08/03/2026
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐จ๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐
How well do you really know the Bible?
Think about this: ๐๐+ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐,๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, yet every single page tells one unified story โ Godโs redemptive love centered on Jesus! That isnโt a coincidence; itโs divine inspiration (๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ด = God-breathed).
This past Sunday, Brother Harold reminded us of a powerful truth: ๐๐จ๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ, ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐.
Here are four key takeaways from the message:
๐. ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐
In ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ 8, when the Book of the Law was opened, the people stood in deep respect, and "๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ." They came with one mind, hungry to hear from God. Have we lost that awe? When Godโs Word is open, are we truly listening?
๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ & ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๏ธ
According to 2 Timothy 3:16โ17, Scripture doesn't just inform us...it transforms us! It reproves where weโve strayed, corrects our course, and equips us for every good work. True spiritual maturity happens when we let the Bible "tweak" the areas of our lives that aren't surrendered to Him.
๐. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ! โ๏ธ
As Adrian Rogers famously said, "๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ฅโ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ญ." We cannot understand the Bible through human intellect alone. We need the Holy Spirit to guide us, give us discernment, and open our spiritual eyes.
๐. ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐โโ๏ธ
When the people in Nehemiahโs day heard the Word, they saw their sin, repented, and were then filled with ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ. God's Word isn't meant to be glanced at on Sunday and forgotten on Monday. It is a living, active, two-edged sword (Hebrews 4:12). Like God told Joshua, we are called to meditate on it day and night and ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ.
๐ฌ๐น ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐น
After the service, our church family gathered for a delicious ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง-๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ! ๐ฒโจ
While we enjoyed the food together, we had the privilege of hearing a special report from our mission team. They shared stories, experiences, and pictures from their trip last week. Knowing God is moving, changing lives, and spreading His Word across borders, was a powerful reminder of what happens when we put our faith into action!
"๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ." โ ๐๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ 119:105
Letโs end the spiritual famine in our own lives! Letโs be a people who hunger for truth, honor the Scriptures, and are always ready to share the hope within us (1 Peter 3:15).
๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ & ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ฅโ๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ? ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ!