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Tami Weissert: You are listening to Back to the Bible. Wood, what do you say to someone who says, "I understand that feeding on the Word is important, but the Word, to me, tastes like spinach." Woodrow Kroll: First of all, I would say "I'm sorry" to that person how deceptive their taste buds have become. Look, the Bible is God's book. He wrote it to you. He didn't write it to make you feel good or to be tasty. He wrote it to give you life. The problem today is that so many people want to eat Gummy Bears when they really need green beans. Everybody loves Gummy Bears. They're squishy. They're brightly colored. They're flavorful. Their appeal is to the taste buds. But you can't build a life on Gummy Bears. They are just insufficient to help you grow strong muscles and bones. That's the way it is with the Bible. You don't want to compare it to a spinetingling mystery novel. You want to compare it to the instructions on how to get into a lifeboat and row to safety. Tami Weissert: Today on Back to the Bible we are covering seven practical steps for living a holy life. (1) Take time to be in God's Word; (2) Pray often; (3) Abide, or live all parts of your life with God. There are four more steps, so here's Dr. Kroll. Woodrow Kroll: We're thinking about the old hymn: Take Time to Be Holy, Speak oft with the Lord; Abide in Him always And feed on His Word. Those verbs in there—"take time. It takes time to be holy, and you have to speak often with the Lord. You pray a lot and that draws you closer to Him. You abide in Him. That means you rest in Him. You spend your life in Him. You don't run to Jesus when you're in trouble. Do you know what Jesus says to you when you run to Him in trouble? He says, "Where were you yesterday when I needed you to do something for Me?" We have a tendency to believe Jesus is kind of cosmic Santa Claus. We can treat Him any way we want. He's always there for us. The fact of the matter is He is Lord and Master of the universe. You don't go to Him when you're in trouble, you live in Him. That's what abiding is all about. 6
We saw that it's important for us to (4) feed on the Word, not just get a little morsel here and there, not just get a quick Happy Meal out of the Word and go on our way but actually be in the Word so that we feed there. There are three other things this old hymn says that help you to be holy. One of them is, number 5, "Make friends of God's children." I quoted to you just a few minutes ago from 1 Corinthians 3:1 about Paul writing to the Corinthians and saying: "I couldn't even write to you as adults because you act like children." But the very next chapter, he says in 4:1-2: "Let a man so [account] consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful." Accountability. He says, "It is required of me to be faithful in what I do for you. That's what God called me to do." Here's my requirement: It is required of me every time I step before an audience like this, every time I stand in a pulpit, every time I speak on radio or television or anywhere else; it is required of me to say to you, "This is what the Bible says," because that's my job. You don't have to like what I say. But if you don't like what I say, don't blame me. I'm the messenger. I'm just telling you what It says. Take it up with the Author if you don't like it. But this is what the Bible says. I firmly believe that when you make friends of God's children, your conversation is going to often turn to what God says. That's accountability. And it's important for us to have people to whom we are accountable. And the way to do that is to make friends of God's children. Does that mean you can't have friends in the world? Well, no. Who are you going to witness to if you don't have any unsaved friends? You are likely to have unsaved friends at your office or on the job or over the back fence or at the supermarket. But you need Christian friends, because Christian friends help Christian friends. And then it says, "Help those who are weak." A part of being holy is what we do with our feet. James 1 talks about not being hearers of the Word but being doers also. Not saying you love your brother (1 John) but actually demonstrating your love for your brother. Helping those who are weak is an active pursuit of holiness because the world does not see the weak the same way you and I see the weak. The world says, "It's weak, stamp it out. It's weak, factor it out. It's weak, cover it up." Jesus says, "It's weak, give it a hand, lift it up." Helping those who 7
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