"As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: rooted and built in him and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving."
Colossians 2:6-7
I just got home so I know I am cutting it close with this post but tonight I am thankful for Friday night Bible study.
When I was in high school, I attended a home Bible study with some friends of mine and I loved it! I like having plans every Friday. I like having another opportunity to study God's Word and be around God's people.
A couple of years ago, we decided to start a home Bible study at my brother's house. As soon as I heard about it, I knew I wanted to be involved.
We are now into our 3rd year (I think) and it's going strong! It's great to look back and see how it's grown and changed and developed. We studied the foundational doctrines of Christianity, the Tabernacle and other religions. This fall, my brother started teaching the book of Colossians and once again, I am getting so much out of it!
I thought of the verses above, which we went over tonight, particularly the "as ye have been taught" part of verse 7.
That's the main reason why anybody shows up every Friday. We all want to be taught something. Something that will help us. Something from the Bible, not man's opinion or thought but truth.
I'm thankful for my brother being willing to study and then teach us and be a guide to us as we study the Bible. I have been able to observe and learn from him for years now but it has just been within the past year or so that I really started to notice something...he is a teacher. God has developed that within him and that excites me. It excites me to see God's work in and through him and to see it in action and to see the fruit of that. He's doing what God wants to him to do and that's the best thing any Christian can do.
I'm thankful for his wife, who prepares and opens her house each week to our group and makes it a warm, inviting, comfortable and fun environment.
I'm thankful for what I get out of Bible study. Not only do I get a vast amount of stuff from God's Word that helps deepen my love for the Book and for God and helps and instructs me, but I get so much more. I get Christian fellowship each week. I get an opportunity to pray with and for these people. I get the opportunity to "sharpen" and be "sharpened".
It's a great way to end my week and start my weekend. I'm very thankful tonight for our Bible study and everyone who comes. It's a highlight of my week.
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