Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Bible....ala Rick

As a Christian,  you know the Bible is important, 

and you know that the the word of God is a lamp 

unto your feet, a light unto your path.  

But just how important is it 

according to Pastor Rick?

“God has a purpose behind every problem….In fact he depends more on circumstances to make us like Jesus than he depends on our reading the Bible”
Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life pg. 193

 “ Now, what is the purpose of the Bible? Well, it says in 2 Timothy 3:16-17, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be thoroughly furnished unto every good work." But people misread that verse most of the time. The purpose of the Bible is not for doctrine, not for reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness… "
Rick Warren- Purpose-Driven Preaching: Interview by M. Duduit

That is not a typo...

Rick warren says that 

the bible is not for doctrine....

not for reproof.......
what does he mean?
Didn't he just read that it was
"profitable for these" things?

Rick tells his listeners....

"Paul used his testimony to share the gospel instead of quoting Scripture.”

Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life pg. 291

And yet, Paul charged Timothy,
"before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ,
who shall judge the quick and the dead
at his appearing and his kingdom;
 Preach the word;
be instant in season, out of season;
reprove, rebuke, exhort
with all long suffering
and doctrine.
For the time will come 

when they will not endure sound doctrine;.

Care to be like a Berean?

Read: Matthew 4:4 

John 14:26

Joshua 8:34 

Eccles 12:11

There is no "one-size-fits-all" approach to worship and friendship with God."

Purpose Driven Life: Worship that pleases God   by Rick Warren

John 14:6
 Jesus answered, “I am the way 
and the truth and the life. 
 No one comes to the 
Father except through me.

“ Now, what is the purpose of the Bible? Well, it says in 2 Timothy 3:16-17, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be thoroughly furnished unto every good work." But people misread that verse most of the time. The purpose of the Bible is not for doctrine, not for reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness. ...

Rick Warren-  Purpose-Driven Preaching: Interview by M. Duduit

… “ Watch your life
and doctrine closely. 

Persevere in them,
because if you do, 

you will save both yourself 
and your hearers.”

 2 Tim 4

"But people misread that verse 

most of the time...

The purpose of the Bible is not for doctrine, 

not for reproof, 

correction, 

and instruction in righteousness....

Those are all “for this” in the Greek. 

For this, 

          for this, 

                  for this, in order that. 

The purpose is in order that. 

So doctrine in itself 

is not the purpose of the Bible. 

Reproof in itself is not the purpose; 

correction and training are not the purposes. 

The bottom line is to change lives. “That the man of God may be thoroughly furnished unto every good work.” 

So every message must be preaching for life change.

Rick Warren-  Purpose-Driven Preaching: Interview by M. Duduit

1 John 5:13

These things have I written unto you that

believe on the name of the Son of God; that

ye may have a changed life know that ye have eternal life, 

and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.