Selecting a Bible...
*This
article is posted with permission from its author, Wayne
Goforth, and was published in Preceptor Magazine.
Conclusion
Whichever Bible
you may choose, read it, love it and live it. Bibles are not
lucky rabbits feet to keep around for luck, or a press for
birth and death notices and 4-leaf clovers. It is God’s Word
to you and me. While we are searching for individual copies
of God’s Word that will last a lifetime, remember that though
paper and leather are consumed by time, God’s Word will stand
forever.
1Pet 1:24-25 For
all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower
of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth
away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is
the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
THE BIBLE -- YET IT LIVES
Nations rise and fall -- yet it lives.
Kings, dictators, presidents come and go -- yet it lives.
Torn, condemned, burned -- yet it lives.
Hated, despised, cursed -- yet it lives.
Doubted, suspected, criticized -- yet it lives.
Damned by atheists -- yet it lives.
Scoffed at by scorners -- yet it lives.
Misconstrued and misstated -- yet it lives.
Ranted and raved about -- yet it lives.
Its inspiration denied -- yet it lives."
"Yet it lives -- as a lamp to our feet.
Yet it lives -- as a light to our path.
Yet it lives -- as a guidebook for Heaven.
Yet it lives -- as a standard for childhood.
Yet it lives -- as a guide for youth.
Yet it lives -- as a comfort for the aged.
Yet it lives -- as food for the hungry.
Yet it lives -- as water for the thirsty.
Yet it lives -- as rest for the weary.
Yet it lives -- as light for the heathen.
Yet it lives -- as salvation for the sinner.
Yet it lives -- as grace for the Christian."
"To know It is to love It.
To love It is to accept It.
To accept Its Christ means Life Eternal."
Wayne Goforth
awgoforth@verizon.net
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