Top 10 Reasons
Why Frequent and Repetitive Scripture Study is Essential
- We will learn to recognize,
understand and hear God’s voice (Luke 15:1, Luke 19:48, Jn. 10:27).
- We can see God’s hand in the lives’ of
others so we can learn to recognize and know of His hand in our own lives (Phil.
2:13, Mk. 5:19, Rom. 8:28).
- We will grow to appreciate God’s
mercy, empathy, compassion and charity in the lives of His children so we can
appreciate His same concern in our lives (Ps. 107:8, 15, 21, 31, 1 Chr. 16:34, Zeph.
3:17).
- We can fully realize that God wins in
the end, again and again, so we can find confidence in our challenges and
disappointments that our faith combined with God and on our side, we too will
overcome and be triumphant when all is said and done (Pro. 19:21, Luke 18:27, 1
Jn. 5:4).
- We will discover that there is a
spiritual side to all things, and the blessings that are ours as we apply that
reality in our circumstances (1 Cor. 2:14-15, Rom. 8:6, 1 Cor. 2:13).
- We will develop an understanding that
the commandments are a table of contents to Mortality’s Operational Manual –
that they show us God’s rules to protect us and keep us safe, to ultimately experience
lasting happiness and prosperity – the commandments provide insights to
understanding His works, give directions on where to go for help, instructions
on emergency procedures, advice on how to walk in His ways, instructions for access
to His organization’s contact directory, and how to develop a relationship with
the CEO (Ex. 15:26, Ex. 20:6, Jn. 14:21, 1 Jn. 3:7-13).
- We can discover how ordinary men and
women of history received inspiration, heavenly direction, and revelation from
a loving, involved God, so we too can know and enjoy similar inspired,
individualized communications from Him (Matt. 5:8, Matt. 11:28).
- We can understand God’s patterns in dealing
with His children, so we can know who to trust, where to receive grace, mercy
and refuge, who to seek for comfort and healing, for guidance and relief, for
hope and confidence (1 Tim. 1:16, Heb. 8:5).
- We can learn what God’s kingdom is like,
what it will be like to live again with Him in heaven, what we should be doing
to qualify for residence there, and how we should live in mortality to practice
for our future eternal life in heaven (Matt. 5:20, Matt. 13, Matt. 18:4, 23-26,
Matt. 25).
- We can more fully appreciate Christ’s
atonement, it’s applicability to us individually, its infiniteness,
boundlessness and limitlessness scope, its ability to right all wrongs, it’s
purpose to help us overcome sin, adversity and death, to perfect our
imperfections through His perfectness, to reverse the effects of the fall, to help
us realize it was the supreme expression of selfless love, and know why we
affectionately refer to Him as “Beloved”, “Advocate”, “Redeemer” and “Savior” (Jn.
3:17, Acts 10:43, Eph. 2:7).
Wm. Calvin Hughes | December 20. 2020 | Lake Elsinore, CA
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