V1-05 Why Did God Give Us the Bible?

Why did God give us the Bible? Do we still need it today? What role, if any, does it play in our salvation? And what could we be risking if we ignore God’s Word? These are just some of the questions to consider in this week’s edition of the Walking Talking Bible Project.

Bible Passages

The following Scripture quotations from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB) are provided for your convenience. Please feel free to use the Bible and translation of your choice.

Memory Passage: Romans 15:4

Romans 15:4

14 For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

Connection Passage #1: James 1:18

James 1:18

18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.

Connection Passage #2: Psalm 102:18

Psalm 102:18

18 Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.

Connection Passage #3: Luke 16:19-31

Luke 16:19–31

19 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

20 And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

21 and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

22 One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

24 So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’

25 But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

26 And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’

27 ‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,

28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’

29 But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’

30 ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’

31 Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB).