Everyday bible study cartwright states the bible is

“Everyday Bible Study” Cartwright states, “ The Bible is God’s
story about his plan to rescue, redeem, and restore what was lost in the fall of humanity.”
(Cartwright, 2016, Ch. 1).
I would begin to explain to my friend that the Scripture in the Bible was not meant to
show us the way to know how to avoid making mistakes , or even to look for certain clues as to
what we might avoid doing to prevent misfortunes in our lives. Rather, the Scripture of the Bible
is meant to provide us with a clear explanation as to what path God had to take in order to bring
us to redemption from the broken covenant in the Garden of Eden. As stated in Jer 17:9, “ Our
heart is more deceitful than anything else, and incurable --who can understand it” this would help
my friend understand that the Bible through the stories in the Old and New Testament gives us a

clear view on how desperately humanity needs God to be able to keep his commands as best as
possible.
Lastly, I would explain to my friend that while the Bible is filled with characters who
accomplished great things in their lifetime such as Samson who during his lifetime was
considered the strongest Israelite to have lived. It was believed that his hair was the source of his
strength, but it was proven wrong when his hair began to grow back and he had not regained his
strength. In the book titled Courageous Faith written by Hindson the author states, : But his
strength did not return because his strength was not in the length of his hair. His strength came
from the spirit of God.” ( Hindson, 2003, Ch. 8). This would clear any misunderstanding in the
belief that the persons written about in the Bible were able to do all of those great things by
themselves. The Scripture talks about them because they were used as an instrument by God to
work towards his ultimate goal of re-establishing the broken relationship with humanity.