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by Russell S. Miller
There is something terribly sad and wrong about this dogma that the Bible is just a book of fables. Oh no, the Bible is no storybook, not at all. The fact is that God's Word is "divinely inspired." As the Apostle Peter said:
"KNOWING THIS FIRST, THAT NO PROPHECY OF THE SCRIPTURE IS OF ANY PRIVATE INTERPRETATION. FOR THE PROPHECY CAME NOT IN OLD TIME BY THE WILL OF MAN: BUT HOLY MEN OF GOD SPAKE [AND WROTE] AS THEY WERE MOVED BY THE HOLY GHOST"(II Peter 1:20,21).
So it is not merely the words on the page that are inspired, for the men who wrote those words were also inspired of God, as He "breathed" His Word into their very beings. Consequently, we can place our complete confidence and trust in the Acts of the Apostles, in the Prophets, in the Law of Moses, and in the Psalms, and particularly in THE EPISTLES OF SAINT PAUL.
"ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD, and is PROFITABLE for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: THAT THE MAN OF GOD MAY BE PERFECT, THROUGHLY FURNISHED UNTO ALL GOOD WORKS" (II Timothy 3:16,17).
The Old Testament foretold of the coming of Christ--of His death, burial, and resurrection--and just as this prophecy was fulfilled to the very letter, so He is coming again. First, to deliver the saved from "this present evil world" (Gal.1:4). And then, according to the Book of Revelation, to reclaim what is rightfully His, by Creation, pouring out His wrath and judgment upon all those who have rejected "the Word of His grace" today (Acts 20:32; Rev.19:11-16).
In the New Testament, God manifests HIS GRACE toward sinners and awaits upon them to believe "the Gospel of His Son" before the prophesied judgments are poured out upon this world (IIThes.1:1-12). And thus the gravity, the seriousness, and the extreme importance of believing God's Word, rightly divided!
Few realize that we shall all give account to that Great Eternal Being, not merely of our actions, and words, but "of the thoughts and intents of the heart" with regards to what He has said in His Word about sin (Heb.4:12). Let us not forget that this JESUS, whom men nailed to the cross of Calvary, who bled and died for the sins of the whole world, AROSE FROM THE DEAD, and He is coming again.
In the Epistles of Saint Paul, however, the Apostle writes about the Lord's coming for believers before those judgments of God are poured out upon this doomed planet:
"For this WE SAY UNTO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE LORD, that...WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN SHALL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS, TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR: and so shall we ever be with the Lord"(IThes.4:13-18).
Be a true Bible student, then, as the noble Bereans of Acts 17:11 were, "and search the Scriptures daily, whether these things are so." Consider what the Apostle says in God's Word, and remember: God is not your enemy; He loves you with an eternal love and sent His Son to pay the awful penalty for our sins.
My friend, "Jesus" will save you from your sins, from Hell and from the Lake of Fire, and from an eternal loss, if you will simply ask Him (Rev.20:11-15). Do it today.
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