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How would you prioritize the three reasons given in this lesson for studying the Bible: “It is essential to knowing and loving God;” “It is essential for growing up in God;” and “It is essential to serving God”? What is the basis for how you prioritize them?
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Just like the verse says, ” we must crave spiritual milk” or the Message puts it this ways ” drink deeply”, so I think growing up in God would come first as we feed from God’s Word and then becasue of that, knowing,loving and serving will follow close behind.
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I would say that using the methods from this course is essential for me to grow in the way I have hoped for. Knowing God is my essential purpose for doing this at all. Without God, where would I be? Since He knows the plans He has for me, growing up in the Word is the only way for me to read out God’s plan. To serve Him and others with love, just as God shares His love for me. Keeping God at the center of my life, Loving Him with all thy ways, and knowing that He is God.
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Personally I would prioritize to KNOW God first. I believe by just knowing Him you will start wanting to build your relationship with Him and Loving Him will come naturally. While building our relationship with God trying to know and love Him we will also be GROWING up in God and which Serving Him will come naturally.
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I believe all are of equal importance and value. If I had to prioritize them, I would probably start with It is essential to knowing and loving God so that you know how to grow in God which in turn would enable you to know how to then serve God.
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All three of these are equally important but if I had to categorize them I would put growing in God first because you always need to work on that. Second I would put knowing God and third serving God. I think you need to know God yourself before you can help others know Him.