“全部圣经都是神所默示的，在教训、责备、矫正和公义的训练各方面，都是有益的，”
提摩太后书 3:16
“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,”
2 Timothy 3:16
A-poe-la-pi is an elderly member of the Akha, a hill tribe people who live on the mountain ranges of Yunnan Province in China. When a group visited him on a recent missions trip, A-poe-la-pi told them that he had missed the weekly Bible study because of heavy rains. So he implored them, “Could you share God’s Word with me?”
A-poe-la-pi can’t read, so the weekly gathering is vital to him. As they read the Bible to him, he listened intently. His earnest attitude reminded them that when they listen carefully to the story of the inspired Scriptures, they honor the Lord.
In Deuteronomy 4, Moses urged the Israelites to listen carefully to the rules and regulations he was teaching them (v. 1). He reminded them that the source and inspiration behind the teaching was none other than God Himself, who had spoken to them “out of the fire” of Sinai (v. 12). Moses said, “He declared to you his covenant . . . which he commanded you to follow” (v. 13).
May A-poe-la-pi’s hunger to hear God’s Word encourage a similar desire in us. As the apostle Paul reminds us in 2 Timothy 3:15-16, the inspired Scriptures have been given for our good and growth—to make us wise in the salvation and ways of God.
Lord,
give us a hunger to hear and understand the truth of Your Word.
Help us show Your love to others by faithfully living out its instructions for us.
To know Christ, the Living Word, is to love the Bible, the written Word.
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