Why BACK to the Bible?
1. .The Bible is the very word of God – All scripture is profitable, II Tim 3:15-17; Sum of thy word is truth (all of it), Ps 119:160, Do it, John 8:31-32.
2.Teaches us about – God – He created us, Gen 1:1-2; Jesus is the Word who was in the beginning, John 1:1-3; 14, 17.
3.Teaches us about Jesus Christ -He is God who is with us, Isa. 7:14; Matt 1:23; John 1:1-3.
4.Teaches us about Salvation – I Tim 1:15; the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, John 1:29, 36; Jesus (the Beloved) accepts us, Eph 1:6.
5.Teaches us about God’s grace, Eph 2:5, 8; II Tim 1:9.
6.Teaches us about the Lord’s church – never a denomination – the church – His church, Matt 16:18; His blood purchased the church (us), Acts 20:28-32; Eph 5:22-25.
7.Teaches us “There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all,” Eph 4:4-6.
8.Summarizing: By going back to the Bible and hearing God’s word, Rom 10:17;responding to His grace in faith, Eph 2:5, 8; repenting of sins, Acts 17:30; being baptized into Christ, Acts 2:38; 22:16 and continuing to grow and walk in the light,
II Pet 3:18; 1 John 1:7 we go forward with Christ.
by Ivy Conner
