PAUL GOT IT

Psalm 19: 7-11

The Bible is many things to many people.  For some it is a map and guide for their lives, for some it is a non consequential book that sits on the book shelve; for some it is a weapon to clean up the sin in the world.  As I sit and wonder what the Bible is to me these are my thoughts.

I don’t believe in the Bible. The Bible is to know; the God the Bible reveals is who to believe. 

The Bible shows me where to go right; it shows me where I go wrong.

The Bible is the record of God’s interaction with His creation. 

It contains the good, the bad, and the ugly of man’s interaction with God.

I can learn from the stories and examples recorded in it.

I can learn from the mistakes recorded in it.

I can love reading the Bible but I must never worship it.

In the end the Bible will perish like all other forms and shadows.

In the end it will not be necessary because the Real Word will be Present.

But for now reading and being in relationship with the Bible is an extremely worthwhile endeavor.  It allows me to be in God’s Presence and soaking in the fountain of life that flows though the words written on its pages.

The Bible is life giving because it speaks of the true Way, Truth, and Life that God desires His children to have as their way of being in this life.

Paul got it when he said,

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God,

And is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,

For correction, for instruction in righteousness,

That the man and woman of God may be complete,

Thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

II Timothy 3:16