Daily Bible study equips you for your God-given assignment in life.<\/i> Paul writes: \u2018All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching\u2026 reproof\u2026 correction\u2026 for training in righteousness; so that the man [and woman] of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.\u2019<\/i> (2 Timothy 3:16\u201317 NASB) <\/p>\n
According to Paul, all<\/i> Scripture is profitable\u2014but profitable for what? (1) For doctrine and teaching.<\/i> It will structure your thinking, and that\u2019s crucial, because if you\u2019re not thinking correctly, you\u2019re not living correctly. What you believe ultimately determines how you behave. <\/p>\n
(2) For reproof.<\/i> It will tell you where you\u2019re out of bounds. Like an umpire who cries, \u2018Out!\u2019 or \u2018Safe!\u2019 the Bible lets you know what\u2019s sinful, and what God wants for your life. <\/p>\n
(3) For correction.<\/i> Do you have a cupboard in the house where you store all the rubbish you can\u2019t find room for anywhere else? You cram it all in, then one day you forget, open the door, and\u2014whoosh!<\/i>\u2014it all comes out! You say, \u2018Whoops! I\u2019d better clean this thing up!\u2019 The Bible is like that; it opens the cupboard doors in your life and provides a purifying dynamic. <\/p>\n
(4) For training in righteousness.<\/i> Having corrected us on the negatives, Paul gives us positive guidelines to follow as we go through life. For what reason? \u2018That the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.\u2019<\/i> Have you ever wanted your life to be more effective for Jesus Christ? And if so, what have you done to prepare yourself? Bible study is a primary means of becoming an effective servant of Jesus Christ. Nothing can take its place!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Daily Bible study equips you for your God-given assignment in life. Paul writes: \u2018All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching\u2026 reproof\u2026 correction\u2026 for training in righteousness; so that the man [and woman] of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.\u2019 (2 Timothy 3:16\u201317 NASB) According to Paul, all Scripture is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}