You CANNOT follow Jesus Christ without reading His Word. You CANNOT have victory over the flesh and over sin without studying the Bible. You CANNOT be an effective Christian without memorizing and applying God’s Word DAILY! Simple. Plain. Period – YOU CANNOT DO IT!
The Bible is the roadmap for our Christian life. The Bible is the textbook and guidebook for us to daily draw closer to Jesus Christ. The Bible is more than just necessary – it is CRITICAL. Of course, we must also spend time in prayer talking to God and asking Him to guide us, but that’s HOW He guides us – through the Bible.
Psalm 119:105 – “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”
Matthew 4:4 – But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Joshua 1:8 – This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Romans 15:4 – For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Psalm 1:2 – But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
John 15:7 – If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Over and over again, the Bible tells us HOW IMPORTANT and NECESSARY it is to Read, Study, Memorize and Apply God’s Word on a DAILY basis.
President Teddy Roosevelt said, “A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.”
J. C. Ryle said, “By reading that book we may learn what to believe, what to be, and what to do; how to live with comfort, and how to die in peace. Happy is that man who possesses a Bible! Happier still is he who reads it! Happiest of all is he who not only reads it, but obeys it, and makes it the rule of his faith and practice!”
Spending time in God’s Word is the MOST IMPORTANT thing we can do. Why do we so often neglect it? You will NEVER be successful in your efforts to turn from sin and follow Jesus until you start spending time in God’s Word!