The Bible and me
The Bible and me
2004 poll conducted by
Newsweek
magazine reported that
just over half of Americans believe Jesus Christ will return.
Fifteen percent said they thought that event would take place
soon, within their lifetime. (In most other countries these
percentages are smaller.)
If Christ were to return now, what would it mean to the average
citizen of the world? If the Judge of all mankind called for an accounting
(2Corinthians 5:10), where would you stand ? In all recorded history
only one society has repented as a group when God warned of
impending troubles. That was the ancient city of Nineveh, capital of the
Assyrian Empire, which repented at the warning of Jonah (Matthew 12:41).
If nations don’t mend their ways, what can individuals do? In other
words, what should you do with the information you have learned in this
booklet? If the Bible is indeed the inspired instruction of the
Creator of he universe to His created beings, what should you do? The message
is clear: No matter what others may do, you have the
power and responsibility to take personal action and seek God. The
Bible
is a reliable guide to human conduct. It is God’s Word to a
spiritually
bankrupt humanity. It is our Maker’s instruction book, telling us
how
we should live.
The Scriptures have been available for millennia. People have heard
the Word of God from its pages and from the prophets. They have
heard
God’s exhortation to repent and obey. But, no matter who has brought
the message, no matter the medium, the result has always been the
same—only a small minority have responded.
When Christ spoke the gospel powerfully to His own people, they
rejected it. He pointed out to them a shameful fact: Even though
they
had God’s Word, they refused to believe and act on it, so God turned
to
others. “But I tell you truly,” Jesus said, “many widows were in
Israel
in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and
six
months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land; but to
none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath, in the region of
Sidon,
to a woman who was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the
time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except
Naaman the Syrian” (Luke 4:25-27).
Jesus noted a sad fact evident throughout history: Although many
have had opportunity to learn of God’s truth, only a relative
handful
have responded and allowed that understanding to change their lives
(Matthew 22:14).
God alone can foretell the future and then bring it to
pass. It stands as irrefutable proof of His existence and
of the divine origin of the Bible for those willing to look
into it, accept it and believe Him.
The
Bible and You
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