Chapter 2: The 1 st Side of the Paddle – The Bible The Word of God , Scriptures, The Holy Bible - all different names for the book we most commonly call the Bible. This section is not meant to teach you the Bible, but rather to help you understand why the Bible is vitally important to your life. That being said, I do think it’s important to mention, the reason we give this book such power in our lives is that we believe it is literally God’s words to us. He used many different authors to write his message to us. In 2 Peter 1 verses 20-21 it says “ Most of all, you must understand this: No prophecy in the Scriptures ever comes from the prophet’s own interpretation. No prophecy ever came from what a person wanted to say, but people led by the Holy Spirit spoke words from God.” This is an important piece to understand why the Bible is so important to our lives. It is not like other self-help books or pieces of literature. The content of this book is written by God, and not just the concepts, but the literal words are from the Almighty Creator of the universe. That is what separates this book out from the others and puts it on a special level that deserves such undivided attention. When we read this book, we are reading God’s word. When we change because of this book, we are changing because of God. While many thousands of pages have been written about the importance of the scriptures, I want to talk about just two particular passages; the first to help us better understand the value the Bible has for us, and the second to look at an analogy that the Bible uses to talk about its importance to us. So, let’s start with 2 Timothy 3:16. This is the Apostle Paul writing to the young pastor, Timothy. He says this
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