2 Timothy 3:16-17 says, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and (is) profitable for … training in righteousness.” This means that Scripture is God’s blueprint for marriage, for parenting, for relationships, for every area of our lives. The goal of Calvary’s marriage ministries is to help couples “do marriage God’s way.” When we are doing all of life “God’s way” we are living in righteousness, and the purpose of Scripture is to train us how to live in this way.
Nehemiah 8 illustrates for us two aspects of that process. First we have the leaders who “helped the people to understand the Law” by reading from the Law clearly and giving the meaning so that the people could understand what had been read (8:7-8). And then we have the people, all who could understand, whose ears “were attentive to the Book of the Law” (8:3).
Does that not describe well our vision for the ministries of our church? From the preaching ministry to our Bible Fellowship and small group ministries to countless informal and personal ministries … our desire is for all who can understand to be attentive to the teaching of God’s Word as it is presented with clarity and relevance.
Prayer/Challenge
How would you rate your desire to “do life God’s way?” Are you regularly meditating on His Word? And are you finding ways to share what you’ve learned with others? Together let’s become a people who have been “trained in righteousness” so that we are “equipped for every good work.”
