Is Your Faith Bible Based?

If you are one of the nearly 2 billion people in this world who's faith is based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ then it's safe to say your faith is Bible based.  Whether you're of the Amish, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Protestant or any one of the other so-called "denominational" Christian faiths, we are all Christian, first and foremost.  

That being said, the next logical question would be "do you accept what is written in the Bible to be the inspired Word of God"?  We ARE told it is in 2 Timothy chapter 3 verse 16: 2Tim3:16  

If you can answer yes to these first two questions, the Holy Bible should be the basis for all beliefs, practices and the ultimate guide for teaching, regardless of the denomination, right? Then why is it that so many "churches" rely on material outside of the Bible, the inspired Word of God?  I think that's a question we should all ask ourselves, especially if we are a member of, or attending service at a church that is not solely basing their message on the Word of God.  If we have God's actual word, what more could we possibly need?

You may have heard the expression: "A Good Bible Based Church".  To me, that brings to mind a typical Christian, non-denominational, if you will, church service, where a Pastor will read scripture directly from the Bible and then the rest of the "church service" is devoted to the Pastor explaining or teaching on that scripture message.  The key point here is that the "Word" was taken directly from God's Holy Book, not another form or a man made "guide" to be used specifically for the congregation.  

I was born and raised in a Catholic family.  I attended parochial school as a young child, attended Sunday Mass, regularly, was baptized (as an infant), made first holy communion, confirmation and even took, as my first job, a position in the Rectory of my local Parish.  I was as Catholic as you could get!  However, I was never "exposed", so to speak, directly, intimately, to the Word of God, the Bible.  The Bible was not read from at Sunday Mass.  I owned one of course, we all did, but we didn't read it.  It was "just too confusing", "just a bunch of parables or stories that are hard to understand.  That's 100% NONSENSE.  

I left the Catholic Church roughly 8 years ago and began attending non-denominational, Christian services, yet I still wasn't reading my Bible, not really anyway.  Not until a few months ago.  If we, if YOU truly believe that what is written in the Bible is the "inspired" Word of God...shouldn't that be the most important book you'll ever read in your life?  The answer is YES.  Is it an "easy" read?  No, a lot of it contains imagery that's difficult to make sense of however, there are too many resources available online (bible commentaries) that help decipher scripture.  Once you begin to learn or become familiar with certain images that are used in scripture you are able to read it and understand on your own (also with the help of the Holy Spirit).  

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2 Timothy 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth."