a verse for the day, or some prewritten devotional, but never do they sit and really study God's Word as God intended. I'm just old fashioned enough to look back at my 40 years of Bible reading to say that I'm on my 4th Bible. Having old used Bibles on my shelf that look like they went through a war (which they did). Having pages scribbled with notes that go back to a time where God specifically spoke to me about something important. Bibles with tear and coffee stained pages that comforted me during my many years of growing up in the Lord. In the above verse God warns us to hide His word in our hearts. How can we do that without studying it. Oh listen, it's not enough to poses a word program, or to just meditate on one verse. No, we need to spend time in all of God's Word every day; meditating on its words, and memorizing its verses, for only then will we truly respect God's ways, and not practice the sin of this world.

 

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