Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 2:9-14
4. The Bible Is the Only Book That Feeds the Christian
The Bible not only keeps the Christian clean, but it is the Christian’s food: “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4).
Where did the Word come from? “It was spoken from the mouth of God.” It is food. It is food for the mind, heart, soul and spirit.
I don’t want to seem judgmental but the truth is in this day and age, we have to many anemic Christians because they know only a little of the Bible. “Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation” (1 Peter 2:2). The Bible is good food that nourishes your whole being; you ought to thrive on it.
When I didn’t want to eat anything, my dad used to say, “Boy, you’ve been eating too much junk today.” How did he know? Because I didn’t have an appetite. A normal boy has an appetite after playing all day long. He knew I needed good food, not the junk.
Some Christians can’t take even a twenty-or thirty-minute sermon on Sundays because they’ve been allowing too much junk during the week to nourish them.
John Wesley used to preach for two or three hours. George Whitefield often preached two hours, sometimes until his throat bled. The average church wouldn’t listen to these men preach today! Now I’m not saying we should be preaching that long, but if you are in the pulpit, watch how many in the congregation start glancing at their watches after only thirty to forty-five minutes. Preaching, and especially combining it with teaching for growth, takes time to get the point of the message across.
5. The Bible Is the Only Book That a Christian Can Use For Warfare
The Bible cleanses a Christian and is also food to the Christian, as we have shown, but the Bible is something else: it is also, the Christian’s weapon. “Take . . . the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God” (Ephesians 6:17). It is the only offensive weapon listed in the Christian’s armor. The Word of God is “the sword of the Spirit.”
The Bible is what you need when you fight the devil, and the world’s temptations, but the average Christian doesn’t know how to use it effectively. It’s like having a gun in the house for security but not knowing how to use it if it ever is needed. In the case of spiritual warfare, your weapon is always needed and should be at the ready.
When the devil depresses you, tries to defeat you and attempts to talk you out of your assurance, as well as going to church and being a faithful Christian, you learn how to defeat him with the “sword of the Spirit” of the Lord, the written Word.
James 4:7 says, “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” Sadly however, the average Christian, not wanting to fight the devil, or even the temptations of the world, gets run over. Take the Bible, the “sword of the Spirit,” and know how to keep the enemy at bay with it and learn to stand! Amen!
The Bible is a fire; it’s like a hammer in the hands of a skilled workman. Sometimes folks don’t like hammers because they want to relax and take it easy instead of serving God like the workman He’s called each of us to be. Preachers and teachers must continue to preach and teach the Bible so Christians will live righteously and so they will know what it is to be a faithful servant of the Lord!
We have all been called into God’s harvest field. We have all been gifted with an ability to serve the Lord in some capacity. The Bible, the Word of God instructs us in our duties. Don’t leave your best “tool” for doing God’s work behind!
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD 
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