The Bible is God’s written word to man
and He does speak to us on a personal
level
when we read it. The word Bible comes from the Greek word biblia,
which
means little
books. It was written over a period of 1,600 years in many
different
places including
Palestine, Babylon, Egypt, Rome, and Corinth under many
different circumstances.
The Bible contains history, law, letters, stories,
sermons,
poetry, prayers, speeches,
and riddles.Its authors were both
educated and uneducated, Jewish and Gentiles, and
included
men who were tax collectors, kings, statesmen, peasants,
doctors,
fishermen, prophets, philosophers, and poets. “Although
the Bible had so
many authors it is ONE book, telling
only ONE story - the story about Jesus
Christ and His promise of
everlasting life. If you
read the Bible from beginning
to end as you would any modern day
novel you will see
how the different books,
each with their own message, are
related and in unity with one another. It was
written so that we
might believe and understand, know, and love, and
follow
Christ.” 1
The Bible is the world’s best-selling book
however; it generally is the least read
book
in a household. In a sermon, by one of our ministers,
the congregation
was
asked the following question: “Would you be more upset about someone coming
into your house and taking away your Internet Service and
computer or your Bible?”
What would your answer be?
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