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A pastor
once said in a sermon, ???There was a man who wrote the entire
Bible word for word by memory without making one mistake.
However, that same man went home and beat his wife???.
We are to read our Bible. God said that we should but He
also said not to hurt people. What good is it and what does
it mean to us if we don??™t employ the knowledge and
instruction we receive from God?
Did you know that the Bible is God??™s Love Letter to us? He
tells us over and over again how much He loves us and how
precious we are to Him.
It is no wonder at all that people do not want to go to
church when they see the ones who profess to be Christians
not acting like it. God said that He wants us to be either
cold or hot and not lukewarm.
When you read a map it is useless unless you follow the
directions, it is the same with the Word of God. The Bible
was written to direct, inspire, encourage, and comfort us.
The Bible gives us all the ingredients necessary for life
but it is like making a cake, if you leave one of the
ingredients out it will not taste right.
Many years ago back in Texas I was going door to door on
visitation from church and I will never forget what this one
lady said to me. I asked her, ???If you knew that God was
telling you to sell your home and give all the proceeds to
the poor, would you do it???? She did not hesitate. She
said, ???Absolutely not! I have worked hard for this home for
many years and everything in it is mine that I bought with
my own money???.
I didn??™t say anything to that lady but later at home my
heart broke when I realized that God gave the very Best He
could give us, His Own Beloved Son, Jesus.
I have thought many times about how Jesus willingly left His
Father and all the Beauty and Peace of Heaven and came to
earth knowing that He would be treated worse than any
individual would ever be treated. What Amazing Love!
Let??™s stop just reading the Bible, let??™s start living the
Bible so that others will want the Peace and Joy that only
Jesus can give a person.
Joanne Lowe
December 21, 2004
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