To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:31-32
There is something about human nature that accepts over time the most controversial of change but would be appalled at the same innovation being abruptly introduced. I think the enemy of our soul is on to this characteristic of mankind. And, I think he regularly takes advantage of it. –GR

Our Purpose: Using the language of medicine and claiming the reliability of science, teachers have introduced theories and methodologies into the church that have subtly, but surely, pushed aside the authority and sufficiency of God’s Word. The results of such an incursion has been the cutting off of struggling believers from the powerful, life-giving, bondage-freeing, soul-satisfying truth of God. Our goal here is to uncover those theories and restore a full confidence in truth found only in God’s Word.

 THE EXCELLENCY OF GOD’S WORD

“I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your Word.” Ps 119:16 

“Would it not be an encouragement to a subject, to hear his prince say to him, “You will honor and please me very much, if you will go to yonder mine of gold, and dig as much gold for yourself as you can carry away?” So for God to say, “Go to the ordinances, get as much grace as you can, dig out as much salvation as you can; and the more happiness you have, the more I shall count myself glorified.” –Thomas Watson

Our Purpose: In Jesus Christ our hearts are satisfied. We were made to discover and delight in his glory. It is the knowledge of Christ that brings joy to our souls. The knowledge of the glory of God is most clearly seen as the Spirit opens the eyes of our hearts to see and hear Christ speak in his Word. Thus, our motivation for devouring God’s Word is not only duty but deep delight. In this session it is our purpose to explore how we can make Christ’s glory our treasure through devouring his Word.

The Authority of God’s BOOK

2 Timothy 3:16-17, All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work .

“We owe to Scripture the same reverence as we owe God, since it has as its only source in him and has nothing of human origin mixed with it.” –John Calvin

OUR PURPOSE: God’s speaks in creation, in history, in miracles, in visions, in the Incarnation, and in the written Word to carry out his will. When God speaks, he reveals his power, his authority and his presence. In Jesus Christ, God reveals the fullness of His glory. In the written Word, the Bible, Christ the Word speaks to us. Our goal is to see why we can have unqualified confidence in what it says about life and the pathway to joy.

THE CENTRALITY OF CHRIST AND THE WORD

John 5:39-40, “You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.”

“We were made to know and treasure the glory of God above all things; and when we trade that treasure for images, everything is disordered. The sun of God’s glory was made to shine at the center of the solar system of our soul. And when it does, all the planets of our life are held in their proper orbit. But when the sun is displaced, everything flies apart. The healing of the soul begins by restoring the glory of God to its flaming, all-attractive place at the center.” –John Piper, Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, p. 21