Is the Bible Still Relevant Today?

Is the Bible Still Relevant Today?What Makes the Bible Relevant?

Is the Bible Still Relevant Today?What Makes the Bible Relevant?• Its Divine

Origin

2 Peter 1:20-21Knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

Is the Bible Still Relevant Today?What Makes the Bible Relevant?• Its Divine

Origin• God’s

Unchanging Nature

Malachi 3:6For I am the LORD, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.

Is the Bible Still Relevant Today?What Makes the Bible Relevant?• Its Divine

Origin• God’s

Unchanging Nature

• Man’s Unchanging Nature

Acts 7:52-53"Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it."

Is the Bible Still Relevant Today?What Makes the Bible Relevant?• Its Divine

Origin• God’s

Unchanging Nature

• Man’s Unchanging Nature

• The Universality of Salvation

Hebrews 5:8-9Though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.

Is the Bible Still Relevant Today?What Makes the Bible Relevant?• Its Divine

Origin• God’s

Unchanging Nature

• Man’s Unchanging Nature

• The Universality of Salvation

• The Reality of Judgment

Matthew 25:31-32 "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats."

Is the Bible Still Relevant Today?What Makes the Bible Relevant?How Should We Use the Word?

Is the Bible Still Relevant Today?What Makes the Bible Relevant?How Should We Use the Word?• Daily

Psalms 119:97 Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.

Is the Bible Still Relevant Today?What Makes the Bible Relevant?How Should We Use the Word?• Daily• Prayerfully

James 1:5If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

Is the Bible Still Relevant Today?What Makes the Bible Relevant?How Should We Use the Word?• Daily• Prayerfully• Meekly

James 1:21Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Is the Bible Still Relevant Today?What Makes the Bible Relevant?How Should We Use the Word?• Daily• Prayerfully• Meekly• Honestly

Acts 17:10-11Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.

Is the Bible Still Relevant Today?What Makes the Bible Relevant?How Should We Use the Word?• Daily• Prayerfully• Meekly• Honestly• Actively

Acts 8:35-36Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him. Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, "See, here is water. What hinders me from being baptized?"