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Second Timothy chapter three verses 16 and 17, 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 complete, equipped for every good work. Is that not the most awesome description of the Bible,

this gift we have in God's word scripture that has been breathed out by God, how God has spoken

to us through a word that is totally inspired by his spirit. Just look at the Bible from Genesis

one, one to the very last verse and Revelation 22, every single verse of the Bible,

breathed out by God himself, inspired by his Holy Spirit to help us in all these ways. It's

profitable. What a word. There's nothing more profitable in the world than God's word. It's

profitable for teaching us. Just think of all the ways the Bible teaches us. Who God is, the Bible

teaches us, the nature and character and attributes of God teaches us who we are, teaches us what God

is doing in the world, how to understand what is happening in our lives. It reproves us, correct us,

trains us in righteousness. We need all of these things. We are all prone to wander today. That's

the nature of our humanity that we are all prone all day long to turn from God in his ways to

ourselves in our own ways, which means we need the word of God to approve us, to correct us, to

train us every day in righteousness, to live in the right relationship with God, to experience

life to the full and right relationship with God so that you and I may be complete. Don't we want

that in our lives to be complete, to be full, to be fulfilled, to be all that God has created us

to be and not just complete for ourselves but equipped for every good work. What a picture. You and I

are created today for good work, to do good work that is good for others and glorifying the God and

good for us, which is why we need a Psalm 11 kind of way to meditate on God's word day and night

to meditate on these words that are breathed out by God. Indeed, this is our daily bread. This is

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