As followers of Jesus, we must structure everything that we do around the word of God. The Bible is central to the way we structure our lives and community. We contextualize our message and ministry by holding ourselves accountable to the word of God in what, how, and why we do what we do.

In a previous handbook, we discussed that the primary Kingdom Fundamental for disciples is to “Love God.” To do that well, we learned how to engage with each person of the Trinity and understand how God is central to our faith. We are not to read about God, learn about Him, and memorize facts about Him. Instead, we must actively participate and cultivate a relationship with God because we now have access to Him through His work.

Yet, How does God expect us to grow in our relationship with Him? To continue our conversation on loving God, we must look to the model that Jesus lays out for us; for Jesus, the Scriptures were central to His relationship with God, and therefore we must engage them similarly, not just for information about God but also a facet of conversation with God. To love God well, we must listen to His voice through the Holy Spirit in partnership with the Bible.