We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. Sir Winston Churchill
Hebrews 12:5 (KJV) And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: Forgotten What? Words of encouragement as a father to his children. The longer one removes himself or herself from the Word of God, forgetfulness sets in. The way one gets better at anything is to do it on a regular basis. The Bible tells us Romans 10:17 (KJV) So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Well, where will we hear the Word of God? I think Church would be a good place to start. But then there’s reading the Word of God for yourselves. Don't just take the Pastor, Priest, Bishop, Sunday School Teacher or anyone else’s word for what the Word of God says or teaches.
Acts 17:10 (KJV) And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Acts 17:11 (KJV) These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Where did the Apostle Paul and Silas go when they left Thessalonians? The Synagogue. What did they do there? Taught the Word of God. Here is what is interesting (they received the word with all readiness of mind) But that’s not all they did (and searched the scriptures daily) Why would they do that? (whether those things were so) Well there you go we are not just to hear The Word of God. We are to search the scriptures on a daily basis so that we ourselves will know if what they preached, taught or said is true. In other words make it yours, don’t just believe because of what someone else said or told you. The more we hear the more we need to search. We do the same thing with other things in our life. Before I was laid off from Nash Electric because of a bad economy. I was out on a job sight where all types of voltages were being used. Low voltage for controls and high 3 phasee voltage for electric motors. On this one electric motor I was helping the electrician wire it up. I noticed that he was wiring up the motor for 208 voltage and it was to be wired for 480 volts. I asked him why he was doing that and he said because this is the way you do it. I then said that’s not how the wiring diagram reads! He was about to make a big mistake just because he thought he was right. If we are not searching the scriptures or have stopped searching or stopped going to Church then we will forget the encouragement we received from hearing and searching.
2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV) Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
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