To say to me that the Bible or any book in it is boring or
uneventful, I would tell you that you’re not reading the same book as I am. Try
teaching it to 3rd graders and you will see what I mean. I’ve been
going through the book of Genesis with my 3rd grade Sunday school
class and within the 2 or 3rd week, I was already asked about
circumcision and concubines… Oh boy.
The Nephilim in Genesis 6, Genesis 19 with homosexual men in
Sodom and Gomorrah and the end of the chapter when Lot’s daughters lay with him
to preserve the family, or Jacob’s daughter Dinah being raped- these just being
a handful of stories that are not often talked about and that's only in the first 30 chapters of the Bible! It is challenging to talk
about these stories without explaining things that 3rd graders don’t
need to know about, but the principles are always there and hopefully I’m able
to convey them properly.
You and I have no excuse to not study the word of God: to ask ourselves why God would choose to put these stories in His letter for us?
2 Timothy 3:16-17 All
scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for
correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be
adequate, equipped for every good work.
I think it’s amazing that a book as old as the Bible would
still be so relevant to the ever changing times that we live in. A book that
touches on every aspect we face in our daily lives- inspired by the One who
made and holds everything in its place. Why wouldn’t we want to know everything about the book that points us
to our gracious and loving Savior?
Last year I spent 10 months in Florida with 11 other
students in a program called Great Commission Bible Institute. Our goal was to study
this entire letter that was not written to
us, but was written for us. It was
the most convicting, growing and inspiring time of my life. But just because I
graduated the program doesn’t mean I stop learning and studying and now I get
the privilege of teaching it to kids in my hometown church.
I hope and pray that my life is shaped and changed more and
more with every word that I read, that it’s not only head knowledge, but that
it’s heart knowledge.
The more you read the Bible, the more you will love its author. –AW
Tozer
