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God's Training Aid – Message #044 - August 06, 2006
The Bible was written over a period of sixteen hundred years. Many different men produced the content of the Bible. They all had the same primary theme. They did not contradict each other. How could this be? Why is there such a thing as the Bible?
God chose to speak to us by means of a book. The words of the Bible were actually written by men. However, not a word of the Bible "was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God" (2 Peter 1:21). The words of the Bible did not originate in the minds of men. They originated in the mind of God. The result is simple. We find God's word in writing on the pages of the Bible. When you read the Bible, God is speaking to you.
So why does the Bible exist? It is God's primary training aid. When you go into any classroom, you are given textbooks. The teacher uses training aids. God's textbook, God's aid to give you training, is the Bible. If you are going to learn anything at all about God, you must read the Bible. If you are going to learn what God expects of you and if you are going to understand Jesus as the way of salvation, you must read the Bible.
For a free audiotape on this subject, call 1-800-777-0389
email: [email protected]; or visit: www.wordfortheweek.org
The Bible was written over a period of sixteen hundred years. Many different men produced the content of the Bible. They all had the same primary theme. They did not contradict each other. How could this be? Why is there such a thing as the Bible?
God chose to speak to us by means of a book. The words of the Bible were actually written by men. However, not a word of the Bible "was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God" (2 Peter 1:21). The words of the Bible did not originate in the minds of men. They originated in the mind of God. The result is simple. We find God's word in writing on the pages of the Bible. When you read the Bible, God is speaking to you.
So why does the Bible exist? It is God's primary training aid. When you go into any classroom, you are given textbooks. The teacher uses training aids. God's textbook, God's aid to give you training, is the Bible. If you are going to learn anything at all about God, you must read the Bible. If you are going to learn what God expects of you and if you are going to understand Jesus as the way of salvation, you must read the Bible.
For a free audiotape on this subject, call 1-800-777-0389
email: [email protected]; or visit: www.wordfortheweek.org
