“SKY GUEST SELECT AVAILABLE HERE 50+ CHANNELS,” advertises one motel here in Kaitaia, in the north of New Zealand.
50+ channels, imagine that! But the truth is, that we only need one channel. The GIDEONS got that right. The only channel we need is the BIBLE.
There is one book in my library I would not like to be without. It is the book ONE HUNDRED BIBLE LESSONS by Alban Douglas.
In that book he has three Lessons about the Bible. Each Lesson has at the end ten Review Questions. I am going now to answer some of the review questions without repeating the questions. I am adding also what I learned from other sources.
The master author of the HOLY BIBLE is the HOLY SPIRIT. An unknown person said this about the BIBLE: “The BIBLE is the only book whose Author is always present when one reads it.”
And here are the two very important verses that deal with the inspiration of the BIBLE. They are Second Timothy 3:16 and Second Peter 1:21.
I have also learned that “the BIBLE is the source book of our knowledge of God”, “the textbook of divine truth, the guide book to everlasting life.”
The BIBLE is the most ancient of all books. The BIBLE is the best seller of all time. The BIBLE is “The book of Books”. The BIBLE is the first book ever printed. It was the German Gutenberg Bible between the years 1450 and 1455.
I consider the BIBLE as the supreme book. Here are some reasons: In the hour of tragedy and death we turn to the BIBLE. The BIBLE has answers to the questions of life and death.
Our minds are finite and we will never be able to understand all of the teaching of Scripture. But we do understand the truths concerning our redemption and living as a Christian. Have you ever read Deuteronomy 29:29? Please read it! And this is what Abraham Lincoln observed: “Read the BIBLE for whatever reason you can accept and take the rest on faith, and you will live and die a better man.”
Charles H. Spurgeon said this about the BIBLE: “Nobody ever outgrows Scripture, the Book widens and deepens with our years.”
Not long ago I picked up a NEW TESTAMENT WITH THE PSALMS in a second hand shop (RED CROSS). I have it here now before me. “PROPERTY OF THE GIDEONS” and “PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE FROM ROOM,” it says on the front cover. And inside the front cover I read: “This New Testament with the Psalms has been placed here with the earnest hope that it will prove to be a source of joy and comfort to the one who now reads it.”
BUT SOMEONE HAS REMOVED THE PROPERTY OF THE GIDEONS FROM THE ROOM!
For those who do not know who the Gideons are it says on another page: “The Gideons International is an Association of Christian business and professional men, banded together in more than 155 countries for fellowship and service. The purpose of the Association is the promotion of the Gospel of Christ to all people, to the end that they might come to know the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour.”
