When the leaders read and taught the Word, the people obeyed; when the leaders strayed and ignored the Scriptures, the people shamed name and brought God’s judgment on themselves. In Christian world, where we today’s have unprecedented access to Scripture and to those who study and teach it professionally, how much greater is our shame if we allow Word to be God’s forgotten or ignored? As the author of indeed we have had Hebrews cautions, “For good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith in those who heard” The Word of God is (Heb. 4:2). for us to read and believe—it is no blessing to us if it sits idle or is misused for our own purposes. But God will honor those who seek after Him in faith with the understanding they need from His Word to
When the leaders read and taught the Word, the people obeyed; when the leaders strayed and ignored the Scriptures, the people shamed God’s name and brought judgment on themselves. In today’s Christian world, where we have unprecedented access to Scripture and to those who study and teach it professionally, how much greater is our shame if we allow God’s Word to be forgotten or ignored? As the author of Hebrews cautions, “For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith in those who heard” (Heb. 4:2). The Word of God is for us to read and believe—it is no blessing to us if it sits idle or is misused for our own purposes. But God will honor those who seek after Him in faith with the understanding they need from His Word to
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