FAQs Mondays: How Should We Respond to the Scriptures?

We began looking at the question, "Are the Scriptures complete?" You can read that post here. We continue to answer the question by looking at the excellence of Scripture.

For what are the Scriptures profitable?
 

They are "profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness." 2 Tim. 3:16.

How should we receive the word of God?
 

We should "give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip." Heb. 2:1. Luke 8:18.

For what were the Bereans particularly commended?
 

For searching the Scriptures, "They received the word with all the readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so." Acts17:11; 2 Thes.2:10,11;. 1 Pet. 2: 1, 2.

Are the wicked to be condemned by the word, at the last great day, for not practicing what it enjoins?
 

They are. "He that rejecteth me and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day." John 12:48.

If the Scriptures are of superlative excellence and value, ought they not to be given, without delay, to all mankind?

Yes.

Do you heartily believe, and endeavor to practice according to all the truths revealed in the word of God?

The last question is open-ended. A child (or adult) should not be required to memorize an answer to a question that they cannot, in good conscience, affirm. It is one thing to teach historical facts and teachings of the church, it is another to press a child into making a commitment they are not spiritually ready to make.  Feel free to leave a comment.