There are only two options when it comes to knowledge of a divine creator: revelation, or speculation. Either He speaks, or we guess.
– Matt Smethurst
One-hundred years from my day, there will not be a Bible on earth, except one that is looked upon by an antiquarian curiosity-seeker
-Voltaire
The Bible has a surprising habit of outliving predictions of its death.
-Justin Brierly
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped
2 Timothy 3:16-17 New International Version (NIV)
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.
Isaiah 40:8 (NIV)
The words of the Lord are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times.
Psalm 12:6 (NIV)
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12 (NIV)
Your word is a lamp for my feet, and a light on my path.
Psalm 119:105 (NIV)
Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”
Matthew 14:4 (NIV)
I am a creature of a day, passing through life as an arrow through the air. I am a spirit come from God and returning to God; just hovering over the great gulf, till a few moments hence I am no longer seen. I drop into an unchangeable eternity! I want to know one thing, the way to heaven—how to land safe on that happy shore. God himself hath condescended to teach the way: for this very end he came from heaven. He hath written it down in a book. O give me that book! At any price give me the Book of God! I have it. Here is knowledge enough for me. Let me be ‘homo unius libri’—a man of one book.
-John Wesley
PSALM 119 – longest chapter in the bible
How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Praise be to you, Lord; teach me your decrees. With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth. I rejoice in following your statues as one rejoices in great riches. I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.
Psalm 119:9-16 (NIV)
“Bible Lab” Observation, Interpretation, Application
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How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
Psalm 119:9-11 (NIV)
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