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Missionary Methodist Church
In affiliation with The Missionary Church International
TO BE A PEACEMAKER in God’s will for your life.
Reading God's Word with understanding begins with knowing some very basic facts about the Bible itself. Pick up your Bible and let's look at some of those things today. What Does God Say? First, look at two statements from Psalm 119. This is a wonderful psalm. It is the longest chapter in the Bible and nearly every verse says something about God's Word.
Psalm 119:89 (ESV)
Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.
What does this verse tell you about God's Word?
Psalm 119:160 (ESV)
The sum of your word is truth, and every one
of your righteous rules endures forever.
What insight into God's Word does this verse give you?
GPS Thoughts
With the kind of book described in Psalm 119 in your hands, you will want to understand it as completely as possible. Your most important responsibility is to read it. As you read it, ask God to give you understanding and life-changing insights. Many resources are available to help you better understand your Bible. Here are some suggestions.
• A Bible dictionary.
You may look up names, places and unfamiliar words. It will also give you brief outlines of each book of the Bible and biographical information on each person.
• A concordance.
Some Bibles have this included. A concordance is a list of Bible words, with the verse references where they are found. Be sure your concordance is for the Bible version you use, since Greek and Hebrew words are not always translated exactly the same way in every version.
• A Bible commentary.
Start with a one-or two-volume commentary. Commentaries cover each book of the Bible in order and shed some light on each section. There are also separate commentaries by trustworthy scholars that deal with individual Bible books.
If your budget is too tight to obtain these study helps, one of your best starter purchases would be
∙ A good study Bible.
These Bibles contain many notes and helps that are found in commentaries or dictionaries.
They usually contain a reasonably good concordance.
In our day, there are many Bible study resources on the Internet but be careful! Cults and false teachers also use the Internet. It will help you to consult a trusted pastor or Christian leader about which books are good, since there are also some bad ones out there.
Today GPS wants to help you dig deeper into God's Word and learn how to apply it to your life.
GPS prays for you to be one of the "biblically literate.
Dr. Woodrow Kroll says,
God only wrote one Book.
And in that one Book,
He reveals to us
what's on His heart
and what's on His mind.
Now, if we don't care enough
about God
to read what He said to us,
why would we think that God
would be eager to answer our prayers?
o Psalm 119:105
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
o Psalm 119:9
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?
by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
o Psalm 119:11
Thy word have I hid in mine heart,
that I might not sin against thee.
o Psalm 119:42
So shall I have wherewith to answer him
that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
o Psalm 119:169
Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD:
give me understanding according to thy word.
o Psalm 119:16
I will delight myself in thy statutes:
I will not forget thy word.
What Does God Say?
Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called sons of God.
James 3:18
Peacemakers
who sow in peace
raise a harvest of righteousness.
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