Comprehensibility of Godโs Word
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โข Whatโs something valuable you were taught as a child that still impacts how you live today?
โข Whatโs something you wish had been explained to you earlier in life, and how would it have helped you?
โข Have you ever changed your perspective on something after learning of or hearing someone elseโs point of view? What made you open to that?
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โ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ตโ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ดโ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ช๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ.โ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฒ:๐ญโ๐ฎ
(Read also ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฒ:๐ฏโ๐ต.)
Godโs word is meant for everyone. While some parts of the Bible do take study and good teaching to be grasped, its message is simple enough for anyone to understand. As followers of Jesus, the Holy Spirit helps us learn and grow through Scripture. Today, we will look at principles from the book of Deuteronomy about Godโs word.
๐ญ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐, ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ.ย
โ. . . ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ.โ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฒ:๐ฎ
God wants us to know who He is and how weโre meant to live. But we canโt do that if we donโt know His word. The more we study and understand the Bible, the more we grow in our relationship with Him. And as we practice and live out what He says, we begin to see that His ways are good and that He can be trusted. Obedience builds trust, and trust leads to deeper obedience. How has obeying what youโve read in Scripture helped you experience Godโs faithfulness and grow your trust in Him?
๐ฎ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ.
โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ.โ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฒ:๐ณ
Knowing God through His word isnโt just for one generation; itโs for all. In fact, God commands us to teach His word to our children every day. In 2 Timothy 3:15, Paul reminds Timothy to take hold of the Scriptures he knew from childhood which make him ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต. The Bible, therefore, isnโt just for pastors or scholars; itโs for regular people, for families, and for every generation. We have a responsibility to not only know it ourselves, but to teach it to the next generation. Who introduced you to Godโs word, and how did that influence your faith journey?
๐ฏ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐.ย
โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ.โ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฒ:๐ณ
Studying and teaching Godโs word diligently means we take it seriously and study it carefully. We are to study what it truly means and learn from it. Studying the Bible in a godly community, like a small group, helps us understand it better and keeps us from making up our own ideas or taking things out of context. When we study Godโs word with care and with others, we can grow together and stay rooted in the truth. How have you experienced studying and learning from Godโs word with your community?
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โข How do your current habits reflect a love for Godโs word? What small changes can you make to help you grow in this area?
โข What steps can you take to guard against misinterpreting Scripture or only hearing what you want to hear from it? Ask the Holy Spirit and your community to help you.ย
โข What are some practical ways you can pass on biblical truth to the next generation (your kids, grandkids, or younger believers) around you?
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โข Thank God for giving His word in a clear and accessible way, so that you can know Him, trust Him, and follow Him. Ask Him for the grace to take part in passing on His truth to future generations.
โข Ask God to help you meditate on His word throughout the day. Pray for a desire to live out His word not just out of duty, but out of love and trust in who He is.ย
โข Pray for opportunities and boldness to teach Godโs truth to people you interact with regularlyโyour family, friends, classmates, or officemates.ย