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Bible study is essential to our Christian walk. As we study God's Word, our personal relationship with God grows deeper and deeper. It empowers us to live for the Lord in every aspect of our lives. This is what has inspired me to do an online Bible study.

Many years ago my husband introduced me to a commentary on the book of Colossians and I was so blessed as the Scripture came to life before my very eyes. Since that day we have developed an extensive library and enjoy studying God's Word.

I have prepared some Bible studies that I would like to share with you. My prayer is that they will bless you as much as they have blessed me in preparing them. I pray your life is touched and that it would inspire you to live every moment of every day for Christ.

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Saturday, March 7, 2015

The Reason for our Hope

As Christians our lives are a constant testimony and as Christ is the center of our lives we need to be ready to give a defense for the hope that is in us.


Listen to what Peter says in 1 Peter 3:15 "But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear". The Greek word for defense is apologia ἀπξλξγία; This is where we get the word Apologetics, which is the branch of theology that deals with the Defense of the Gospel.

We need to be in the Word of God to be able to know what scripture says – Why is it so important to be able to defend the gospel - Scripture tells us we are to be ready to give a defense. It is an opportunity to lead the unsaved to the Lord!

There is so much evidence that supports the Bible.
I like Acronyms because it helps me remember things. The acronym ―MAPS is a great acronym for apologetics:

Acronym: MAPS
M – Manuscripts (Manuscript Evidence – The bible has more manuscripts found than any other book in the world)
A – Archeology (Proves everything that happened in the Bible)
P – Prophesy (See how much prophesy has been fulfilled in the Bible – we have all seen prophesy fulfilled – ie. 1948 Israel became a nation)
S – Statistical probability (this leads into the prophesy of the P - the Probability of all the prophesies being fulfilled statistically is like 1/trillion in other words unheard of)

My friend, we need to be equipped. Notice further in verse fifteen that Peter also instructs us how to give this defense; we will cover this in our next post. Until then, have a blessed day

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