The
Bible
was given as evidence of God's
everlasting love for us and with His Word there is a direct
connection with Him. Without His inspiring love and strong
admonishments, we would not have that ultimate bond to our
Creator. When we read this sacred book it puts us into
an intimacy and a closeness with the Lord. We,
as Christian Catholics,
talk about being close to God, but how often do we sit down,
open the Bible to read His message to us? To have Him "speak"
and encourage us to stay on His path even as the world changes?
His
word tells of the past, the
present and the future and is God's way of communication. We
find solace to ease our worries and struggles, find timely
answers that "hit home" for all of life's situations, and it
tells each of us to depend on Him for all things. As we read
the Bible, we will feel His presence through the Holy Spirit,
and this gives us a bond that surpasses all human
understanding. Everything is there to give perception that we
could not have known if God had not divinely revealed this to us
through His Word. Books of the Old and New Testament Scriptures
reveals God's authority over a period of approximately
2,000
years. Hebrews 4:12 reads, "...the
word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the
sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit,
between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and
desires."
Today,
the world is
rapidly changing. What used to be what the Lord taught through
scripture, is now thought of as outdated by some, and they close
their eyes to what God asked and warned us about. In
order to go their own way, they pronounce what God teaches is
"no longer valid". God's truth is tossed to the side as old and
unnecessary, therefore saying certain parts of God's Biblical
word cannot work in modern society today. "Some biblical
parts" do not fit us in this era, they say, and then they
choose their own way of
life.
Skeptics
ask,
"What evidence is there that God wrote this book? What is so
special and unique about it?
Is it true that the validity of
the Bible is divinely inspired and totally sufficient for all
matters of faith and practice? What about the now as people
clamor for different lifestyles? So how can we maintain our
Christian values? The answer is through prayer,
asking the Lord to see beyond the public outcry and restore us to the joy of our
salvation, where we clutch His word to ourselves and abide by
it. What God wants us to do is keep reading His Word and hold those
words close, shutting out the wiles of Satan. One day our
adversary will be convicted to eternal life in the depths of
Hell with no ending for all eternity.
Be
ever patient
during this wait for God to take us to His home filled with eternal
joy. This earth is NOT our home. It is just a way station.
Remember that Satan is getting frantic and is working extra hard
to gain all our souls. If we slip and fall from God's grace and
His path for us, through prayer God will give us strength
and will help us to get back up and on track. His mighty Hand will
hold us close until our strength and our love for Him will once
more grow strong and the world's changes will become weak in the
face of God's plan for us. Keep asking God to renew us and take away all that hampers us
from freely serving Him. God will supply all the strength
that we need.
There
can be no doubt
that the Bible is authentic. This is clearly seen in Paul’s
commendation to Timothy:“… and
how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are
able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ
Jesus.16 All
Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking,
correcting and training in righteousness,17 so
that the servant of God [ a]may be thoroughly
equipped for every good work."- (2Timothy
3:15-17). Consider the
confirmation of over2,000
accurately fulfilled predictions in the Bible, including some
300 specific details and implications about the life, death, and
the resurrection of Christ. For example, Isaiah 53 describes
the life of Christ 700 years before it took place! Micah 5:2,
in the Old Testament foretold the birth of Jesus: “But
you, Bethlehem Ephrata, though you are small among the clans of
Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over
Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times” . And
so, there are no prophetic failures. NONE! Those who doubted
have not been able to dispute the evidence of history written
long in advance of actual happenings.
Marcellino D’Ambrosio
writes, "The Bible is
a
privileged place where we encounter God and where He speaks a
living, personal, life-changing Word to us.
For in the sacred books, the
Father Who is in heaven meets His children with great love and
speaks with them. Christianity
is ultimately not a philosophy but a relationship. And Bible
reading for the Christian must always be in the service of
deepening this relationship."
- Marcellino
D’Ambrosio is a theologian and popular speaker.
Know
always that we can depend on God for all things. Time and
mankind may try but can never change God's Truth
for it is unchangeable. Read and meet Him on every page of the Holy
Bible, knowing we are in His Divine Presence. We are being
touched and truly cherished by an Eternal Father Who wants each
one of us to live forever with Him.
One
day the Book of
Life will be opened and we will be judged according to our
works. The earthly tinsel of temptation will be over when,
through faith and obedience , we will sit at the feet of our
Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ in joy forever more. Thanks be
to God!
For we must all
appear before the judgment seat of Christ,
so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things
done while in the body, whether good or bad.
2 Corinthians 5:10
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