Chapter 2 - The Purpose of the Bible
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| Chapter 2 - The Purpose of the Bible |
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Makes Us Wise Unto Salvation
And that from a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto salvation . .
II Timothy 3:15
One of the primary purposes of the Bible as we are told in this scripture is to make man wise unto salvation. This simply means that the Bible supplies the knowledge of salvation by giving clear and concise directions on how to be saved. Without this knowledge of salvation man is ultimately lost and bound for destruction.
God said, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge...”
(Hosea 4:6).
It is not the will of God for anyone to be lost or destroyed (II Peter 3:9), so the Bible is one of the many ways in which God is attempting to save mankind.
Since the days of Moses, with the Ten Commandments, God’s written word has played a major role in man’s salvation
(Exodus 20:1-17).