In order to be balanced Christians who experience proper spiritual growth, we must have the invisible Spirit within, and the Scriptures, the Bible, without. But where did the Bible originate from? 2 Tim. 3:16 tells us that the Bible is God’s breath. The Bible did not originate from man’s thoughts or man’s mind, but from the breathing out of God. In 1 Pet.2:21, it says: ‘For no prophecy was ever borne by the will of man, but men spoke from…
The book of Proverbs is rich with verses which impress us that to live a normal human life, we must be those who fear Jehovah (1:7,29;2:5,3:7,8:13;9:10). To fear God is not only to worship Him, but to have the utmost reverence and regard towards Him. In addition, to fear Jehovah is not merely to refrain from sinfulness or worldliness, but it is to fear that our living and activities are out of ourselves and not out of the Lord. The…
In our study of the Bible these last few weeks, we were impressed to see that in order to grow in life and participate in the building up of the Body of Christ, we need to be those who spend much time with the Lord. This thought can be traced throughout the entire Bible. In Psalm 42, the Psalmist speaks of his soul being thirsty for God. He asks: ‘When will I come and appear before Jehovah?’ (v.7). As Christians,…