All Scripture is Profitable

(#19, Daggett/Yermo/Kelso, Oct. 1947; Radio, 1953; Imperial, 1961)

Read 2 Tim. 3:15-17.

The tendency today is to relegate Scripture to the level of "good books."  But the Bible differs from other books.

    1.  It is inspired by God (2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21).  ALL Scripture is inspired, even the order of words.

    2.  It has a perennial freshness.  Most passages yield as much refreshment at the thousandth reading as the first.

    3.  It is never obsolete.  There is not a problem today that the Bible cannot be applied to.  Text books of science must change but not the Bible.

    4.  It is inexhaustible.  "If we should live and preach for half a century or a century you would never be able to exhaust the thing that is yours as a deposit" (G. Campbell Morgan).

    5.  The Bible can make us wise unto salvation.  Have you ever heard of a man who had been saved through reading science? or history?

ƒ    The profitability of Scripture.

w   Doctrine - teaching.  The Bible is like the ambassador who carries with him the weight of the governmental authority.  It is the truth of God.

w   Reproof.  The Bible is the plumbline or yardstick (Amos 7:8) by which we are admonished for the sinfulness of our lives.

w   Correction.  This is the capacity to correct that which the plumbline shows is wrong.

w   Instruction.  The Bible is a training school for the Christian, training him in the practical issues of his life. 

ƒ    Our responsibility toward God's Word.

w   Search the Scriptures (John 5:39).  This needs to be our daily habit (Acts 17:11; 2 Tim. 2:15).  Search the Word diligently, regularly and prayerfully.

w   Believe God's Word (John 5:24).

w   Live God's Word (James 1:25).  Be doers of the Word.

w   Give it out.

Scripture is the only rule of faith and practice for the Christian.