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Where In The Bible Will I Find... The Proper Response To God's Word? Gary Colley

May 2002 It is a fact that too little Bible study is being done in our present time. For this reason, both young and old are drifting in the world without moral or spiritual chart or compass. Do you regularly read and study your Bible? You can fall from grace (Gal. 5:4) and without daily study one is likely to do just that! The Hebrew writer exhorted those in the first century who were about to apostatize: "Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip." (Heb. 2:1). Since we are to be judged by the word of Christ in the hour of eternal judgment (John 12:48) we know that our attitude toward the word of God may determine whether we shall receive "the goodness" or "the severity" of God (Rom. 11:22). What are some of the ways we may respond to the word of God? Take your pen and mark your attitude toward the word of God in the spaces below. Do You Approach The Word Of God With... ____1. Anger? (2 Kings 5:10-11; Acts 7:51-59) ____2. Shame toward it? (Mark 8:38) ____3. Apology for it? Too many apologize for its faithful proclamation ____4. Attack upon the authority and Author of the Bible? (2 Tim. 3:15-17; 2 Pet. 1:3; Acts 17:32-33; Col. 3:17) ____5. Astonishment? (Matt. 7:28-29) ____6. Abuse by adding to it, taking from it or changing it to suit yourself? (2 Pet. 3:16; 2 Cor. 2:17; 4:2; Gal. 1:8-9; Rev. 22:18-19) ____7. Love? (2 Thess. 2:10) ____8. Appreciation? (2 Tim. 3:15-17) ____9. Delight and adoration? (Psa. 1:1-3) ___10. Deep affection? (Psa. 119:97) ___11. Awe? (Neh. 8:5) ___12. Acceptance? (Jas. 1:21-22) ___13. Subjection? (Jas. 1:25) ___14. Submission? (Rom. 12:1-2) ___15. Obedience? (Heb. 5:8-9; 2 Thess 1:7-9) Will we allow our sins to enslave and condemn us? Or will we study to have the proper response to God's word? (2 Tim. 2:15).

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