Chalk Marks of the Bible

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-- 2 Timothy 3:14-17
14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it, 15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work.

Other books were given for our information,
the Bible was given for our transformation. ~ Anonymous

Charles Steinmetz was an electrical engineer of towering intellect. After retiring, he was asked by a major appliance manufacturer to locate a malfunction in their electrical equipment. None of the manufacturer's experts had been able to locate the problem. Steinmertz spent some time walking around and testing the various parts of the machine complex. Finally, he took out of his pocket a piece of chalk and marked an X on a particular part of one machine. The manufacturer's people disassembled the machine, discovering to their amazement that the defect lay precisely where Steinmertz's chalk mark was located.

Some days later, the manufacturer received a bill from Steinmertz for ten thousand dollars. They protested the amount and asked him to itemize it. He sent back an itemized bill:

Making one chalk mark X : ...........$ 1
Knowing where to place it : ........... $ 9,999

If you know where the chalk marks go, the most overwhelming tasks are easily solved. If you don't, even simple tasks can be impossible.

Learning about the Bible can be much the same. If you don't know much about it, it can be like trying to cross the Sahara Desert blindfolded. Yet if you learn where a few of the major chalk marks go, the Bible can be at the very least an interesting and valuable of information and inspiration.

The key: Learning the structure of the Bible. If you want to learn computer, you must first learn how computers are put together. If you want to learn achitecture, you must first learn how buildings are put together. If you want to learn about sailing, you must first learn how ships are put together. And if you want to learn to understand the Bible, you must first learn how the Bible is put together.

..... The only way to study the Bible is to read it. Yet just opening the Bible and starting to read may be confusing. While the Bible tells a single story, it's a story that has many parts. To understand any part, we need to know how that part fits into THE BIG PICTURE.

When you understand THE BIG PICTURE, you can open the Bible anywhere, and it will make sense to you....And you will be blessed.

-- M.Anders

The Bible is a harp with a thousand strings. Play on one to the exclusion of its relationship to the others, and you will develop discord. Play on all of them, keeping them in their places in the divine scale, and you will hear heavenly music all the time. ~ W.P.White

This Book contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe, and practice it to be holy. It contains light to direct you, food to support you, and comfort to cheer you. It is the travelers map, the pilgrims staff, the pilots compass, the soldiers sword, and the Christian's character. Here paradise is restored, Heaven opened, and the gates of hell disclosed. Christ is its grand object, our good is its design, and the glory of God its end. It should fill the memory, rule the heart, and guide the feet. Read it slowly, frequently, and prayerfully. It is given you in life and will be opened in the judgement and will be remembered forever. It involves the highest responsibility, will reward the greatest labor, and will condemn all who trifle with its sacred contents. ~ Anonymous

-- John 5:39-40
39 You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about Me. 40 But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have Life.

-- John 8:31-32
31 Jesus said to the people who believed in Him, "You are truly My disciples if you keep obeying My teachings. 32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

-- Mark 12:24
Jesus said to them, "Aren’t you mistaken because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God?"

-- Matthew 4:4
Jesus answered, "It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every Word that comes from the mouth of God.’" (Deut. 8:3)

-- Matthew 24:35; Mark 13:31; Luke 21:33
Heaven and earth will pass away,
but My Words will never pass away.

-- Matthew 28:19-20
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

-- Acts 13:49
The Word of the Lord spread through the whole region.

-- Acts 17:11
The people of Berea were more open–minded than the people of Thessalonica. They were very willing to receive God’s message, and every day they carefully examined the Scriptures to see if what Paul said was true.

-- Ephesians 4:4-7
4 There is One Body and One Spirit , just as also you were called in One Hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism, 6 One God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. 7 But to each One of us Grace was given according to the measure of Christ's Gift.

-- 1 Peter 1:25
But the Word of the Lord stands forever (Isa. 40:8).
And this is the Word that was preached to you.

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-- Psalms 18:30-31
30 As for God, His way is perfect; the Word of the LORD is fLawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in Him. 31 For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?

-- Psalms 33:4
For the Word of the LORD is right and true;
He is faithful in all He does.

-- Psalms 130:5
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in His Word I put my hope.

-- Psalms 119:1-2,11,32-36,43-49,89,105-106,159-160,162-168
1 Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the Law of the LORD. 2 Blessed are they who keep His statutes and seek Him with all their heart.

11 I have hidden Your Word in my heart
that I might not sin against You.

32 I run in the path of Your commands, for You have set my heart free. 33 Teach me, O LORD, to follow Your decrees; then I will keep them to the end. 34 Give me understanding, and I will keep Your Law and obey it with all my heart. 35 Direct me in the path of Your commands, for there I find delight. 36 Turn my heart toward Your statutes and not toward selfish gain.

