Hearing from God

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. (2 Tim. 3:16-17)

​I once a read a bumper sticker that said, “Seven days without reading the Bible makes one weak.”  Notice the spelling of the word “weak.”  This is absolutely true.  I recently read about a survey conducted in 2020, which showed that 55% of professing Christians said they read their Bible 3-4 times or less per year.  Not that they read the entire Bible 3-4 times per year, but that they pick up their Bible and read something from it 3-4 times per year.  This is incredibly unfortunate because God’s word tells us that “all Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”  The words “breathed out by God” in the original New Testament Greek language are actually one word--theopneustos.  It’s a compound word made from combining two Greek words, theos (God) and pneustos (breath).  Thus, all scripture is the very breath of God.  All scripture is God breathing.  The Bible is not simply a record of what God has spoken; the Bible is God speaking to us in the here and now.  It is for this reason it is “profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”  If you want to be thoroughly equipped and prepared for everything life throws at you, read God's word every day.  “For man does not live by bread alone but by every word which proceeds from the mouth of God” (Matt. 4:4).