The Importance of the Scriptures
1. What honor has God bestowed upon His Word? “I will worship toward Thy holy temple, and praise Thy name for Thy loving-kindness and for Thy truth: for THOU HAST MAGNIFIED THY WORD above all Thy name.” Ps. 138: 2. 2. What is God’s purpose in giving the Scriptures? “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and IS PROFITABLE for DOCTRINE, for REPROOF, for CORRECTION, for INSTRUCTION in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” 2 Tim. 3:16, 17. 3. What will ignorance of its truths bring? “My people are DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to Me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” Hosea 4: 6. 4. How are we kept from sin? “Thy WORD HAVE I HID IN MINE HEART, that I might not sin against Thee.” Ps. 119:11. 5. What was David’s experience in this respect? “Concerning the works of men, BY THE WORD OF THY LIPS I have KEPT ME from the PATHS of the DESTROYER.” Ps. 17: 4. 6. What special promise does God give us respecting the keeping of His Word? “Because thou hast kept THE WORD OF MY PATIENCE, I also will KEEP THEE from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.” Rev. 3:10. 7. How will the power of His Word be manifest in the judgments of the last day? “Sanctify them through Thy truth: THY WORD IS TRUTH.” John 17:17. “He shall cover thee with His feathers, and under His wings shalt thou trust: HIS TRUTH SHALL BE THY SHIELD AND BUCKLER.” Ps. 91: 4.