Bible Study VS Entertainment

Bible study is important, at least as important as a TV commercial.

Have you ever watched a movie? It usually lasts about 2 hours. You don’t get up and turn it off every 15 minutes, do you? Even if you leave the room or the theatre, you come back as soon as possible to get back into the story. You don’t go off for a week at a time and then start the movie back where you left off, do you? If you did, you would probably lose track of the plot and would not "get it." But this is the way most people study their Bibles, and they really don’t do anything but sit there in the sanctuary listening to Greek meanings and anecdotes while the pastor assures them he is teaching them the Bible. The main reason you don’t study the Bible is because you like being entertained.

Reading the Bible is not very entertaining, in the sense just spoken. However, if we neglect it by not applying ourselves to study it, we are going to lose track of the plot. It’s about eternal life, and very few "get it." How do we expect to receive anything from God if we don’t care about it ourselves? It’s hard to sacrifice those 2 hours we could be watching a movie for Bible study and prayer. That’s why we are so calloused in our love. It is cold. Our faith, dependent upon hearing the word of Christ, is moldy or just a memory.

For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it. For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty, how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? Hebrews 2:1-3.

- Chris Simonson

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