After coming to faith in Christ studying Scripture is probably one of the more important aspects of the Christian life to look at. So why is it important to study Scripture? Paul gives us a good look at the reason for the importance of Scripture and being well acquainted with it. In 2 Timothy 3:14-17, Paul writes, “But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” Today what I want to look at is what Paul tells Timothy in verses 14 & 15, “But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.”

Continue In The Word

You see the Word of God is what helps us to counter temptation, and defeat Satan’s lies. Looking at society and our modern culture, temptations, deceit, and evil seems to prevail and the only weapon we have that can effectively deal with it is the Bible. So why do so many of us seem to disregard and avoid studying the God’s Word? Some may think it was good for when we were young, or that it is irrelevant to our lives now. Nothing is further from the truth, if anything as we get older our need for the truth found in the Scriptures increases as we face more temptations. This is why Paul told Timothy to continue in what he had learned.

Know From Whom You Learned

The second part of this was that Paul not only was reminding Timothy to continue in what he learned from the Scriptures; but reminded him who it was that he learned it from. You see as we study Scripture it is important that we pay close attention to who we learn from. You see if we are learning from those with a firm foundation of faith, then we will be less likely to fall into faulty doctrine. Timothy had learned from his grandmother and mother, then later as an adult learned from Paul; basically the three greatest Christian influences in Timothy’s life was the source of his learning what was in the Scriptures. This is also why as men we need to be the spiritual leader in our homes to help teach our children and raise them up in the Word.

Wise For Salvation

So now we get into one of the major purposes for the importance of the Scriptures, it has the ability to lead one to salvation. It is not the Bible that saves us or our studying it; but it is what helps to point us to Christ. How does the Bible lead us to salvation? First it points out our need. It shows us how we can never measure up to the perfection that God requires. However, it doesn’t just point out our need for salvation but reveals to us God’s plan of salvation. Finally the Bible helps to nourish us by giving us assurance of our salvation and helping us to grow spiritually.