No other document in history has been
or
more than the Bible.
1 How happy is the one who does not
walk in the advice of the wicked
or stand in the pathway with sinners
or sit in the company of mockers!
2 Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.
3 He is like a tree planted beside flowing streams[a]
that bears its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
4 The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand up in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to ruin. —Psalm 1 CSB
By default, we drift toward destruction.
“The counsel of the ungodly is just the way most people talk.” —Dallas Willard
Hagah – to chew it over with unhurried
7 Above all, be strong and very courageous to observe carefully the whole instruction my servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or the left, so that you will have success wherever you go. 8 This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to meditate on it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do. —Joshua 1:7-8 CSB
The way we
the Word is to
the Word.
9 So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take and eat it; it will be bitter in your stomach, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”
10 Then I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I ate it, my stomach became bitter. —Revelation 10:9-10
When the Scriptures get bitter, we try to make it better by twisting it for our
or taming it for our
.
“The new Trinity doesn’t get rid of God or the Bible, it merely puts them to the service of needs, wants, and feelings.” —Eugene Peterson
Happiness comes from
the Scriptures for Christlikeness.
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure, buried in a field, that a man found and reburied. Then in his joy he goes and sells everything he has and buys that field. —Matthew 13:44
We eat this book is by listening, reading, and memorizing.
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