"These
were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the
word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily,
whether those things were so."
Acts 17:11 (NKJV)
There are many different kinds of puzzles that you can put together to create a picture, usually these are called Jigsaw Puzzles because of how the pieces have been cut up. Some puzzles are very simple and especially designed for children but other puzzles can be very complicated. Some puzzles have very few pieces and some have thousands of pieces. But, no matter what kind of puzzle or how many pieces it may have, the one thing that all puzzles have in common is that to get the right picture when the puzzle is completed you need to have all the pieces in the right place.
Although the Bible is not really a puzzle, in a way it is like a puzzle, to have the correct view of it you need to have all of the right pieces in the right places. Too many people, including Christians, do not really know what the Bible says and so they struggle to understand who God is and what they need to do in their lives. Acts 17:11 tells us about the Bereans and how they searched the Scriptures daily to see if what they were hearing was really so. They did not just rely on someone else to tell them what the Bible said, they found the puzzle pieces for themselves to get the right picture.
These people in Berea were searching, daily, to check what was in the Bible and to have an accurate picture of God and His Word; they were checking to be sure that they had all the puzzle pieces necessary to get the right picture. Too many Christians are not looking in the Bible daily, or even on a regular basis, and this only leads to problems. We all need to determine that we will get a complete view of everything that God has said by having a regular time of reading and studying the Bible. This is how we will have all of the pieces in the right place to get the right picture of God and His plan for our life!
Acts 17:11 (NKJV)
There are many different kinds of puzzles that you can put together to create a picture, usually these are called Jigsaw Puzzles because of how the pieces have been cut up. Some puzzles are very simple and especially designed for children but other puzzles can be very complicated. Some puzzles have very few pieces and some have thousands of pieces. But, no matter what kind of puzzle or how many pieces it may have, the one thing that all puzzles have in common is that to get the right picture when the puzzle is completed you need to have all the pieces in the right place.
Although the Bible is not really a puzzle, in a way it is like a puzzle, to have the correct view of it you need to have all of the right pieces in the right places. Too many people, including Christians, do not really know what the Bible says and so they struggle to understand who God is and what they need to do in their lives. Acts 17:11 tells us about the Bereans and how they searched the Scriptures daily to see if what they were hearing was really so. They did not just rely on someone else to tell them what the Bible said, they found the puzzle pieces for themselves to get the right picture.
These people in Berea were searching, daily, to check what was in the Bible and to have an accurate picture of God and His Word; they were checking to be sure that they had all the puzzle pieces necessary to get the right picture. Too many Christians are not looking in the Bible daily, or even on a regular basis, and this only leads to problems. We all need to determine that we will get a complete view of everything that God has said by having a regular time of reading and studying the Bible. This is how we will have all of the pieces in the right place to get the right picture of God and His plan for our life!
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