Your goal in memorizing Scripture is to become more and more like Jesus. Keep this goal in mind for it is quite possible to memorize dozens of Bible verses and yet receive little or no spiritual benefit. The Sadducees in Jesus’ day probably knew the Scriptures (our Old Testament) better than nearly all Christians today. But Jesus told them: “ ‘You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God’ ” Matthew 22:29. They knew the words of the
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