Bible Intake is Like Eating Food

The following notes are meant to be supplementary sermon content to go along with the Why: Bible Intake sermon above.

Studying Scripture

“No Spiritual Discipline is more important than the intake of God’s Word. There simply is no healthy Christian life apart from a steady diet of the milk and meat of Scripture” (Donald S. Whitney). Regardless of how busy we become with “Christian things” we must remember that the most transforming practice available to us is the disciplined intake of Scripture.

“Don’t settle only for spiritual food that’s been predigested by others. Experience the joy of discovering biblical insights firsthand through your own Bible study!” (Donald S. Whitney)

Bite

Hear and read scripture. (Romans 10:17 and 1 Timothy 4:13)

“The Bible is not meant to be cake for special occasions, but bread for daily use.”

(Suzanne Woods Fisher)

Chew

Examine scripture; break it down piece by piece. (Ezra 7:10, Acts 17:11, John 17:17)

Savor

Memorize, meditate, and pray scripture. (Psalm 119:11, Eph 6:17, Psalm 1:1-3, and Joshua 1:8). Direct your mind repeatedly and regularly toward thoughts about God. Meditation is absorption.

Digest

Applying scripture; it is fuel for living. (2 Timothy 3:16-17, Joshua 1:8, and James 1:22-25)

One of the greatest travesties of our time is that many of us are biblically educated well beyond our willingness to obey. “Faith without works is dead.” James 2:14-26

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