“EXAMINING THE SCRIPTURES!”

Acts 17:10-15                                       (ESV)

“10 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue.

11 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; THEY RECEIVED THE WORD with all eagerness, “EXAMINING THE SCRIPTURES” daily to see if THESE THINGS WERE SO.

12 Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek women of high standing as well as men.

13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of GOD was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

14 Then the brothers immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there.

15 Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.”

This was on my Twitter Feed as I started my day recently:

Accuracy matters.

Airline pilots, surgeons, architects, engineers, pharmacists — lives depend on their accuracy.

Why have we come to expect anything less from those who proclaim God’s Word?

So often people who claim to be Believers are fed things from the pulpit in their church and they accept it as “Gospel”.  Sadly, there are modern-day pastors that have never been called by GOD ALMIGHTY, they are “in the ministry” maybe because it seemed like a good way to make a living, or they are able to tickle ears???

Scripture instructs us over and over again to continue being in the WORD OF GOD, allowing “.....the WORD of the LORD may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:” (2 Thessalonians 3:1).  Hearing from the man of GOD is something that we must do, but there is NO SUBSTITUTE for “EXAMINING THE SCRIPTURES” ourselves!  From experience, the WORD OF GOD will change your life, all you have to do is get IT in you!  It usually has no effect on a person unless it is read and applied. 

It would not be wise to have a fatal disease, be given the cure for the disease, and to avoid exposure to the cure?!?  Most people cannot SEE their illness, that they are dying from sin, and without JESUS have NO HOPE for the CURE!  We may need to look at our lives through the prism of “EXAMINING THE SCRIPTURES” daily to get a TRUE vision of who we are?