Good news from far away is like cold water to the thirsty. -Proverbs 25:25.
The Good News
There cannot possibly be better news than God's message addressed to mankind.It is rightly called "the gospel",which means "Good News".
Our great God,the Creator and Upholder of the whole universe,has indeed good news,even for you,whoever you are and wherever you are situated.This news can best be expressed in the well-known saying of the Lord Jesus Christ:"For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son,so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." -John 3:16.
Many think it impossible that God should speak through a book like the Bible.If there is a God,they argue,then as a higher,abstract Being He cannot communicate with us by means of a printed book.
It is true that God is a spiritual Being.His Son,Jesus Christ,Himself said so,"For God is Spirit,so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth." -John 4:24.But through His Holy Spirit God made use of men to record the Canon of the Holy Scripture."You must realize that no prophesy in Scripture ever came from the prophet's own understanding,or from human initiative.No,those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit,and they spoke from God." -2 Peter 1:20-21.
So the Bible did not arise in any adventurous manner surrounded by mystery,but in a perfect understandable way.Its writers were historical persons,whose manner of life in communion with God is largely known to us.
God has taken care that the text of the Bible has been preserved for us up to the present day unadulterated,in spite of all stiff opposition and attacks.That has mearnt its surviving more than one crisis.
God preserved His Word for you and I so that we may know of His love for us and hatred for sin.We need His Word to know Him and to know what He wants us to do."All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives.It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right." -2 Timothy 3:16.
The Good News
There cannot possibly be better news than God's message addressed to mankind.It is rightly called "the gospel",which means "Good News".
Our great God,the Creator and Upholder of the whole universe,has indeed good news,even for you,whoever you are and wherever you are situated.This news can best be expressed in the well-known saying of the Lord Jesus Christ:"For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son,so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." -John 3:16.
Many think it impossible that God should speak through a book like the Bible.If there is a God,they argue,then as a higher,abstract Being He cannot communicate with us by means of a printed book.
It is true that God is a spiritual Being.His Son,Jesus Christ,Himself said so,"For God is Spirit,so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth." -John 4:24.But through His Holy Spirit God made use of men to record the Canon of the Holy Scripture."You must realize that no prophesy in Scripture ever came from the prophet's own understanding,or from human initiative.No,those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit,and they spoke from God." -2 Peter 1:20-21.
So the Bible did not arise in any adventurous manner surrounded by mystery,but in a perfect understandable way.Its writers were historical persons,whose manner of life in communion with God is largely known to us.
God has taken care that the text of the Bible has been preserved for us up to the present day unadulterated,in spite of all stiff opposition and attacks.That has mearnt its surviving more than one crisis.
God preserved His Word for you and I so that we may know of His love for us and hatred for sin.We need His Word to know Him and to know what He wants us to do."All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives.It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right." -2 Timothy 3:16.
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