Transformative Power of Scripture Memorization

so you presented in the context of what that does for them and then some of them are going to say, I'm ready for that and some other you can deal with individually, but I would always press for a group because they do encourage one another and they learn better in a group. [00:01:14]

you teach them that you memorize that three things involved more or less in memorization, repetition concentration understanding and if you don't have those three it's going to be hard, some things you'll memorize just by understanding them, you have memorized many things that way but probably not a long passage. [00:01:56]

repetition concentration understanding those three things so you lead people through that and then you can use, you know there are some very good resources on this there's a organization of long standing called bible memory association, any of you know that it is a set up program of memorization with little booklets. [00:02:35]

unfortunately it's often done just for young people that's wonderful but old people need it too and then you have people in the church who hear the recitation if you wish of the passage or the verse at set times like every two weeks or a month or whatever and it's very nicely organized. [00:03:04]

young people you know tend to memorize and remember what they memorize forever not perfectly perhaps but they will know it's there somehow and so that's very important but everyone needs to be memorizing and that's a primary way that you renew your mind because when you memorize that becomes a part of what you think of. [00:04:21]

these are cases where memorization is not tied to character development and usually these are situations where people have a high view of scripture and that's wonderful but they think just on the basis of holding a high view of scripture, they should memorize i myself don't think that that's helpful. [00:05:57]

i think what you want us you have before you is i am first a disciple of jesus as a disciple my life is organized around character transformation and scripture memorization can be a way of assisting that not necessary again it's very important because often you have young people perhaps older people who come to think that. [00:06:22]

memorization is righteousness and you have just brought forth a brilliant illustration of why it's not right and so anytime a discipline is tilted in the direction of self-righteousness or superiority then something has gone wrong and you need to practice some other disciplines like for example an excellent discipline for this kind of pride. [00:06:47]

is service and especially serving people you don't think are worthy and young people can learn a lot from that and you can tell them about jesus washing the feet of the disciples and give them the meaning of that and help them to serve and serving other people is a wonderful way of curing the attitude of superiority. [00:07:16]

you teach now you teach people are not many of them are just going to want to memorize scripture to memorize scripture so you presented in the context of what that does for them and then some of them are going to say, I'm ready for that and some other you can deal with individually. [00:01:04]

and leading people into that young people you know tend to memorize and remember what they memorize forever not perfectly perhaps but they will know it's there somehow and so that's very important but everyone needs to be memorizing and that's a primary way that you renew your mind. [00:04:21]

and scripture memorization can be a way of assisting that not necessary again it's very important because often you have young people perhaps older people who come to think that memorization is righteousness and you have just brought forth a brilliant illustration of why it's not right. [00:06:22]