"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness ..." 2 Timothy 3:16 (NIV)
In a letter to his young protege, the Apostle Paul, the author of thirteen of the twenty-seven books in the New Testament, wrote these words, all of the scriptures in The Holy Bible are the divinely inspired Word of God. He said that The Bible was useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness.
The "Scriptures" referred to in this verse are The Holy Scriptures, words from The Holy God to holy men of God who wrote them under the divine inspiration of The Holy Spirit of God. The Holy Scriptures, The Bible, is the divinely inspired written Word of God. It is useful for all purposes of Christian life, for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness. It is a compilation of sixty-six books, written by forty different authors under divine inspiration and guidance, and it covers a period of time spanning approximately one thousand six hundred years. The Bible presents one clear message, the message of Jesus, The Christ, who said, "I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life" (John 14:6). "The Old Testament is Christ concealed, and The New Testament is Christ revealed." (Unknown) In The Bible God reveals what He wants to share with us about Himself, and about His plan for humanity. We need to read and study The Holy Scriptures to learn what God is saying to us.
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