Adult I Class ..... Auditorium

This quarter of Bible study is entitled The Word on the Bible.  We have no desire to uphold what members of the "CHURCH OF CHRIST" have always done.  At the same time, we have no desire to simply change what has been done.  We want to look in the Word.  We want to examine the life of the Incarnate Word.  We want to see how those trained the Word handled Scripture.  When we do that, then we will be on the right path.

We have only one source for our study.  We are not concerned with what the religious scholars through the ages have said about how to use the Bible.  We are not concerned with what the majority of modern religious people say about how to use the Scripture.  We are not concerned with how our enlightened postmodern society would like to see us use the Bible.  We want to know how God wants us to use His Word.

II Timothy 3:16-17 says:
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

God's Scripture, which is not the work of men alone, but the work of men moved by the Holy Spirit (II Peter 1:20-21), is all we need to be equipped for every good work.  Therefore, as we do our best to be approved workers who handle accurately the Word of truth (II Timothy 2:15), we will rely on that Word to teach us how.

When we are done, we will not use the Bible in some special way because preachers in the "CHURCH OF CHRIST" said to do it that way.  We will use the Bible in the way God's Word said we should use it.  We will have the confidence to have Biblical discussions with each other and with those outside our fellowship regarding the use of Scripture and how it applies to our lives and churches.