Hebrews 4:12 (NIV)
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Psalm 119:16 (NIV)
I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.
shakach; to lay aside, to forget, to take for granted or neglect.
John 1:1-2 (NIV)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.
Historical Timeline
1400 – 1500 BC: God wrote the 10 Commandments in ancient Hebrew on stone.
500 BC: 39 books that make up the Old Testament were completed and preserved in Hebrew on scrolls.
First Century AD: New Testament had been completed and was preserved in Greek on papyrus.
393 AD: Synod of Hippo officially approved the New Testament for the entire Church.
500 AD: Bible had been translated into over 500 languages.
600 AD: Bible was restricted to only Latin. All other versions were considered illegal.
400-1400 AD: Known as the “Dark Ages.”
500’s – 1300’s: Secret Bible society made up of the “Culdees” continued to study God’s word.
1380: John Wycliffe (often called the Morningstar of the Reformation) translated the Bible into English.
1415: John Hus burned at the stake for his stance for the Bible. Wycliffe’s bibles used to start the fire.
1517: Martin Luther nailed his famous 95 Thesis on the church door at the church in Wittenberg.
1526: William Tyndale printed the first English Bible.
1536: Tyndale was incarcerated before he was strangled and burned at the stake. Before dying, Tyndale prayed, “Oh Lord, open the King of England’s eyes”.
1539: King Henry VIII finally allowed (and even funded) the printing of an English Bible.
Do Not NEGLECT God’s WORD.
Psalm 119:16 (NIV)
I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.
3 Goals for this Series:
- LOVE the Word of God.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV)
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
- LEARN the Word of God
Matthew 7:24 (NIV)
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”
- LIVE the Word of God.
Psalm 119:9-11 (NIV)
How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
Psalm 119:105 (ESV)
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.