Study Article 30. This article will be studied during the week of September 29th through October 5th.

Can you still learn from basic Bible teachings?

Theme text. I intend always to remind you of these things, although you know them and are well established

in the truth.

2. Peter 1.12.

Song 97.

Life depends on God's Word.

Focus.

How to apply valuable lessons from basic Bible teachings even years after you first learned them.

Paragraph one question. How did Bible teachings affect you when you first learned the truth?

Basic Bible teachings have changed our life.

For example, when we learned that God's name is Jehovah, we took the first step in becoming his friend.

When we learned the true condition of the dead, we no longer wondered whether our dead loved ones were suffering.

And when we learned about God's

promise of paradise on earth, we no longer worried about our future. We were confident that our

life could last, not just for a short time, 70 or 80 years, but forever.

Paragraph 2 question.

How does 2 Peter 1, 12, and 13, indicate that even mature Christians benefit from basic scriptural teachings?

We must never take for granted the basic teachings of the Bible.

In his second letter, the Apostle Peter wrote to Christians who were well established in the truth.

2. Peter 1, 12, and 13 reads,

For this reason, I intend always to remind you of these things, although you know them and are well

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