“Nothing has a better effect upon children than praise.” – Sir Philip Sidney

“In an age of misinformation, it pays to get your local news from a source you can trust,” I am reading in one of our local papers today. (The Northern Advocate, Friday, January 4, 2019)

Not only our local news, but any news we must get from a source we can trust.

“While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, …” – Luke 2:6

I get my news from a source I can trust, because my source is the Bible. And it is not any news, it is the “Good News.”

We find prophecies in the Bible.

There are prophecies of Christ’s First Coming in the Bible and there are prophecies of Chrst’s Second Coming in the Bible.

“‘When the Son of Man comes in glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory.'” – Matthew 25:31

The virgin birth of the Lord Jesus Christ is foretold in the Old Testament. There are many verses we could read, but let us just read the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14. The historic fulfillment of the prophecy is recorded in Matthew 1:18-25. Read also Luke 2:4-7

Those prophecies foretelling the First Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ came to pass. Therefore the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ are confident, that the prophecies of the Second coming will also be fulfilled.

Christ’s Second Coming was foretold by the prophets in Daniel 7:13, by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself in Matthew 25:31, by the Apostle Paul in First Timothy 6:14 and by angels in Acts 1:10,11.

At the beginning I said, “I get my news from a source I can trust, because my source is the Bible.” If you ask me, “How can you say that?” I answer, “Because all other news is written by man, but I believe that the author of the Bible is God, the Holy Spirit. That’s why it also says in Matthew 24:35, “‘HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL PASS AWAY, BUT MY WORDS WILL NEVER PASS AWAY.'”

“Jesus Wept.” – John 11:35

Books received as gifts, books bought new, and books bought second-hand are in my small library at home.

Today I finished reading the book called “Where is God when it hurts,” by Philip Yancey. It took me two and a half days to read the 183 pages. I have read a good number of books, but “Where is God when it hurts,” is one of the best books I have ever come across. All I can say is, “Find a copy and read it.”

When looking at the books in my library, I think I am almost right in saying that most of them are bought second-hand. The book “Where is God when it hurts” I bought not long ago second-hand here in Kaitaia.

“but unto them that are without,

Mark 4:11,12

Introduction:

all these things are done in parables: That

A. seeing they may see, and not perceive; and

B. hearing they may hear, and not understand;

End:

lest at any time they should be converted, …”

“WHEN THE WOMAN SAW

Genesis 3:6

Introduction::

THAT THE FRUIT OF THE TREE WAS

A. GOOD FOR FOOD AND

B. PLEASING TO THE EYE, AND

C. ALSO DESIRABLE FOR GAINING WISDOM,

End:

SHE TOOK SOME AND ATE IT.”

“THE BIBLE INDICATES THAT THE FUTURE IS IN GOD’S HANDS. IF IT WERE IN OUR HANDS, WE WOULD MAKE A MESS OF IT. THE FUTURE IS NOT IN THE DEVIL’S HANDS, FOR THEN HE WOULD LEAD US TO DESTRUCTION. THE FUTURE IS NOT AT THE MERCY OF ANY HISTORICAL DETERMINISM, LEADING US BLINDLY FORWARD, FOR THEN LIFE WOULD BE WITHOUT MEANING. BUT THE FUTURE IS IN THE HANDS OF ONE WHO IS PREPARING SOMETHING BETTER THAN EYE HATH SEEN, OR EAR HEARD, OR HAS ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF MAN TO CONCEIVE.” – John Baillie