Why Study the Bible?
The only way to live as God wants us to live now so as to qualify
for a place in His coming Kingdom is to learn what He has written for us
in the Bible. We want to study:
To know what we believe.
Jesus
said, “Search the Scriptures” (John 5:39).
The apostle Paul said, “Study to show thyself approved unto God”
(2 Tim. 2:15). And “Give your complete attention to these
matters. Throw yourself into your tasks so that everyone will see your
progress” (1 Tim. 4:15).
To be able to defend what we believe.
“If you are asked about your Christian hope, always be ready to
explain it.” Most of all, “you must do this in a gentle and
respectful way. Keep your conscience clear. Then if people speak evil
against you, they will be ashamed when they see what a good life you live
because you belong to Christ.” —1 Peter 3:15-16 (NLT)
To learn how to live so as to be most useful to ourselves and others
and to please God.
“All things that pertain to life and godliness, [come] through
the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue” —2 Peter 1:3
“He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord
require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly
with your God?” —Micah 6:8
“…Walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,
…Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away
from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving
one another, just as God in Christ forgave you.” —Eph 4:1, 31-32
 
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