Deuteronomy 17:19 KJV
And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
The King of Israel was instructed to write out his own copy of God's law and to read from it every day. It was from the basis of that understanding of the Word of God that he was to judge the people (the context of the chapter deals with judgment - not necessarily all of it by the King, but in difficult cases, by the priest's who, obviously, were to know the Word of God.) The King was to read from that law "all the days of his life." He wasn't merely to study it and have a good understanding of it; he was to stay in it.
I have attempted to write out my own copy of the Bible. I am still working on it and I keep those parts I have finished. I can attest this is no easy task. But the real task, and one that no Christian has an excuse, is to read the Bible daily.
• Not just sometimes
• Not just until he has a decent understanding of it
• Not only in church services, but all the days of his life
What a difference it would make in the lives of people if they spent some time every day reading and thinking about and coming to understand the Bible.
And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
The King of Israel was instructed to write out his own copy of God's law and to read from it every day. It was from the basis of that understanding of the Word of God that he was to judge the people (the context of the chapter deals with judgment - not necessarily all of it by the King, but in difficult cases, by the priest's who, obviously, were to know the Word of God.) The King was to read from that law "all the days of his life." He wasn't merely to study it and have a good understanding of it; he was to stay in it.
I have attempted to write out my own copy of the Bible. I am still working on it and I keep those parts I have finished. I can attest this is no easy task. But the real task, and one that no Christian has an excuse, is to read the Bible daily.
• Not just sometimes
• Not just until he has a decent understanding of it
• Not only in church services, but all the days of his life
What a difference it would make in the lives of people if they spent some time every day reading and thinking about and coming to understand the Bible.
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