All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness… (II Timothy 3:16 ESV)
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My grandfather wrote in a journal before Journaling was Cool. He wrote mostly about factory maintenance issues, Bible study, politics, and the best grandson in the universe.
It is worth reading, for me.
Although the mechanics of a factory in the 1960’s are not quite relevant, I still read the journal.
Although the Bible study notes are from a different theological perspective, I still read the journal.
Although the political situation has changed dramatically, I still read the journal.
And although my cousins were better grandsons than I was, I still read the journal.
I read the journal because my beloved grandfather wrote it.
Scripture is of much more practical value than my grandfather’s journal. The teaching of the Bible is necessary and relevant. The reproof of the Bible is accurate and beneficial. The correction of the Bible is deep and life-changing. The righteousness taught in the Bible leads me inexorably to my Savior, Christ Jesus.
But I read it, even more, because God inspired it.
The Bible is powered by God, instigated by God, motivated by God, and written by God.
That is the Bible’s foundational value.