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 The
very moment you were born, the doctor slapped your bottom, and you
made your first sound as a human being. What was that sound? It was
crying. Did anyone understand what you wanted? No, but they certainly
knew you were alive and that you needed nourishment and comfort right
away.
As you are growing, you are beginning
to learn words by which you can express yourself. People have told you
that some of your very first words were, "Mama", "Da-da" and
especially "NO".
Little by little, you have learned more
words, and you are beginning to develop a VOCABULARY. Everything we
say and do is the result of what we THINK. All of our thinking comes
from our vocabulary, so if we want to learn worthwhile things and we
want to make something of our lives in this world, we must learn more
and more words to make our vocabulary grow.
I'm sure that your parents have been
and are continually teaching you what they expect of you. Soon, you
will learn to know the difference between what is right and what is
wrong. In other words, you will understand the STANDARDS by which you
should live that will make a good citizen of you as well as a decent
human being.. All of this develops your God-given CONSCIENCE.
All your life you must keep on
learning, because you cannot become a fine, useful adult without
learning and applying what you learn and believe.
Some of the most important things you
can learn are WORDS. Words make up your vocabulary, and with those
words you will be able to read and to speak intelligently with other
people. God's Words are found in the Bible, and He wants you to first
of all believe that Jesus Christ died for your sins as your
substitute. When you understand and believe that message from God, you
become a child of God. or a Christian.
God wants all of His children to grow
up and to live lives that will honor Him, and He has given His Word to
us for a number of reasons that are listed in 2 Timothy 2:15-17, such
as:
"All scripture is
given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for DOCTRINE, for
REPROOF, for CORRECTION, for INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS; that the
man of God may be mature, thoroughly furnished unto all GOOD WORKS."
Some of the words In those verses are
pretty big, and they may not make a lot of sense to you right now, so
let me try to make them a little more plain to help you understand:
The original scriptures were inspired
by God. He gave His word to us so that we may profit from His
teaching, which is DOCTRINE. Then, so we can learn to recognize the
things we do and think that are not pleasing to Him. He uses REPROOF,
or scolding. Next He tries to CORRECT our thoughts and actions
by showing the right way to us. Last of all. He gave His Word to us so
that those who have believed in Jesus Christ might learn the way of
RIGHTEOUSNESS, which God calls GOOD WORKS.
DO YOU WANT TO PLEASE THE LORD? If you
said. "Yes", you must keep on listening, learning and applying what
God teaches to us in His word, which is the Bible.
"AS
NEWBORN BABIES, DESIRE THE PURE MILK OF THE WORD.
THAT YOU MAY GROW IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE." ( 1 Peter 2:2 )
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