The Bible - Know it. Love it. Live it.

House Rules - Bible

Dave Riddle - 9/25/2022

Key Passage: 2 Timothy 3:15-17

Bible Engagement

• Learning to know, love, and follow the teaching of scripture.

Originates with God Himself

• All scripture is inspired by God

  • 2 Timothy 3:16

  • “All scripture is God-breathed”

• 2 Peter 1:20-21

God’s Word and Truth

• John 17:17

  • God’s Word = Truth

The Design For Our Lives

• Hebrews 4:12

  • God’s Word = Living, effective, able to judge our thoughts and intentions.

• Psalm 119:7, 9, 33, 36-37, 104-105, 160

  • The impact of God’s Word on our lives.

The Way of Salvation

• 2 Timothy 3:15

  • Scripture reveals the way of salvation.

Equips God’s People

• 2 Timothy 3:16-17

  • …So that the righteous person may be proficient, equipped for every good work.

Know it so you can Share it

• Matthew 28:19-20

• Acts 17:11-12 - The Bereans

  • Eagerness

  • Examination

Know it. Love it. Live it.

• James 1:22-25

  • Not just hearers, but doers.

Why Pray?

Why Pray?

Mark Butler - Sunday 5/23/21

Key passage: Matthew 6:5-13

We ask “Why?” all the time, and it’s not a question that God is afraid of.

Why Pray?

To Honor God’s Name as Holy

• Matthew 6:9

• holy: special, unique, set apart

He is not far from each one of us.

• Acts 17:27

• Good is near!

…on Earth as it is in Heaven

• Matthew 6:10

• Micah 6:8

• A call to make all things new, in our lives and in our world.

• It aligns our heart with the heart of God.

Give us contentment and the ability to trust

• Matthew 6:11 - daily bread

• Proverbs 30:8-9 - give me neither poverty or riches, but just what I need so I continue to trust in you rather than in myself.

Forgive our debts/sins 

• Matthew 6:12

• “But God…”

• Repent and accept change e Red at her then saying “I want things to change, but I don’t want them to change me”

…as we forgive those who have sinned against us

• Matthew 6:12

• God’s forgiveness is not contingent on ours, but we are called to be characterized by grace and mercy.

Spare us from temptation

• Matthew 6:13

• God rule my heart

• A cry for help

• Mark 26:14

Prayer binds us together

• “Our Father”

  • not a private prayer

  • This is a y’all prayer

    • Forgive us

    • Lead us

    • Give us

Practical Ways to Share Bible Stories

Message begins around 14:50

Practical Ways to Share Bible Stories
Global Missions Emphasis 2021
Ryan and Bethany Reedy

Key passage: Acts 17:16-34

What Stood Out?

• Paul’s grief about the idols

  • Acts 17:16 (provoked, upset)

• Paul took time to understand the culture.

  • Acts 17:23 (unknown god)

• Where Paul went

  • Acts 17:17 (synagogue, public square)

• Paul’s emphasis on the resurrection

  • Acts 17:18

What question might someone have about this story? 

• What is an Areopagus?

  • Acts 17:19 - a place to discuss religion, culture, philosophy

  • Acts 17:18

    • Epicureans: focused on pleasure, pain avoidance. Agnostic.

    • Stoically: Pantheistic. Strived for virtue.

• Who are these poets Paul mentions?

  • Acts 27:28 - Paul learned their culture to connect with the people he was ministering to.

What do we learn about people?

• The people love to discuss and debate ideas.

  • Acts 17:21

• We are committed to the idols and gods that we’ve created in our own lives.

  • Acts 17:22-23

• Two different response to truth.

  • Rebellion - Acts 17:32, 18

  • Humility - Acts 17:34

• People need to repent

What did we learn about God?

• There is one true God

  • Acts 17:24-25

• God isn’t made by human hands or imagination.

  • Acts 17:29

• God made us to know, love, and honor him

  • Acts 17:27

• God has been patient, but he will eventually judge us.

  • Acts 17:29

Two Ways to Live

How do I live out what I learned?

• Are we following the one true God or the idols of our own making?

• How do we respond to this truth?

• Do we have a burden/conviction for the people around us who are caught up in their own idolatry?

Who can you tell this story to this week?

• Pray and ask God to convict and burden our hearts to share this good news with others.