2. Please Turn Your Bible to: Ephesians 5:11-17

3. People don’t understand the Bible alike
But WHY?

4. Is God Unable to Reveal His Will?
NO! He is All Powerful

5. Does He Want us to Know it?
YES! He is Merciful

6. Is it so Far Above us, that it is Impossible to Understand?
NO!

7. Why Don’t We Understand The Bible?
So WHY THE COMMAND?

8. 2 Timothy 2:15 John 6:45 1 Timothy 4:13 Luke 24:45,46
Failure to Study
2 Timothy 2:15
John 6:45
1 Timothy 4:13
Luke 24:45,46

9. Results of Not Studying
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge..” Hosea 4:6

10. Psalm 1:1,2
“his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day & night.”

11. Spiritual Babes
Hebrews 5:13,14
Titus 2:11,12

12. Studying With A Closed Mind
Prejudice – “preconception (a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue..)”
Matthew 13:13-15

13. “It Must be right because we have Always done it this way!”
Traditionalism
“It Must be right because we have Always done it this way!”
Mark 7:9,13

14. The Appeal of Splendid Schemes To Do “Mighty Works”
No Regard For Divine Authority
Anything done with0ut Divine Authority is Rebellion Against God

15. Blinded By The God of This World
2 Corinthians 4:3,4
1 Timothy 2:14

16. NOT the answer to questions about LIFE, SIN, DEATH & Eternity!
Human Philosophy
Colossians 2:8`
Acts 17:21
NOT the answer to questions about LIFE, SIN, DEATH & Eternity!

17. Leads to Unrestrained Indulgence of Passions & Pleasures
Worldliness
Appeals to The Eye
“I want what I see!”
Leads to Unrestrained Indulgence of Passions & Pleasures

18. Seize The Opportunity- Ephesians 5:16
The Solution
Ephesians 5:15
Be Wise – Matthew 10:16,17
Seize The Opportunity- Ephesians 5:16

19. Be Filled With The Spirit – Ephesians 5:18
The Solution
Be Filled With The Spirit – Ephesians 5:18
Colossians 3:16
Colossians 3:17