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- speaker-0: People often are trying to find find their purpose, they're trying to figure it out. It's not a job, it's not a a career path, it's not our ⁓ it's not even a ministry. Yeah. It's the one thing that he gives us in the Bible and that's to share the gospel. That's to share him with other people. speaker-1: We can look to God, but we have to know him in order to be able to look to him. And so as we're talking about the purpose of Bible study and you say to know him so that we can trust him. We know his character. We know who he really is as God. We know that he is good even in the storms. ⁓ that is, I mean, we could stop there as the number one purpose for studying the Bible, but I know you've got two others that you talk about. So let's dig into the other two as well. speaker-0: All right. So the second one has to do with who ⁓ what God has for us to do here on earth. And you know, people often are trying to find find their purpose, they're trying to figure it out. It's not a job, it's not a a career path, it's not our ⁓ it's not even a ministry. Yeah. It's the one thing that he gives us in the Bible, and that's to share the gospel. That's to share him with other people. So that's our second reason for per for studying the Bible is we want to learn, discern. And share the truth with other people. So when they're having a storm in life and something is not right, ⁓ we can share the truth with them. And and when they need to know Jesus, we can share the truth with them. You know, and that is what we're called to do above all. That's our purpose. And God's will concerning us is to be able to share ⁓ those things with others. And then lastly, is to enjoy a deeper relationship with him, which I think we kind of leave out. We you're kind of like, well, we gotta do this. It's not a box to check off because we got to do it. Right. You know, it helps us, right? This is gonna help us with life. It's our purpose because it's gonna, you know, give us the tools that we need to do what God has called us to do. But most importantly, he wants us to have fellowship with him and he wants us to enjoy that time with him. And studying the Bible gives you the opportunity to go deeper with that. and you you won't get that. with just, you know, sitting in the pew on Sunday or even just glancing over a few verses. Like really getting in there, it just just gets you excited. And you're like, wow, Lord, like that's what you mean by this. And you know, that's what this really is. And it it becomes more of an almost a conversation that you're having with him. You know, and you're sitting there thinking, wow, like this is so neat. And I can't believe you did this and like look at that. You know, and it's a different, it's a different feeling. speaker-1: This episode of Homeschool Insights is brought to you by BJU Press Homeschool, CTC Math, and the Explorer Bible for Kids. Visit the show notes to learn more about these excellent resources. And for more encouragement, listen to the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast at schoolhouserocked.com.