Date of Sermon Delivery: 4. 8. 2022

Place of sermon Delivery:  Delhi, India

Sunday Worship Service

Speaker: Jatin Bisht

Title :The Importance of the Bible

Bible 2 Timothy 3:16-17

16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 

17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

16. सम्पूर्ण पवित्रशास्त्र परमेश्‍वर की प्रेरणा से रचा गया है और उपदेश, और समझाने, और सुधारने, और धार्मिकता की शिक्षाके लिये लाभदायक है, 

17.ताकि परमेश्‍वर का जन सिद्ध बने, और हर एक भले काम के लिये तत्पर हो जाए।

 

Praise the lord.

It's nice to see you in the house of the lord.

I hope you will be great by the grace of God and you will be getting better in your life.

Many times, when we make good decisions in our lives, we feel very happy and pat ourselves on the back.

In the same way, I hope that the Lord will be very pleased with you by choosing to come to the house of the Lord.

When we choose many things in the days of our youth, we have chosen the Lord.

The Lord bless you all this morning.

When I was young, I am still young, and when I first came to this church, it was Pastor Caleb.

And in those early days, he told me one thing: this book will change your life, it will explain to you who you are.

I thought to myself, "Hey, how can this ordinary book tell about my life and change my life?" and laughed at his words.

But today, whenever I remember his words, I can say that what he said in 2009 was true.

And whatever the change is in me today, even if it is a little, it is from the words of God. 

Let’s open together 2 Timothy 3:16-17

16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 

17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Amen .

Let’s pray... 

Before going into today’s sermon, I want to share with you the story of a clay cup.

There was a couple who went into antiques, and pottery teacup store,

They saw a beautiful cup, and when they saw it they said, "We have never looked so beautiful."

And as soon, they handed it, suddenly the cup spoke, I have not always been a teacup."

There was a tie when I was on red clay.

My master took me and rolled me, patted me, I shouted, "Leave me alone," but my master smiled. "Not yet."

Cup said that then he placed me on a spinning wheel, and I was driven around here and there.

I cried, "Please stop, I am getting dizzy," but the master said not yet. 

Then my master put me in the oven, and I never felt such heat, and I wondered why he wanted to burn me. I knocked on the oven door, but he said not yet.

Finally, the door opened, he put me on the shelf and left me to cool off, and I said that is better.

Then he brushed and painted me all over, and that was horrible, I cried, please stop it, stop it, but he shook his neck. Not yet.

Then suddenly he put me back into the oven ,but at this time the oven temperature was 2 times higher, I could not breathe, It was suffocating for me.

I cried, I pleaded, please open the door, but he was nodding his head, saying not yet.

I had lost all hope, and now I was ready to give up, but suddenly the door opened and he took me out and placed me on the shelf.

And after one hour, he gave me a mirror and said, "Look at yourself," and as soon as I saw myself.

I said that is not me. That could not be me.

It is beautiful, I am beautiful.

Then the master said to me, I know it hurts to be rolled, so I spun you around on the wheel, kept you under the hot oven, brushed you, painted you, and put you back in a second time with double heat.

If I do not put you through such a process, you will not be able to be a good product. 

In the same way the word of God is for our life, the word of God wants to make us the final product, as he wants us to see.

Many times we consider this book as normal. Yes, it can be normal. If I do not read and believe that this is the word of the Lord, if I do not act seriously when I read it, if I do not do as it says, then it is a normal book and it will be a normal book for me forever.

 

What is this Bible for you?

Is this a gift for you?  My husband gifted it to me, I will not consume it. It was given to me by my best friend. I will keep it under the big box. It is a sign of my mother-pastor, so I will keep it nicely, but I will not open it.

 

It is very important to know, what this bible is for me, before reading it.

 

Over the years, many people have rejected this Bible.

Many Roman Empires promised to destroy the Bible completely, but they failed because they are not here today but this Bible is in my hands and in your hands.

Many scholars and professors came against it, but they could not write down any book better than the Bible.

The entire world could not do better than this bible in terms of wisdom, morality, light, and love.

because it is not easy and it would never happen.

There is no Book in all the world that is like the Bible.

This bible is really much more then library, highest number of the books has been quoted on the base of the Bible.

In history, the bible is the world’s most read and purchased book.

It was written by more than 40 authors during a period of 200 years, and in three different language.

The Bible is the most translated book, most quoted book, most influenced book, and most prosecuted book.

But it never failed, because it is the word of God, a living word of God.

It was given by God himself, and it is the word of God.

 

2 Timothy 3: 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, 

17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 

This letter was written by Paul to his ministry partner, Brother Timothy. The Apostle Paul was in prison when he was writing to Timothy. And he knew that he would not be able to come out of this prison and that soon he would die. So in this letter, he writes this final message to Timothy. He requested that Timothy come for one final visit before Paul is executed, so that he could give him church planting work. Even Paul encouraged to Timothy that he had appointed a prefect disciple, who could teach the word of God, and also he encouraged him to keep his focus on the word of God.

Many time we shares among us that I love Bible Matthew a lot, some says I like bible revaluation a lot, some says I like bible Genesis a lot.

but Paul says to Timothy very important things that all scripture is God-breathed.

