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You know the best way to get to know someone? By spending time with them. And if there’s anyone that we should want to get to know better, it’s God. The good news? We can! God has revealed himself through the gift, His inspired word, the Bible. And as we read, study, and meditate on the inspired Word of God in print, we find ourselves getting to know the life-giving power of the Word of God in person—Jesus Christ—even better.

Message Notes 

The Bible is the inspired word of God.
The Bible itself confirms it and Jesus himself confirms it also.
Because of this we have an obligation to allow it to nourish our lives daily.

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. 
Hebrews 11:3 (KJV) 

That leads to the question:
How important is the Word of God to you?
What value do you attach to it?

I personally think the Bible is our sole authority for living the Christian life.

For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 
2 Peter 1:21

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.  
2 Timothy 3:16-17

Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. 
2 Peter 3:15-16

And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe. 
1 Thessalonians 2:13

God did everything he could to make sure you and I knew that the Bible, God’s word, is inspired and life-giving.

“How important is the Word of God to you?
What value do you attach to it?” 

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 
Matthew 5:17-18

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. 
Matthew 24:35

Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 
John 17:17

Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? 
Matthew 15:3

While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” “The son of David,” they replied. He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says, “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.” 
Matthew 22:41-44

“You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”

And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions! For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’ But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)— then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother. Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.” 
Mark 7:8-13

And if you believe it is inspired by God you are naturally going to believe in its authority as well.

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 
2 Corinthians 10:3-4

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 
Ephesians 6:10-11

It is very clear that Jesus agrees that the Word of God is inspired, that the Bible is inspired.

“Did God really say You must not eat from any tree in the garden?”

“How important is the Word of God to you?
What value do you attach to it?”

What about the contradictions in scripture?

He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. 
Deuteronomy 8:3  

Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror. 
James 1:21-23