I know the Word!
As a pastor, I'll get upset, frustrated, at myself for not being able to quote "an exact chapter & verse" of a biblical principle I'm trying to share. But, I don't look at scripture verse by verse. I try to include every verse in context, with it as it applies to scripture in its entirety. So, rather than looking at, or quoting one verse, my mind is thinking of thirty verses. Anyway, I began this post with this in mind: I can know every scripture in the Bible. I can randomly quote chapter and verse on the spot. My scripture memory can rank among the best. I can be that scripture wiz kid! (Motive?) But, you know what? Unless I am growing. Unless I am Changing. Unless I am growing closer to God. Unless I am allowing the Word to build me and cause Christ-like behaviors in me, then the Word is Useless to me. I can know and quote all the scripture I want, and still, go to hell. Even Satan knows the word (Matthew 4) (2 Timothy 2) 2 Timothy 3:5 having a fo...