Sr. Pastor-Teacher: Rev. Mark A. Cain 

SERIES:  THE STUDY OF THE BOOK OF ACTS

CHAPTER 20:  FROM MACEDONIA TO GREECE, PAUL GIVES PRIORITY TO TEACHING THE WORD!

TEXT:         Acts 20:1-12

Memory Verse— "On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and prolonged his message until midnight.”                 Acts 20:7(NASB)

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORD OF GOD

1. The Bible is the mind of Christ, His thinking on every subject    (1 Cor. 2:16).

2. God places the highest priority on His Word and has magnified it above His very name (Ps. 138:2 KJV).

3. The Word existed, in the form of wisdom, before human history (Prov. 8:22-30).

4. The Bible surpasses all human intellectual achievement            (1 Cor. 1:17-31; 2 Pet. 1:19-21).

5. The Bible is our most important provision for daily life         (Matt. 4:4; Luke 10:41-42).

6. Our response to the Bible determines whether we will receive God's blessing or cursing in time (Eph. 3-16-20; Prov. 8:33-36).  

7. Our response to the Bible is the basis for our eternal reward (Heb. 11:9-13; Js. 1:25, 2:12-13; 2 John 8; Heb. 10:35-36).

8. Nations stand or fall based on their attitude toward the Bible (Hosea 4:1-6).

9. Depending on your relationship with Jesus Christ you can use the Bible's acronym as a reminder of Jesus' evaluation of you in heaven (Rom. 14:11-12).

BIBLE

Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth

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