All scripture means From Genesis to Revaluation, every verse of the Bible, both old testament and new testament, is written by the inspiration and guidance of God.

When we see it, in the Hebrew Bible, it says it is the breath of God. When God opened his mouth, he gave his word.

It is the same as when we open our mouth in winter, a stream comes out of our mouth. Through it, we can recognise that someone is talking.

In the same way, when God opened his mouth, she spoke his word. That is this Bible.

Let’s open 2 Peter 1:20-21

20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. 

21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

20पर पहले यह जान लो कि पवित्रशास्त्र की कोई भी भविष्यद्वाणी किसी के अपने ही विचारधारा के आधार पर पूर्ण नहीं होती,

21क्योंकि कोई भी भविष्यद्वाणी मनुष्य की इच्छा से कभी नहीं हुई, पर भक्‍त जन पवित्र आत्मा के द्वारा उभारे जाकर परमेश्‍वर की ओर से बोलतेथे।

 

The Old Testament Prophecies did not come about by the prophet’s own interpretation. Rather, the prophets wrote down what God spoke to them.

The prophets were carried along by the Holy Spirit. The Greek word "carried along" was commonly used in connection with sailing ships, such ships were carried along by the wind.

The sailors/seaman would put up the sails and the wind would carry the ship along.

In the same way, the old Testament prophets put up their sails and the Holy Spirit carried them along.

The prophets opened their mouths and the Holy Spirit guided their thoughts and their tongues.

Therefore, every word in the bible is God’s own word.

After that, Paul points out the benefits and purpose of the word of God.

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, 

 

1. Teaching - As I mentioned at the start of my sermon, my pastor told me that this bible will teach you everything.And right now I can guarantee you that this bible changed my life.

Without bible we cannot understand God, God’s world, and the things in the world with God’s word. 

The Bible always teaches us, what is right. 

The Bible instruct us, how should be our family life, how should be our relationship with God, How should be our relationship among our brothers and sisters, how should be our relationship with our government. 

There is nothing the Bible does not talk about. The Bible is capable of answering all our questions.

 

 And when we go wrong in our life, then the bible rebukes us. 

 

2. Rebuking – I have spent a lot of time in God, but I am not to say that I am very right, because  when I open this bible, it is also rebuking me, not to look down but just to tell me that Jatin, you are making a mistake here. Correct it. 

If our thing is lost, but as soon as the light comes on it, we get it.

In the same way, the Bible reveals our mistakes and tells us that it is wrong.

Therefore, God’s word not only teaches us, but also helps us be aware when we have not properly responded to that truth(God’s word). 

For example – we might learn that man is made in the image of God. And if we mistreat anyone, or shout at someone, then we will sense the Holy Spirit/word of God making us aware of our guilt. 

The Bible not only tells us what is right and wrong, but always helps us to correct our mistakes. 

 

3. Correcting – Bible does not only tell us of our wrong actions and motivations. But the Bible builds us up back to where we should be. It is different between the world and God, or in other words, between evil and God. Satan, always tell your mistake, brother Praveen, you did this wrong. So bad you are, or sister, you are so bad because you shared her secret with others. Can you understand? He tries to make you feel guilty so that you may give up. But God's word not only tells us what we're doing wrong, but it also shows us how to fix it.

Through God's words, he encourages us through teaching about forgiveness and restoration, to get peace.

Think of how Jesus encouraged Peter after his betrayal. This is the power of God’s word, not only to tell our story but encourage us to solve it.

Finally, it not only corrects us, but this bible helps us to continue in the correct way. That means it trains us. 

4. Training – This Bible trains us to rightly live in relationship with others. God not only teaches us that we should have a good marriage, but he also teaches us how to keep it going. This Bible trained us the same as the way parents train their children.

 

The bible is like GPS for our life. We are on a journey, we have put in location. If any turn and flyover come together, we get confused and we take the wrong turn. Then GPS tells us that we are on the wrong way, and it tells us now which way we should take. And then GPS helps us to continue on that path.

But the Bible does not leave us with teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training. It’s given us purpose 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

If you will in Hindi there is written ताकि परमेश्‍वर का जन सिद्ध बने, और हर एक भले काम के लिये तत्पर हो जाए।

God gave the Bible to ensure that the man of God is perfect.

What is perfect? Can anyone be perfect in this world?

Is it possible for anyone to be perfect in their work? No 

It means that we cannot be perfect, but we can be perfect and do good work if we apply this Bible, because someday before Mukesh Ambani was better than Adani, but now Adani is better than Ambani. If we see by work, no one can be perfect. 

It means that we cannot be perfect, but we can be perfect and do good work if we apply this bible.

 

Dear brothers and sisters,

Many people open their bibles only on Sunday,

But if we eat about three times daily to sustain our body’s strength, but if we get one meal of God’s word a week, no wonder will happen in our faith.

We must value our Bible, not because it has a beautiful front page, not because it was given to me as a gift, but value it because it is the living word of God.

And if we truly value it, we will take the time to study and read it.

Amen .