43 Do not snatch the Word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in Your Laws. 44 I will always obey Your Law, for ever and ever. 45 I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out Your precepts. 46 I will speak of Your statutes before kings and will not be put to shame, 47 for I delight in Your commands because I love them. 48 I lift up my hands to Your commands, which I love, and I meditate on Your decrees. 49 Remember Your Word to Your servant, for You have given me hope.

89 Your Word, O LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.

105 Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. 106 I have taken an oath and confirmed it, that I will follow Your righteous Laws.

159 See how I love Your precepts; preserve my life, O LORD, according to Your love. 160 All Your Words are true; all Your righteous Laws are eternal.

162 I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil. 163 I hate and abhor falsehood but I love Your Law. 164 Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous Laws. 165 Great peace have they who love Your Law, and nothing can make them stumble. 166 I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I follow Your commands. 167 I obey Your statutes, for I love them greatly. 168 I obey Your precepts and Your statutes, for all my ways are known to You.

-- Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go,
And when he is old he will not depart from it.

The longer you read the Bible, the more you will like it; it will grow sweeter and sweeter; and the more you get into the spirit of it, the more you will get into the spirit of Christ. ~ W.Romaine

If you plant for a year, plant grain. If you plant for ten years, plant trees. If you plant for a 100 years, plant men. If you plant for eternity, plant the Word of God. ~ Anonymous

A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God. ~ L.Ravenhill

Those who are readiest to trust God without other evidence than His Word always receive the greatest number of visible evidences of His love. ~C.C.G.Trumbull

No man is uneducated who knows the Bible, and no one is wise who is ignorant of its teachings .~ S.Chadwick

When you are reading a book in a dark room, and come to a difficult part, you take it to a window to get more light. So take your Bibles to Christ. ~R.M.M'Cheyne

I seek the will of the Spirit of God through, or in connection with, the Word of God. The Spirit and the Word must be combined. If I look to the Spirit alone without the Word, I lay myself open to great delusions. If the Holy Spirit guides us, He will do it according to the Scriptures and never contrary to them. ~ G.Muller

The Bible was written not to satisfy your curiosity but to help you conform to Christ's image. Not to make you a smarter sinner but to make you like the Saviour. Not to fill your head with a collection of biblical facts but to transform your life. ~ H.G.Hendricks

I study my Bible like I gather apples. First, I shake the whole tree that the ripest may fall. Then I shake each limb, and when I have shaken each limb, I shake each branch and every twig. Then I look under every leaf. I search the Bible as a whole like shaking the whole tree. Then I hake every limb - study book after book. Then I shake every branch, giving attention to the chapters. Then I shake every twig, or a careful study of the paragraphs and sentences and words and their meanings. ~ M.Luther

Any single verse of the Bible, taken in isolation, may actually be dangerous to your spiritual health. Every part of it must be read in relation to the whole message. ~ L.Cassels

If we are not interested in the Word of God, can we really be interested in God? ~ R.Godfrey

Isn't is amazing that almost everyone has an opinion to offer about the Bible, and yet so few have studied it? ~ R.C.Sproul

One of these days some simple soul will pick up the Book of God, read it, and believe it. Then the rest of us will be embarrassed. ~ L.Ravenhill

If we want the Word of God to have authority in our life, there is only one way - Obey It. If we want the Holy Spirit to have authority in our life, there is only one way - Obey Him. If we always obey impulses of fear or doubt or resentment, what will have authority over our minds? Fear, and doubt and resentment. T.Marshall

Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution centre for Bibles in many languages. ~ C.T.Boom

Christ is the Word of God. It is not in certain texts written in the New Testament, valuable as they are; it is not in certain words which Jesus spoke, vast as is their preciousness; it is in the Word, which Jesus is, that the great manifestation of God is made. ~ P.Brooks

Our Christian experience must agree with the Bible. We will be taught by the Bible and fed by the Bible. But we do not believe in Christ because He is in the Bible: we believe in the Bible because Christ is in us. ~ Claxton Monro

The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its Author, salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure, all sincere; nothing too much; nothing wanting! ~ Locke

God's word is --
1. Supernatural in origin;
2. Eternal in duration;
3. Inexpressible in valour;
4. Infinite in scope;
5. Regenerative in power;
6. Infallible in authority;
7. Universal in application;
8. Inspired in totality.
Read it through, write it down; pray it in; work it out; pass it on. The word of God changes a man until he becomes an Epistle of God. ~ S.Wigglesworth

The richness of God's Word ought to determine our prayer,
not the poverty of our heart. ~ D.Bonhoeffer

Either the Bible will keep you away from sin,
or sin will keep you away from the Bible! ~ Anynomous

Come to the Bible, not to study the history of God's divine action, but to be its object; not to learn what it has achieved throughout the centuries and still does, but simply to be the subject of its operation.... ~ J.P.Caussade