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How would you prioritize the three reasons given in this lesson for studying the Bible for yourself: “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? Are any of the three reasons more or less important for you than the others? Do you have other reasons than these?
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My priorities are as follows: 1. “It is essential to knowing and Loving God” 2. “It is essential to serving God.”
3. “It is essential for growing up in God. “
First, I think we need to get to know GOD and Love him as he first Loved us. Understanding who he is and our responsibility to serve him. As we become for knowledgeable of the Word and Grow is a natural progression. Finally, I believe all three are equally important.
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Personally, having a Roman Catholic background, I read the Bible to know who God really was because the picture that was given to me was a God far away, ready to punish me at the slightest mistake. What I discovered was totally different! Then I understood that He loved me and it stimulated me to serve Him, to love Him and that is an ever growing process. Being a Christian is never a state we accomplish but a goal we are striving for . Do we ever love God with all our heart and strength, have Christ humility, love all our enemies, and have pure motives? No. It is a journey. They are all important and we need to balance those areas in our lives.
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To learn to be a better student and a better teacher of the word of God
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Knowing and loving, growing up, serving. In order to serve Him well, you need to grow up. In order to grow up, you need to know and love Him. Knowing and loving Him are the most important. We were saved so that we could have relationship with Him, not so that we could do works for Him. Yes, we will do works once we know and love Him, but works are not what saves us, faith (relationship) is.
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I believe that all three reasons for studying the Bible hold the same weight to me. The Bible should be studied as a way to get to know God better and show Him that you truly love Him. As you get to know Him more intimately you will grow up and mature in God. Out of this maturity will spring a natural desire to serve God more and more. So no one reason outweighs the others. The Bible is our guidebook. It is Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth. The Bible is the primary way that God speaks to His children. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (John1:1)”. Therefore Bible study is absolutely essential to a follower of Christ.
