Citywide Baptist Church
FOLLOW: Learn the Bible
What is the foundation from which you understand the world? The bible gives us a firm place to stand.
Locations & Times
Citywide Baptist Church (Mornington)
400 Cambridge Rd, Mornington TAS 7018, Australia
Sunday 10:00 AM
The world was crying out for hope and God promised his servant
Our hope is to come from the servant's teaching.
Jesus invites us to make a conscious choice to take his "yoke" and learn from him, as the best possible way to live.
The most important question of your life is "What is the foundation on which you build your life?"
Some of the "normal" foundations people build their lives on are:
- financial security
- approval from friends and family (or from social media)
- the pursuit of happiness
- the avoidance of stress
- a cause to fight for
- the pursuit of pleasure
- the pursuit of romance
- financial security
- approval from friends and family (or from social media)
- the pursuit of happiness
- the avoidance of stress
- a cause to fight for
- the pursuit of pleasure
- the pursuit of romance
Putting Jesus Christ into a worldwide competition with all known alternatives is the only way we can give our faith a chance to prove his power over the whole of life.
Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard
Jesus promises that his words are the best way to live... and that building your life on other things will cause the building of your life to crumble.
The bible is one whole story, and it makes it clear that Jesus is the fulfilment of the Old Testament and the focus of the New Testament.
Learning the Bible means learning the big story of the whole story of the bible and how it changes everything.
It is learning from Genesis 1-2 how being created in the Image of God in a world designed by God affects you now.
It is learning from Genesis 3 - the end of the Old Testament how easily we get self focussed, how we simply don't have what it takes to be God in our own right, and how despite all this the God of the universe is reaching for relationship with his creation
It is learning from the Gospels what whole life looks like and how grace entered time and space through one man who invites us to live in the truest most healthy relationship we can ever imagine.
It is learning from Acts and the writings of Paul and the other Apostles what it means to live from truth
It is learning from the last two chapters of Revelation that the story of the Bible is only partway through and that the end of the story is the incredible truth that Heaven is coming to earth and the life we experience now is going to be a pale imitation of the life we will experience there.
All these things and much more are lessons that need to sink from our head to our heart and gradually shape our lives as we seek to not just read the bible but learn it.
It is learning from Genesis 1-2 how being created in the Image of God in a world designed by God affects you now.
It is learning from Genesis 3 - the end of the Old Testament how easily we get self focussed, how we simply don't have what it takes to be God in our own right, and how despite all this the God of the universe is reaching for relationship with his creation
It is learning from the Gospels what whole life looks like and how grace entered time and space through one man who invites us to live in the truest most healthy relationship we can ever imagine.
It is learning from Acts and the writings of Paul and the other Apostles what it means to live from truth
It is learning from the last two chapters of Revelation that the story of the Bible is only partway through and that the end of the story is the incredible truth that Heaven is coming to earth and the life we experience now is going to be a pale imitation of the life we will experience there.
All these things and much more are lessons that need to sink from our head to our heart and gradually shape our lives as we seek to not just read the bible but learn it.
Discussion Question:
How long, on average, each day do you spend reading (or listening to) the bible ?
Are you satisfied with that?
How long, on average, each day do you spend reading (or listening to) the bible ?
Are you satisfied with that?
Respond to the Question
https://www.menti.com/yqaxse8gwzLearning the bible also means memorising particular bible verses so they can be hidden in your heart, and shape you.
As a pastor, teacher, and counselor I have repeatedly seen the transformation of inner and outer life that comes simply from memorization and meditation upon Scripture. Personally, I would never undertake to pastor a church or guide a program of Christian education that did not involve a continuous program of memorization of the choicest passages of Scripture for people of all ages.
Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard
FREE Tools for Learning the Bible:
The Bible App: (Get reading plans and our sermon notes)
https://my.bible.com
The Bible Project (great explanation videos)
https://bibleproject.com
Bible Memory App (learn bible verses)
https://biblememory.com
N.E.T. Bible (very good notes)
https://netbible.org
Live the Long Walk devotional:
The https://livethelongwalk.com
Bible Reading Log: Available from church
BOOKMARKS: Available from the church
Sermon Series:
1 Corinthians: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrJvWuVpJQ9STVGOOCWQ9IU6eH75AZM3u
James: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrJvWuVpJQ9Rd0zDOUjiKv_VZi3cgy9Ak
Sermon on the Mount: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrJvWuVpJQ9QX8d_uZ63Zx9vyXyw1GjM_
Ecclesiastes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrJvWuVpJQ9S0IRZze61msE_EbUfuth4X
Ephesians 4: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrJvWuVpJQ9TlxdaqbAiREp4Pmc_s5LbA
The Bible App: (Get reading plans and our sermon notes)
https://my.bible.com
The Bible Project (great explanation videos)
https://bibleproject.com
Bible Memory App (learn bible verses)
https://biblememory.com
N.E.T. Bible (very good notes)
https://netbible.org
Live the Long Walk devotional:
The https://livethelongwalk.com
Bible Reading Log: Available from church
BOOKMARKS: Available from the church
Sermon Series:
1 Corinthians: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrJvWuVpJQ9STVGOOCWQ9IU6eH75AZM3u
James: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrJvWuVpJQ9Rd0zDOUjiKv_VZi3cgy9Ak
Sermon on the Mount: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrJvWuVpJQ9QX8d_uZ63Zx9vyXyw1GjM_
Ecclesiastes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrJvWuVpJQ9S0IRZze61msE_EbUfuth4X
Ephesians 4: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrJvWuVpJQ9TlxdaqbAiREp4Pmc_s5LbA
Small Group Questions:
1) Matt said that the most important question of your life is "What is the foundation on which you build your life" and he gave a list of different kinds of stories. What was the dominant foundation that your family lived by growing up? How has that story impacted you?
2)Where have been the main places you have learned about the bigger story behind the bible? What have been some of the ones that were most helpful? What have been some that were unhelpful?
3) How often do you read the bible and for how many days a week? Are you happy with that amount or would you like to change it?
4) What bible verses do you know by heart? How has God used those verses in your life?
5)Are there any ways you would like to engage with the bible differently than you currently are?
1) Matt said that the most important question of your life is "What is the foundation on which you build your life" and he gave a list of different kinds of stories. What was the dominant foundation that your family lived by growing up? How has that story impacted you?
2)Where have been the main places you have learned about the bigger story behind the bible? What have been some of the ones that were most helpful? What have been some that were unhelpful?
3) How often do you read the bible and for how many days a week? Are you happy with that amount or would you like to change it?
4) What bible verses do you know by heart? How has God used those verses in your life?
5)Are there any ways you would like to engage with the bible differently than you currently are?