Hey guys, so I haven’t written a blog in a while, but I have been learning more about God and the bible. in this first post we are going to look at you and the bible – an open book. so enjoy
An Open Book
God’s intention, however, is that the bible be an open book for us. He has invested within its pages a description of his will and plan for your life.
Read: Luke 8:11-15
This parable of Jesus highlights the one factor that makes the difference between the bible being a closed book or an open book for you, the receptivity of your heart. In this parable there are four kinds of hearts described:
The Four Hearts
1# Callused Heart -A Callused Heart is a heart that is hardened against God’s Word.
2# Shallow Heart- A shallow Heart is a heart with little depth for God’s Word to take permanent root.
3# Distracted Heart - A Distracted heart is a heart pulled away from God’s Word, torn in many directions by desires or worries.
4# Open Heart- An Open Heart is a heart that is receptive and responsive to the Word of God.
Key Thought: The key to the bible becoming an open book for you is this
Closed heart = Closed heart
Open heart = Open Book
An open heart to God’s word is not a are condition, it is a result of the plowing action of God’s spirit and constant exposure to God’s Word. As we continue through this lesson, having an open heart to God is part of what it means to be a new creation in Christ.
There are two main characterise of a heart open to God’s Word:
1: Hunger for the Word of God:
A hunger for God’s Word is the hallmark of a close walk with God. If you feel you don’t yet have a deep hunger for the Word of God, you will probably find that your relationship with God is somewhat distant. Conversely, if you consistently spend time with the Lord each day, you will find that your hunger for his Word will deepen.
It is not enough just to open the bible; there must be a hunger for God to reveal himself in his word.
Read: Proverbs 2:1-6
If you already have discovered the stirring of hunger fir God’s Word, then you will find that the bible’s pages will ring with the voice of God’s spirit. God has hidden treasures for you in his word. But the key that unlocks all those treasures is the hunger of an open heart.
Read: Psalm 19:7-11
2: Obedience to the Word of God:
When God specifically highlights an area of your life he wants to change, God requires you to respond in an act of obedience.
Read: James 1:22-25
Obedience is the evidence of a life genuinely aligned with God in love for him (read 1 John 5:3). No one earns points with God for the number of sermons they listen to, nor how many times they have read the Bible through. What counts with God is not that we talk the talk but walk the walk.
Read: 1 John 2:3-6
This verse is simply saying that we know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. But if someone says “I know him” but does not do what he commands is a liar and the truth is not in that person. But if anyone obeys his word, love for God, is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him, whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.
Read John 15-9-10
Notice how the Bible does not say that if you obey God, he will accept you. The Bible says that we have already been accepted in Christ (Ephesians 1:4-6). This is the wonder of the work of the Cross on our behalf. What the Bible does do, however, is equate “remaining in my love” with “obeying my commands”. This means that you can not claim to have a close relationship with God yet live a lie. Obeying God is proof of the genuineness of your intimacy with God. You cannot have one without the other.
Relationship is founded upon an ongoing lifestyle of obedience. Don’t just read the word of the God; Do the word of God.
So this concludes section 1 of you and the bible. The next post we will be looking at the next section of lesson 1 which is Trembling at God’s Word and The Spirit and the Word.
Hope you have a lovely week and God Bless
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