In my opinion, one of the greatest inventions in the world today is Bible Quizzing. What greater investment could we – the New Testament Church – make other than implanting the word of God directly in the hearts and minds of our children?
Solomon said it best,
“Train up a child in the way he should go:
and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
–Proverbs 22:6 –
Bible Quizzing is the only program that completely fulfills the commandment of Deuteronomy 6:7,
“And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children,
and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house,
and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou
liest down, and when thou risest up.”
and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house,
and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou
liest down, and when thou risest up.”
Diligently means: to be attentive, persistent, a constant effort to pursue something with painstaking attention.
The Aramaic word used for diligently in this scripture is Shanan, which is defined as: intensively, to pierce, to implant by repeated statement or admonition; to teach persistently.
God is telling Israel, through Moses, that the words of God are not merely meant to be read on various occasions….
Rather, it is the duty of every mother, of every father, to make a painstaking effort to intensively implant the words of God into the hearts of their children by repeatedly talking about them, admonishing them, and teaching them with painstaking attention.
I have found no other program that does this greater than Bible Quizzing!
It is the word of God that keeps us from sin (Psalm 119:9-11)
It gives us joy (Jeremiah 15:16)
It is powerful (Hebrews 4:12)
It is never failing and eternal (Matthew 24:35) (Mark 13:31) (Luke 21:33)
And in Psalm 138:2 David states,
“I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.”
Of a truth, there is nothing greater a mom or dad could do for their child than to teach them diligently about the word of God.
Every home should have a Bible Quizzer.
Every church should have a Bible Quiz team.
Mom and dad, if your child is not in Bible Quizzing I would strongly urge you to investigate its profitability, you will find no other investment with a greater return.
Pastor, if your church does not have a quiz team, I would strongly urge you to look into starting one. What greater thing could you do for the kids in your church than to provide the means for the word to get deep within their hearts!
“And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children…”
Two weeks ago, my son started Bible Quizzing. I could not be prouder. In 14 days, he has already learned 12 scriptures!
Tonight I videoed him quoting his verses, how awesome it is to hear such a young child speaking the very words of life.
Bible Quizzing!
There’s nothing GREATER!
He got all the way up to verse 27 - which he learned today - he struggled with the last one, but eventually he got it.
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