HOW TO MAKE THE HOW TO MAKE THE BIBLE COME TO BIBLE COME TO

LIFELIFE

““FOR THE WORD OF GOD FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING, AND ACTIVE…..”IS LIVING, AND ACTIVE…..”

HEBREWS 4:12HEBREWS 4:12

WHATS WRONG WITH THE WORLD?

WE LIVE IN THE MOST ADVANCED AGE IN THE HISTORY OF MAN, BUT WE SEE:

*DISPAIR *DESPERATION *FRUSTRATION *SPIRITUAL EMPTINESS

PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS IN ALL THE WRONG ANSWERS IN ALL THE WRONG

PLACESPLACESGOD’S WORD IS THE SOLUTION!GOD’S WORD IS THE SOLUTION!

Psalms 119:127  ¶Therefore I love thy Psalms 119:127  ¶Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.above fine gold.

128  Therefore I esteem 128  Therefore I esteem all thy all thy precepts concerning all things to be precepts concerning all things to be right;right; and I hate every false way. and I hate every false way.

Romans 10:17Romans 10:17

THE BIBLE IS NOT A DEAD THE BIBLE IS NOT A DEAD BOOK!BOOK!

We need to develop a We need to develop a love for God’s Book!love for God’s Book!

11stst Thessalonians 2:13 Thessalonians 2:13 Hebrews 4:12Hebrews 4:12 22ndnd Timothy 3:16 Timothy 3:16 Jeremiah 20:9Jeremiah 20:9 This is not a book to This is not a book to

put us to sleep, but put us to sleep, but rather a book to wake rather a book to wake us up! us up!

HOW TO MAKE THE BIBLE COME ALIVE

JUST OWNING A COPY OF THE BIBLE DOESN’T MAKE ONE A STUDENT OF IT!

TODAY’S FOCUS PSALMS 119

1. THE VIRTUES OF THE BIBLE2. THE VITALITYOF THE BIBLE

3. THE VALUE OF THE BIBLE

VIRTUESVIRTUES THE BIBLE IS A TIMELESS BOOKTHE BIBLE IS A TIMELESS BOOK

PSALMS 119:89PSALMS 119:89 PSALMS 119:152PSALMS 119:152

THE BIBLE IS A TRUTHFUL BOOKTHE BIBLE IS A TRUTHFUL BOOK PSALMS 119:142PSALMS 119:142 PSALMS 119:151PSALMS 119:151

THE BIBLE IS A TREASURED BOOKTHE BIBLE IS A TREASURED BOOK PSALMS 119:160PSALMS 119:160 PSALMS 119:72PSALMS 119:72

PSALMS 119 103-104PSALMS 119 103-104 PSALMS 119:127PSALMS 119:127

VITALITYVITALITY WE NEED TO WE NEED TO PRAYPRAY FOR GOD’S WORD FOR GOD’S WORD

TO BE LAID UP IN OUR HEARTSTO BE LAID UP IN OUR HEARTS PSALMS 119:9-12PSALMS 119:9-12

WE NEED TO WE NEED TO PONDERPONDER GOD’S WORD GOD’S WORD PSALMS 119:15PSALMS 119:15

WE NEED TO WE NEED TO PRACTICEPRACTICE GOD’S WORD GOD’S WORD PSALMS 119:1-5PSALMS 119:1-5

WE NEED TO WE NEED TO PROCLAIMPROCLAIM GOD’S GOD’S WORDWORD

PSALMS 119:13; 172PSALMS 119:13; 172

VALUEVALUE THERE IS NOT ANOTHER BOOK UPON THERE IS NOT ANOTHER BOOK UPON

THE FACE OF THE EARTH THAT CAN THE FACE OF THE EARTH THAT CAN DO WHAT THE BIBLE DOES!DO WHAT THE BIBLE DOES!

PSALMS 119:165-167PSALMS 119:165-167 KING DAVI HAD ALL WITHIN HIS KING DAVI HAD ALL WITHIN HIS POWER YET KNEW HE WOULD ONE POWER YET KNEW HE WOULD ONE DAY LEAVE ALL OF THIS BEHIND.DAY LEAVE ALL OF THIS BEHIND.

DAVID WAS INTERESTED IN THE DAVID WAS INTERESTED IN THE SALVATION OF HIS SOULSALVATION OF HIS SOUL PSALMS 119:173-176PSALMS 119:173-176