Everything in the Scriptures is God’s Word. All of it is useful for teaching and helping people and for correcting them and showing them how to live. 

The Scriptures train God’s servants to do all kinds of good deeds. 

(2 Timothy 3:16-17)

The Holy Scriptures have helped countless people for millennia come to know of God's love and desire for all of God's children to receive salvation. In Paul's 2nd Letter to Timothy, he wrote about some of the different ways that Scripture helps people know what it means to live with, and for, God...

1) Scripture teaches about God's heart and expectation for us. Jesus specifically taught about love and commanded it for His followers; he said in John 13.34-35: "I am giving you a new command. You must love each other, just as I have loved you. If you love each other, everyone will know that you are my disciples."

2) Scripture helps us see we are not islands unto ourselves. In Galatians 6.2, we see that we put Christ's command to love into practice when we help others: "You obey the law of Christ when you offer each other a helping hand."

3) Scripture corrects us when we are wrong, even though we don't like it. Proverbs 15.31 illustrates why accepting correction is essential: "Healthy correction is good, and if you accept it, you will be wise"

4) Scripture shows us how to live while we are on the proverbial road with God. Consider what we read in Micah 6.8: "The Lord God has told us what is right and what he demands: 'See that justice is done, let mercy be your first concern, and humbly obey your God.'"

5) Scripture encourages us to perform good deeds, not to show how good we are, but to show how good God is. Consider what Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5.16: "Make your light shine, so that others will see the good that you do and will praise your Father in heaven."

John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement, claimed to be a man of "one book." This doesn't mean he didn't appreciate other writings — not at all, because he was extremely well read — but he did believe in the doctrinal concept of "Sola Scriptura," a Latin phrase that means Scripture contains everything needed to understand our need for a Savior, and how God provided that in Jesus Christ. 

I shared some of my favorite passages relevant to the points in 2 Timothy 3:16-17. What are some of yours?