I love Bible Study. We have Bible Study every Wednesday night at our Church. Pastor Dave leads the study. We happen to be in 1 Corinthians 9 right now. We have been in 1 Corinthians since September of 2009. We are taking it verse by verse, so we are learning much, discussing as we go.
I was sitting in Bible Study tonight musing about the valuable time spent doing this. Why? Because we have to? NO....always no! We do it because we love it! Always and ever. What investments we are making for eternity. To LOVE GOD more, to deepen our relationships with HIM. NOT to learn facts, or gain knowledge. To grow in our appreciation of who HE is, how HE works, what HE wants for us, and to learn to love HIS gospel more and more and more.
"For by grace you have been saved, through faith, that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not by works so that no man may boast." Ephesians 2: 8-9
It was brought out tonight that knowledge puffs us up. If we feel we are 'better' because we read our Bibles more, we are wrong. If we think we are 'better' because we know more, we are wrong. If we think we are more spiritual because......you fill in the blank....we are wrong! It isn't grace plus something.... yet we act like it is! WRONG! It is a gift! Period. Pure GRACE! Yes, knowledge puffs up, yet LOVE edifies.
Thank you Lord for allowing me to be in Bible Study. YOU are so good, so generous, so kind! I still love Bible Study!
Delighting in Jesus, hugs, Lynette
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