With my whole heart I seek you;let me not wander from your commandments!I have stored up your word in my heart,that I might not sin against you.Blessed are you, O Lord;teach me your statutes!With my lips I declareall the rules of your mouth.In the way of your testimonies I delightas much as in all riches.I will meditate on your preceptsand fix my eyes on your ways.I will delight in your statutes;I will not forget your word.

Psalm 119:10-16 (ESV)

DATE EVENT1500 B.C. 10 Commandments

500 B.C. OT completed & preserved

1st Century A.D. NT completed & preserved

393 A.D. Council approves NT

500 A.D. Bible in over 500 languages

600 A.D. Bible restricted to only Latin

400-1400 A.D. Dark Ages

500-1300 A.D. “Culdees” study in secret

1380 A.D. Wycliffe translates Bible to English

1415 A.D. John Hus burned at the stake

1517 A.D. Martin Luther begins Reformation

1526 A.D. Tyndale prints 1st English Bible

1536 A.D. Tyndale executed

1539 A.D. Henry VIII allows printing of English Bible

1) POWER

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart

Hebrews 4:12 (ESV)

2) HEALING

He sent out his word and healed them,and delivered them from their destruction.

Psalm 107:20 (ESV)

3) DIRECTION

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,and do not lean on your own understanding.In all your ways acknowledge him,and he will make straight your paths.

Proverbs 3:5-6 (ESV)

4) FREEDOM

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,because he has anointed meto proclaim good news to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind,to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

Luke 4:18 (ESV)

My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;keep my commandments and live;keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;bind them on your fingers;write them on the tablet of your heart.

Proverbs 7:1-3 (ESV)

And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

1 John 2:3-6 (ESV)

Web Sites For Study

• www.youversion.com

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• www.biblestudy.org