05.06.06
Reading the Bible (10)
What should I do after I read the Bible?‘and practise it in our lives.’
“You’re all talk” – in many ways, there’s not a worse insult you could throw at someone than saying that. It makes them out to be a hypocrite, one whose words are no more real than a morning fog. Thus far, in our studies in Reading the Bible, I guess you could throw that accusation at us, that we are all talk. We have been using Q. 90 of the Shorter Catechism as a template for understanding why and how we should read the Bible: Q. 90 A. 90 Is this Question of the Shorter Catechism ‘’, which sounds nice, but has no real substance, no real bite, no real practical impact. The answer is no, because the final clause of the answer firmly states that we must put what we have read and learned into practise. It’s no good to be a mere listener, we must also be doers. Tonight, I want to bring our studies on Reading the Bible to a close by looking at putting the Bible into practise, doing the Bible, in our lives. I want to see two things: first, the necessity of doing, and then second, the impact of doing. Read the rest of this entry »