The Bible Holy Scriptures The Word of God Inspired Word of God Writers not inspired, The Holy Spirits influence brought to bear upon the minds of men who wrote the scriptures into the written and permanent form of the truth which GOD had communicated to them. 2 Peter 1:20-21 But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of ones own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God Moved - borne along, carried, like a leaf is borne along by the river currents Book of Books A Library Consisting of 66 portions About 40 Authors . . . . .over 1800 years and from different countries Old and New Testaments (covenants) with Jesus Christ as its central theme

1. An Old Farmer's Advice:
* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight, and bull-strong.
* Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.
* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
* Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
* Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.
* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you .
* It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
* You cannot unsay a cruel word.
* Every path has a few puddles.

2. * When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
* The best sermons are lived, not preached.
* Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen, anyway.
* Don't judge folks by their relatives.
* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
* Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think
back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
* Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none.
* Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
* If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
* The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches
you from the mirror every mornin'.

3. * Always drink upstream from the herd.
* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad
judgment.
* Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.
* If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin'
somebody else's dog around .
* Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest
to God.
* All the sun and rain in the world wont grow yer crops . . Without GOD.
* It jus don‟t pay to be lazy.
* At the end o yer life what really matters is family and friends and most of
all God.
* Every word in the Book is true, yup every word.

4. The Bible
Holy Scriptures
The Word of God
Inspired Word of God
Writers not inspired. . .

5. The Holy Spirits influence brought to bear upon the
minds of men who wrote the scriptures into the written
and permanent form of the truth which GOD had
communicated to them.
2 Peter 1:20-21
But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture
is a matter of ones own interpretation, for no prophecy
was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved
by the Holy Spirit spoke from God
Moved - borne along, carried, like a leaf is borne along
by the river currents

6. Book of Books
A Library
Consisting of 66 portions
About 40 Authors . . . . .over 1800
years and from different countries
Old and New Testaments (covenants)
with Jesus Christ as its central
theme

7. Hebrews 1:1-2 God after He spoke long ago to the
fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many
ways,
2605 times the Old Testament claims to be Gods
Word
Writers were
prophets, priests, kings, farmers, fisherman, exiles, s
ome were rich others poor.
God „spoke‟ through; visions, direct
words, parables, types, symbols, ceremonies, theoph
anies, angels, and with His own audible voice

8. Hebrews 1:2 In these last days has spoken to us in
His Son whom He appointed heir of all
things, through whom also He made all the world
The New Testament writers claim they wrote The
Words of God 1320 times
The writers never „justify‟ or apologize for what they
say. . .no self consciousness
God “breathed” out what the writers, 2 Timothy 3:16-
17, were to record for all time and eternity

9. The Power of Gods breath
Psalms 33:6
By the Word of the Lord the heavens were made, And
by the breath of His mouth all there host.
So what does all this have to with me?
78 hours to read the bible through . . .
15 minutes a day
More than half the books (portions) of
the bible can be read in less than 30
minutes

10. Prerequisites to reading and understanding The Bible
Be a Christian
1 Corinthians 2:14
But a natural man does not accept the things of the
Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he
cannot understand them, because they are spiritually
appraised.
Passion to study/Motivated
1 Peter 2:2
Like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the
Word, so that by it you may grow up in to salvation