“For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope...” –Romans 15:4

The daily exercise and discipline of abiding in the Word of God is easily dismissed by those who need it most. “Sa pagwawalang-bahala na ‘alam ko na iyan eh, yung Salita ng Diyos,’ ay hindi namamalayan na nalilihis na pala...” reminded our elder Raul de Asis Hipe, during the Q&A Bible Study on the Sabbath of May 29, 2010. “Sa pagkakagulo sa paligid, kawalan ng pag-asa, pagkagutom, the more we need to dig into the Word of God.”
 
Bible study interaction usually starts with timid, but minutes into the study find children, youth, grownups, and elders engaged in studying Scripture, discussing available commentaries and exchanging commonly-held explanations. But at the end, still find Scripture giving the answer in its own context.

When the Bible is open before our eyes, and we attend to it, not just assume its contents, we come to be “like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus.”¹ know what it’s like to “with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”²

CLICK ON ANY OF THE LINKS BELOW to listen to or download excerpts from the Interactive Q&A Bible Study on the Sabbath of May 29, 2010...

• Mark 9:49, “For everyone will be seasoned with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt...” What does it mean to be seasoned with fire?

• How does it connect to the need for every sacrifice to be seasoned with salt?

• Is it wrong to question GOD?

• Paano nangyayari sa Bible na ang isang good king ay nagkakaroon ng anak na bad king? At ang bad king nagkakaroon ng anak na good king? (In the Bible, how does a good king come to have a son who becomes a bad king? How does a bad king come to have a son who turns out to be a good king?)

• I Corinthians 15:29 What was the point of apostle Paul mentioning those who “baptized for the dead”?

• “God helps those who help themselves” Is it a saying with solid foundation in Scripture? As used by the materially-sufficient to mock believers in need, and conversely used by those who use faith as an excuse for doing nothing? 

• Hebrews 12:16 “...lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.”  “How does one SELL his birthright?” (“And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. – Galatians 4:6-7

• What did Esau seek diligently but find no place for? Repentance or the “blessing?”

• How do we apply the passage in Proverbs 10:12 often used, “...but love covers a multitude of sins,”?(Today often applied to either reveal personal grievances or conceal sins against God?)

• The sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ that truly covers...  

(All Scripture quotes taken from The Holy Bible, NKVJ ©1982 Thomas Nelson, Inc.)