Sermon Notes:

The Book That Changes Everything

Pastor Alan Hannah

²⁴“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. ²⁵Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. ²⁶But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. ²⁷When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.” [Matthew 7:24-27]

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. [Psalm 119:105]

²⁹Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God.

³¹“But now, as to whether there will be a resurrection of the dead—haven’t you ever read about this in the Scriptures? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said… [Matthew 22:29,31]

^16aAll Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. [2 Timothy 3:16a]

²⁰Above all, you must realize that no prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophet’s own understanding, ²¹or from human initiative. No, those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke from God. [2 Peter 1:20-21]

The Old and New Testaments are inerrant as originally given, verbally inspired by God, and a complete revelation of His will for our salvation.

The Bible was not written to you. It was written for you.

¹⁶All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. ¹⁷God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work. [2 Timothy 3:16-17]

¹²For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. [Hebrews 4:12]

The Bible isn’t just a book you read, it’s a book that read you.

1. Come to it with submission, not just curiosity.
2. Let it speak before anyone else.
3. Read it in community.
4. Don’t wait until you understand it all to obey what you already know.