How to relate the scriptures to daily life

Here you ask the question, “how does it work for me?”

Please use these tools of application to increase your desire to God’s Holy word more and more.

Don't become stagnate. You might look like you are floating but your aren't going anywhere!

Colossians 3:16 “Let the word of Christ dwell in your richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”

A. Use he Bible in your fellowship with God

a. Regard the scriptures as the means by which HE will speak to you – Psalm 19:7-11

B. Regard the Bible’s treasures as being inexhaustible.

a. You can expect God to use it daily to give you fresh insight and suitable provision for your spiritual needs – John 6:35

C. Look for truth that will relate to your needs.

a. Whether your needs are due to problems, adversities, failures, duties, desires, weaknesses, or sins, the Scriptures are able to minister to these, for they are God’s Word to you – II Corinthians 2:16; 3:5; 12:9; John 6:63

D. Be a doer of the Word and not a hearer only.

a. The Word of God has been given to us to direct our lives

b. We are to look to God for enablement, so we need to strive to be responsive to the Scriptures – James 1:21-25

c. So if it is a warning from God, heed it; a failure or sin, confess it; a promise, claim it; an instruction, receive it; a command, obey it; an experience, ask for it; a rebuke, accept it; or a blessing, and give thanks for it.

d. We as should be changing, becoming more like Christ every day.

E. Seek to build up a systematic doctrinal belief.

a. Make it your aim to understand thoroughly what the Bible teaches about key doctrines, and then go and let other know what you have learned – 2 Timothy 3:16

F. . Prepare to give a Scriptural answer to your faith.

a. From the Bible learn what Christians should believe and why they believe it – 1 Peter 3:15

G. Seek to work out a practical ethical code.

a. By soaking yourself into the Word you will begin to see a clearer picture of what is right and wrong, good and evil, true and false.

b. This will help you in discerning God’s will for your life – Psalm 119:105

H.. Recognize the need for returning daily to the Scriptures.

a. Your need for all that the Bible has to offer will never end.

b. There is always more to learn, and there is always the need for walking in obedience to God’s will – 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16; Ephesians 5:17

Let these simple application tools help guide your study through God's Wonderful Word. Hebrews 4:12 "For the Word of God is quick and powerful, and shaper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."

How to read the Bible effectively!

Here are Ten Strategies to First-Rate Reading of the Bible.

1. Read Thoughtfully - This involves Study

2. Read Repeatedly - First of all we should read entire chapters or books in one sitting. Secondly, make sure that you start at the beginning. Thirdly, the Bible has been recorded on tape or CD (Hearing the bible read out loud is a great way to study). Fourthly read the bible to yourself out loud; this will help you pay attention. Fifthly, set up a schedule for Bible reading.

3. Read Patiently - Don't run long distance at full speed.

4. Read Selectively - Use the right kind of bait. Ask who, what where, when, why and wherefore.

5. Read Prayerfully - Pray before, during and after your devotions. Ask for wisdom and understanding concerning a passage. Turn scripture into prayer - Nehemiah 4:4-11.

6. Read Imaginatively - Read the Bible in a way that makes the stories come to life.

7. Read Meditatively - Biblical meditation means filling your mind with the truth that God has revealed. Psalms 1:1,2

8. Read Purposefully - This is where your skills thinking and discerning come in. Here you find out what the aim of the author is.

9. Read Acquisitively - Read with the though of getting something out of it.

10. Read Telescopically - After you start to look at the passage in its entirety you begin to dissect the pieces then be able to put all the pieces back together.

Is it just a List of Names?

There are different ideas about how to treat the book of Genesis. Some would say that there are gaps of time between verses 1 and 2 of chapter one. Others would say that a day as it is used in the creation account doesn't really mean a calendar day but could instead represent an unspecified period of time. And then there are others who imply that there are gaps in the genealogical list found in the tenth chapter of Genesis. All of these views are held to in one way or another in order to explain evolution and interpret the geological column. Then the Bible would conform with modern sciences ideas about millions of years, the origin and demise of dinosaurs as well as a host of other theories.

The real issue is often masked by the arguments presented. When we try to say that a day doesn't mean a day (even though it is almost always used to describe a 24 hour calendar day in the Bible) and that there must be gaps of time to explain creation, we are really questioning the validity of Scripture. If every verse in the book of Genesis doesn't mean what it says and can't be taken literally then on what platform do we try to convince people of the authenticity of any other portion of the Word of God. The Bible is either what it claims to be or it is not. If that is the case then "we of all men are most miserable."

In closing consider Genesis chapter 10. Here we have a list of descendants of Noah. If there are gaps in this list in various places then we cannot rely on the information and it becomes what some describe as just "another dumb list of names!" However, if this chapter is literally true and accurate as presented then we have not just “another list of names”, but rather a reliable list of the nations and peoples who descended from Noah. If that is the case, chapter 10 becomes a vital part of human history!

The Answers to the Quiz!

Our best logic can be dead wrong!

1. How long did the 100 Years War Last? 116 years (from 1337 to 1453)

2. Which country makes Panama Hats? Ecuador

3. From which animals do we get catgut? sheep and horses

4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? November (their calendar was 13 days behind ours)

5. What is a camel's hair brush made of? squirrel fur

6 The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? dogs (the Latin name for the islands is Insularia Canaria, Island of the dogs)

7. What was King George VI's first name? Albert ( when he came to the throne in 1936, he respected the wish of Queen Victoria that no future king should ever be called Albert)

8. What color is a purple finch? distinctively crimson

9. Where are Chinese gooseberries from? New Zealand

10. How long did the 30 Tears War last? 30 years, of course (from 1618 to 1648)

Are there Dinosaurs in the Bible?

Well the first question is did dinosaurs exist? Yes they did and we know that from the existance of thousands of bones all over the earth. There are also footprints preserved in many places. The Bible gives two animal descriptions that different from each and are non existing today. But the shapes of these animals can be scene in the fossil record. 

So where are these animals in the Bible? In Job 40:15 God gives the name behemoth to a giant reptile that ate grass like an ox, that was very powerful, had a tail like a cedar tree, bones like bars of iron. 

Job 41:1 gives the description of an aqautic monster that was to big to draw out with fishing equipment. He is the most ferioucious aqautic animal that God created. Dont believe me read it for yourself. The name given to this monster was Leviathon. 

Other scriptures are Psalm 74:14; 104:26 and Isaiah 27:1... Have fun!!!!