WE ARE COMMANDED, EXHORTED, AND TAUGHT TO:
-\tTo obey it (Ex. 19:5).
-\tTo be diligent to always remember and never forget it (Deu. 4:9).
-\tTo allow it to fill our heart, our household, and our conversation always (Deu. 6:7).
-\tTo teach it to our children (Deu. 4:9, 6:7, 11:19).
-\tTo live by it as our daily bread (Deu. 8:3).
-\tTo read it every day (Deu. 17:19).
-\tTo meditate on it day and night (Jos. 1:8).
-\tTo explain it clearly and simply to people so they understand (Neh. 8:8).
-\tTo esteem it as greater than our necessary food (Job 23:12).
-\tTo hide it in our hearts to keep us from sin (Psa. 119:11).
-\tTo delight in it as sweeter to our soul than honey is to our mouth (Psa. 119:103).
-\tTo be the light that guides our lives (Psa. 119:105).
-\tTo treasure it above all earthly treasure (Psa. 119:127).
-\tTo be consumed with zeal for it (Psa. 119:139).
-\tTo seek knowledge and wisdom from it like searching for hidden treasures (Pro. 2:3-4).
-\tTo tremble at it in holy fear (Isa. 66:2).
-\tTo have it burning in our heart like a fire in our bones (Jer. 20:9, Luk. 24:32).
-\tTo pray over it according to its’ prophecies and promises (Dan. 9:2-3).
-\tTo quote it in time of temptation (Mat. 4:4).
-\tTo not contradict it by the traditions of men (Mark 7:13).
-\tTo receive Christ to whom all the Scriptures bear witness (John 5:39).
-\tTo allow the Holy Spirit to quicken it to our understanding (John 6:63).
-\tTo be cleansed, sanctified and set apart to God by it (John 15:3, 17:17).
-\tTo devote ourselves to it continually (Acts 2:42).
-\tTo not neglect it for things of lesser importance (Acts 6:2).
-\tTo search it and test all teaching by what is written (Acts 17:11).
-\tTo convince and evangelize by it proving that Jesus is the Christ (Acts 18:28).
-\tTo receive the Word and be built up in the faith by it (Acts 20:32).
-\tTo not doubt or waver at the promises contained in it (Rom. 4:20).
-\tTo hear it and allow it to impart faith to us hearts (Rom. 10:17).
-\tTo receive hope and comfort by it (Rom. 15:4).
-\tTo not handle it deceitfully (2 Cor. 4:2).
-\tTo be washed with the water of the Word (Eph. 5:26).
-\tTo use it as a sword to battle against evil (Eph. 6:17).
-\tTo allow it to dwell in us richly with all wisdom and spiritual understanding (Col. 3:16).
-\tTo speak it boldly even if men don’t like it (1 Th. 2:3).
-\tTo receive it as having divine authority (1 Th. 2:13).
-\tTo read it publicly and be taught by it (1 Tim. 4:13).
-\tTo observe it without partiality (1 Tim. 5:21).
-\tTo be diligent to understand it, interpret it and teach it correctly (2 Tim. 2:15).
-\tTo know it and receive wisdom unto salvation by it (2 Tim. 3:15).
-\tTo be taught, reproved, corrected, and trained by it (2 Tim. 3:16).
-\tTo not give occasion for unbelievers to blaspheme it (Tit. 2:5).
-\tTo believe it and receive its blessings by faith (Heb. 4:2).
-\tTo grow up by it and develop discernment by it (Heb. 5:14).
-\tTo highly esteem those who teach it to us (Heb. 13:7).
-\tTo desperately crave it like a baby craves milk (1 Pet. 2:2).
-\tTo not twist it to our own destruction (2 Pet. 3:16).
-\tTo allow it to give us assurance of our salvation (1 John 5:13).
-\tTo earnestly contend for the faith revealed in it (Jude 1:3).
-\tTo be persecuted for our testimony to it and even die for it (Rev. 1:9, 6:9).
-\tTo sing it in praise to God (Rev. 15:3).
-\tTo not add to it or take away from it (Rev. 22:18-19).
DOES HIS WORD ABIDE IN YOU???