"Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed."
And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
John 8:31-32 (NKJV)
My smartphone and tablet are made by the same company, so it is not surprising that they have similar features. Both of these devices have what they call the Weekly Report. This report pops up on my smartphone and tablet every week, showing me how much time I have spent on these devices, what apps I used the most, and how long I used them. It is somewhat interesting to me to see what I was doing on my smartphone and tablet in the past week, and what apps I have been getting the most use out of.
Unless someone lives in a nation that does not have some of the basic freedoms that most people in the world enjoy, having access to a Bible is not a difficult thing. Personally, I have several physical copies of the Bible, Bible apps on my smartphone and tablet, a Bible program in my computer, and there are websites I can go to where I can read the Bible, or have it read to me. That is all great, unless I never make use of those things. It would be strange to have all this access to the Bible and never make use of it, but unfortunately that is the case for some people.
In John 8:31-32, Jesus said that to truly be His disciple, you had to abide in His Word; then you would know the truth, and the truth would make you free. But what if someone only referred to what Jesus said on a rare occasion? And what if Jesus' disciples then, and now, had a weekly report, just like the one my smartphone and tablet have every week, that showed how much time we spent in God's Word? What kind of disciple would our weekly Bible report show we are, and would that help us see why we may not be living in the benefits that Jesus provided for us? Reading and studying the Bible is something we should do on a daily basis.
And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
John 8:31-32 (NKJV)
My smartphone and tablet are made by the same company, so it is not surprising that they have similar features. Both of these devices have what they call the Weekly Report. This report pops up on my smartphone and tablet every week, showing me how much time I have spent on these devices, what apps I used the most, and how long I used them. It is somewhat interesting to me to see what I was doing on my smartphone and tablet in the past week, and what apps I have been getting the most use out of.
Unless someone lives in a nation that does not have some of the basic freedoms that most people in the world enjoy, having access to a Bible is not a difficult thing. Personally, I have several physical copies of the Bible, Bible apps on my smartphone and tablet, a Bible program in my computer, and there are websites I can go to where I can read the Bible, or have it read to me. That is all great, unless I never make use of those things. It would be strange to have all this access to the Bible and never make use of it, but unfortunately that is the case for some people.
In John 8:31-32, Jesus said that to truly be His disciple, you had to abide in His Word; then you would know the truth, and the truth would make you free. But what if someone only referred to what Jesus said on a rare occasion? And what if Jesus' disciples then, and now, had a weekly report, just like the one my smartphone and tablet have every week, that showed how much time we spent in God's Word? What kind of disciple would our weekly Bible report show we are, and would that help us see why we may not be living in the benefits that Jesus provided for us? Reading and studying the Bible is something we should do on a daily basis.
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