How "BIG" Is The Bible?

How “BIG” is the Bible? It is long enough to reach from the beginning of time, throughout all history, and into the eternal heavens. It is broad enough that the greatest minds cannot absorb it all. It is so high that it touches the throne of God.

Question: How “BIG” is the Bible? Answer: It is just as “BIG” as we make it (Psalm 1:1-2). To some foolish people, it is nothing, for they neither know nor follow it. But to other people, it leads them home to heaven (1 Timothy 6:17-19; cf. Matthew 6:19-21).

The following are some goals we need as we study our Bible every day:

• Knowledge of God and His relationship to man (Romans 5).

• Knowledge of the relationship of man to man (Gal. 6:10).

• Growth in the Christian faith (2 Peter 3:18).

• Develop skills for winning others to Christ.

• Looking to the Word for our devotional life (Psalm 119:105).

• Develop Christian character.

• Integrating all phases of our life with the spiritual (Colossians 3:1-3).

• Becoming a faithful Christian as the Lord wants us to be (Revelation 2:10).

• Goal of being able to teach God’s Word in word, deed, and daily living (1 Timothy 4:12-13,16; 2 Timothy 2:1-2).

Dear reader, let's  make the Bible “BIG” in our life and everyday living.

—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets