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The Four Provisions Given by God to Saved Ones (3) — the Word

I. The Bible is the Word of God, containing light and life

1. 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

2. John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

3. Jeremiah 15:16 Your words were found and I ate them, / And Your word became to me / The gladness and joy of my heart, / For I am called by Your name, / O Jehovah, God of hosts.

4. Matthew 4:4 But He answered and said, It is written, “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out through the mouth of God.”

5. Psalms 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet / And a light to my path.

6. 119:130 The opening of Your words gives light, / Imparting understanding to the simple.

II. Our attitude in reading the Bible — to contact God Himself, to receive the life supply, and to receive nourishment

III. The ways to read the Bible

• Sequentially

• Only one chapter each time

• Remembering the main points

• Receiving inspiration and turning it into prayer

• Memorizing the precious verses

• Underlining

• Not seeking a thorough understanding

• Musing on the Word

• Reading according to a schedule

IV. The best time for reading the Bible is in the morning

1. Psalms 119:147-148 I anticipated the dawn and cried out; / I hoped in Your words. My eyes anticipated the night watches, / That I might muse upon Your word.

2. Exodus 16:21 And they gathered it [manna] morning by morning, each one according to his eating; and when the sun became hot, it melted.

3. John 6:48 I am the bread of life.