| I've always thought that my
faith was sorely lacking. But I believe that the Bible has to be truly
of God because of how it applies to everyone down through the ages. I believe it is true because I can't see any other way for it to have
been
written so perfectly without divine inspiration. Countless people have
poured over it for two thousand years.
The message that it teaches is timeless. The gospel about Jesus applies to
you and me just as easily as it applied to those in His time. And the
beauty of the words, especially the Psalms are unsurpassed even in our
modern poetry. The O.T. stories pictured the Messiah to come. It's impossible
for so many different authors in so many different languages to have put
it together meaningfully without being led by Jesus. The Bible
directly relates to all aspects of the human condition: our failings, our
need for Him, and the direction humanity has taken two thousand years later.
I
used to question the validity of the Bible and I started reading
apologetic things, but I found them to be hollow. Spirituality without
faith in the Creator doesn't make your soul and your heart soar.
Questions without answers only leave you questioning more. You can only
feel the closeness of Jesus and the comfort He provides when you are
aware of His Spirit inside you and know that faith is the bridge between us and Him.
The words, Jesus Christ the
Messiah (The Anointed One) is just beautiful. There's a list in my
concordance of all the names Jesus has been known by in the Bible. There
are 134! I like "Alpha and Omega" (the beginning and the end),
"Beloved" (Vernon
McGee calls us that and it makes me feel special), and
"Merciful." Whenever I think about His sacrifice for us it
causes me to feel closer to Him again. It is
hard to understand the depth of love that exists for us. His love was
there long
before we were created because it was foretold prophetically
beginning in the Garden of Eden. It is a process humanity needed to go
thru from the beginning of the ages because we need to all learn how
very much He loved us. "The greatest of these is love." (I Cor. 13:13)
That just makes my heart sing. It is so true and the gift I wish for the
most.
By Mona - Child Survivor of WCG
"Salvation doesn't rest on
whether you can prove the Bible. It rests on the power of
God."
~ J. Vernon McGee |
Thru the
Bible Radio Network
with J. Vernon McGee
McGee lived from 1904-1988. His down-to-earth
expository messages reveal Christ
as the centerpiece of Scripture and give a true understanding of grace and our position
in Christ. He goes through
the entire Word of God in 5 years (M-F), alternating between the O.T.
and N.T. Presently in the book of Psalms.
The
5 year schedule is posted on our site.
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