Sunday, January 19, 2025
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. —Joshua 1:8
16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. —2 Timothy 3:16-17
Essential Beliefs of Bethel
We believe the Bible to be the verbally inspired Word of God, consisting of the Old and New Testaments. It is inerrant in the original manuscripts and the sufficient and final authority for all matters of faith, practice, and life.
We believe the Bible to be God’s complete written revelation of His will and is upheld as the supreme and final authority in faith and life.
Our Mission
We exist to glorify God by making
Our Core Values
- Biblical
- Whole-Life
- Compassionate
- Purposeful
How do we know the Bible is trustworthy?
- Historical reliability
- Historical alignment
- Eyewitness verification
- Unique and unified
- Scientific accuracy
- Prophecy fulfillment
- Preservation
The Bible is…
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. —Joshua 1:8
The Biblical
- Colossians 3:16, Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
- THIS WEEK: talk about it in community, pray Scripture
The Biblical
- Psalm 119:9–11, How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
- John 17:17, Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
- Hebrews 4:12, For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- THIS WEEK: evaluate why you read God’s Word
The Biblical
- Psalm 19:7–11, The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
- 2 Timothy 3:16–17, All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
- THIS WEEK: evaluate what you treasure.
What you believe about God determines what you believe about the Bible, and what you believe about the Bible determines what you believe about God.
Your Bible is unlike anything else in your life. It is one of God’s most amazing and important gifts to you. Everything in your Bible has been recorded and preserved for you by your Creator, Sovereign, Savior Lord. Your Bible has been put together and preserved for you as an irreplaceable tool of God’s grace in your life. Through God’s word, you can know Him and yourself. You can understand the world you live in, see and confess your sin, rest in the grace of Jesus, understand the life to which you have been called, and embrace the eternal hope that is yours as a child of God. You simply cannot be a Christian without being a person of the word. You cannot make proper sense of your life without the interpretive grid of Scripture. You will not be spiritually healthy or live righteously if you aren’t being shaped by God’s word. The Bible is the soil in which your Christian life is rooted and grows. —Paul Tripp, Everyday Gospel
What this means for 2025?
- How do we CULTIVATE Biblical Authority?
- 25 more verses/passages memorized
25 in 2025 Review
- MORE disciples — 25 more people saved
- BETTER disciples — 25 more people actively discipled/discipling
- BIBLICAL AUTHORITY — 25 more passages memorized