On Wednesday, Paul talked about the importance of memorizing scripture. He highlighted eight points by well-known Theologian John Piper. These were his points.

1. Memorizing Scripture makes meditation possible at times when you can’t be reading the Bible and meditation is the path to deeper understanding.
2. Memorizing Scripture strengthens my faith because faith comes from hearing and hearing by the Word of God and that happens when I am hearing the Word in my head.
3. Memorizing Scripture shapes the way I view the world by conforming my mind to God’s viewpoint on everything.
4. Memorizing Scripture makes God’s Word more readily accessible in overcoming temptation to sin because God’s warning and promises are the way we conquer the deceitful lies of the devil.
5. Memorizing Scripture guards my mind making it easier for me to detect error and the world is filled with error because the god of this world is a liar.
6. Memorizing Scripture enables me to hit the devil in the face with a force he cannot resist to protect myself and my family from his assaults.
7. Memorizing Scripture provides the strongest and sweetest words for ministering to others in need.
8. Memorizing Scripture provides the matrix for fellowship with Jesus because he talks specifically to us through His Word and nowhere else.

The Bible is a book. The implications of that fact are simply staggering. When God contemplated all the possible ways that existed for Him as an infinite, omnipotent, all-wise God to transmit and preserve His revelation to the world, He chose a book. And that is simply astonishing. We have no other authoritative access to the knowledge of God and the way of salvation and how to live a life pleasing to the Lord than through this book, either directly by reading it or indirectly from others who have read it. – John Piper

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