The Bible Is Relevant “Old things” don’t always lose their meaning!

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The Bible Is Relevant

“Old things” don’t always lose their meaning!

Is the Bible Still Relevant?

“How to get Daniel out of a den of lions seems far removed from fixing my

transmission or resurrecting my crashed hard drive!”

2 Peter 1:2-42 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord ; 3 seeing that His divine power

has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us

by His own glory and excellence. 4 For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine

nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.

3 seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness,

“EVERYTHING” LEAVES OUT NOTHING!“LIFE” = Physical life

“GODLINESS” = Spiritual life

The relevance of the Bible to Issues of Today

1. RACISM. 2.“RIGHTS” – Matt. 7:12.3.SECURITY.

a) Civil – Rom. 13:1-4.b) Social – 1 Tim. 5:4, 8.c) Material – Matt. 6:33.d) Spiritual – Eph. 1:3.

4. Labor – Eph. 6:5-9; 1 Thess. 4:11.5. Crime – Rom. 13:3-4.6. Broken Homes – Matt. 19:4-9.7. Morals – 1 Cor. 3:16-17; 1 Thess. 4:3-7.8. Mental Health – Phil. 4:6-7.

The relevance of the Bible to Issues of Today

1. RACISM. 2.“RIGHTS” 3.SECURITY4. LABOR5. CRIME6. BROKEN HOMES7. MORALS 8. MENTAL HEALTH

The Bible’s Relevance Today

The Bible has to be the mostrelevant of all things in

life today!

The real purpose of the Bible is to supply our spiritual

needs.

2 Timothy 3:16-17