Continue!

Continue in what you learned…

We talked on Sunday about how we need to continue (2 Tim. 3:10) in what we have learned about Christ.  It’s as we keep growing, increasingly enjoying our Father in heaven, that we display more and more the glory of God.  When we settle for the amount we already know we don’t make God look good.   We make God look ordinary.   If I said to you that I had discovered as much as I needed to know about Louise after 22 years of marriage and that I wasn’t looking to know her any better than I do now what would you think?   You’d think that I considered her to be only moderately impressive and it wouldn’t inspire you to consider her much at all.    But when we make much of anything it attracts the attention of others.   How much more with the Lord Jesus?   

I’d like to encourage you not only to read your bible so you can “thoroughly equipped for every good work”(2 Tim. 3:17) but I would like to strongly recommend you commit to reading a good quality Christian book.   Some people like reading others don’t but the fact is that we’re in a book oriented faith for God has revealed himself in holy writings and given us teachers (Eph. 4:11) who, often through writing, explain these Scriptures.  If you read just one Christian book every six months you would be incredibly well served.   Your understanding of God and his ways, his nature and his character would sky rocket and so would your worship.     

As a starter listen to this short podcast from “Ask Pastor John” where John Piper, in response to a question about his own extensive writing he makes some recommendations.  Further you could look here for some excellent books from the aptly named “Good Book Company”.   

One good book every six months and you’ll be blown away by the impact.