“Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, …” – Hebrews 9:27

“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?'” – John 11:25,26

When reading “Nothing can separate us from God,” – Romans 8:31-39 – I felt that in that context it was applied to the world in general.

While thinking about what it says in Romans 8:31-39 and looking to the left from where I was sitting at that time, I noticed on a chair a label attached to newly bought curtains on which “Warning” was written.

Romans is one of the letters in the New Testament. Now we cannot take the teaching of any New Testament letter and apply it to the world in general. We must not misinterpret the teaching of the letters in the New Testament. We must notice to whom the messages were written.

To whom is the teaching of the letters directed? The answer is to believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and to them only. It is not only wrong but also heretical to apply the teaching to the world in general.

The “Warning” on the label attached to the curtains begins like this as you can see, “Young children have died by wrapping loose curtain and blind cords or chains around their necks .”

It is good to be warned, especially when it comes to spiritual matters.

“Who is the author of the book?” I am very likely to ask if someone mentions the title of a book to me which I have not heard before.

The fact is that I spend a lot of time reading. And twice I read lately about people who could not put a book down.

THE FIRST TIME was when I was reading one of our newspapers:

The book review in the paper was called, “Couldn’t put this book down,” and the reviewer said that it was the best novel she had read for a long time, and that she could not put the book down.

THE SECOND TIME was when I read the publication called TUPU WHAKARANGI, the official magazine of Maori Postal Aotearoa, Issue 230:

There was the story of a prisoner in the magazine, who could not put the Bible, the Word of God, down. An amazing story in fact!

ONCE the Bible was meaningless to him.

BUT NOW he could not put the Bible down.

Physical food did not mean to him very much. When he went for meals he ate very quick, in order to get back to read his beloved Bible. At around 2 am he was still reading the Scriptures, and not only some of his fellow inmates, but also some of the officers were wondering what was going on with him.

For me to know the author of a book is more important than to know the title of the book. And do I need to tell you that the authors of novels and all the other books are humans and that the author of the Bible is the Holy Spirit?

“And the words

Psalm 12:6

Introduction:

of the LORD

• are flawless
• like silver refined in a furnace of clay,
• purified seven times.”

End:

“The arrogant cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who do wrong.” – Psalm 5:5

“The fear of the Lord – that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.” – Job 28:28

“My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not slipped.” – Psalm 17:5