"Anything that keeps me from my Bible is my enemy" - A.W. Tozer
This is probably one of my favorite quotes by A.W. Tozer. The first time I heard this quote I was deeply penetrated by the Holy Spirit with conviction in the regards to how I treated God's inspired living word, from which numerous of lovers have devoted and given their lives to this undeniable content that lay breathing between the covers thats covered in the blood of God's only Son, Jesus. 2 Tim 3:16 says "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work."(ESV) That means without scripture there is no profitable teaching, no reproof, no correction, no training in righteousness, no competent men of God that are equipped for every good work. Basically, there is no hope for understanding God and for men such as myself there is no guide to guide us to and in the heart of our Father. This is serious stuff!
To take it a step further the beginning of John chapter one states very clearly "In the beginning was the Word(capitial son!), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." , not a god that the Jehovah witnesses would claim, but the God. Another way you can look at it is like this " In the beginning was the Son of Man(Jesus), and the Son of Man was with God, and the Son of Man was God." So what I'm referring to is that scripture is Jesus and all about Jesus and any neglect of scripture in your life is an open face refusal of Jesus himself. The Old Testament is Christo centric meaning it's message revolved around Christ, it pointed to Christ and He's glorious coming. The New Testament shows us His first coming that God made Him that knew no sin, became sin for us that we may become the righteous of God.(2 Cor 5:21) and that He resurrected in unrivaled beauty and is one day coming back again for His bride-the greatest love story ever! Scripture is everything!
So what ever your enemy is that is keeping you from the Holy inspired Word of God, your wife, your husband, your schedule, your agenda, your ambitions, your classes, your church, your job, your girlfriend, your boyfriend, your friends, your sports, your facebooking, your myspace, your guitar, your cell phone, your texting, your everything. I beg and plead that the Lord would crush any desire that is not of Him and give you the desire to run to the Savior with reckless intent from which the scripture speaks about.(John 5:39-40)-get to know Him! Dig! Dig! James 4:4
What's your enemy?
To take it a step further the beginning of John chapter one states very clearly "In the beginning was the Word(capitial son!), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." , not a god that the Jehovah witnesses would claim, but the God. Another way you can look at it is like this " In the beginning was the Son of Man(Jesus), and the Son of Man was with God, and the Son of Man was God." So what I'm referring to is that scripture is Jesus and all about Jesus and any neglect of scripture in your life is an open face refusal of Jesus himself. The Old Testament is Christo centric meaning it's message revolved around Christ, it pointed to Christ and He's glorious coming. The New Testament shows us His first coming that God made Him that knew no sin, became sin for us that we may become the righteous of God.(2 Cor 5:21) and that He resurrected in unrivaled beauty and is one day coming back again for His bride-the greatest love story ever! Scripture is everything!
So what ever your enemy is that is keeping you from the Holy inspired Word of God, your wife, your husband, your schedule, your agenda, your ambitions, your classes, your church, your job, your girlfriend, your boyfriend, your friends, your sports, your facebooking, your myspace, your guitar, your cell phone, your texting, your everything. I beg and plead that the Lord would crush any desire that is not of Him and give you the desire to run to the Savior with reckless intent from which the scripture speaks about.(John 5:39-40)-get to know Him! Dig! Dig! James 4:4
What's your enemy?
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