Reading the Bible is the Escape from Worldly Cares that You Need
Barbara Henderson
My family went
to see 'Inkheart' at the movie theater a while back.
The story
line was that when certain people read a book characters from the book come
into reality; and, people from the present are sucked into the book. I suppose it is sort of like the movie
Jumanji - except it is a book instead of a board game.
Seven of us
went to see it.
Three liked
it; three didn't care for it; and one slept through most of it so he did not
vote. Anyway, I began to think about the book that pulled me into it. It is the
Bible of course. I read it over the years; I had favorite passages; I gained a
general knowledge of what was in the Bible; I gained specific knowledge of
scriptures providing evidence of the theology of the church that I grew up in.
Then
something dreadful happened. My sister dropped dead of a heart attack at age
33. I was immediately comforted that April was in heaven, but I still had to
deal with the present and the reality that she had died. I was overwhelmed with
grief.
The Bible is
what saved me. It pulled me into it like an escape from a nightmare. As long as
I read the Bible I was in a different realm, a realm where I was somewhat
comforted, where things seemed ok to some extent. I read it so much that it
seemed like I almost memorized the Old Testament.
Prior to
that time, I knew the people in the Bible were real, but it didn't really seem
to sink in. During that time of sorrow it seemed that the more I read the
Bible, the more I began to see the people in the Bible as people just like me.
They struggled with grief and sorrow. They struggled to do what was right. They
struggled to get by from day to day. I was 'pulled into that book'.
If you are a
Christian today, struggling with something in your life, your daily salvation
is also in that Book.
Great
preachers and Bible teachers of the ages have been pulled into the Bible as
well. Some people are pulled into the Bible by the Holy Spirit. They don't need
a specific disaster or sorrow or in their personal life. They aren't
necessarily called into full time ministry. They just get interested in reading
and studying the Bible and it gets hold of them. They begin to 'live' in the
Book.
Just as
people are pulled into the Bible, the Word of the Living God, there are things
and creatures in the Bible that live in this world. Evil is with us. Love is
with us. Sorrow and joy are things from the Book that live here as well. There
are some dreadful creatures mentioned in Revelation that will one day come into
the world we now live in. You do not want to be here when that happens.
Along with
these creatures will come earth's darkest hours. If you would escape these evil
times, you need to act now.
Believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved today, There is time.
If you have
already trusted Jesus Christ, the author of the Bible, then give thanks.
Thanksgiving
is done in deeds as well as in words.
If you love
Christ, you will serve Him.
You will do
the things He says to do.
You will set
out each day to:
be kind to
one another,'
tenderhearted,
forgiving,
Because this
is how Jesus Christ treated us.
AND, you
will tell others that Christ died for them; and, they can also escape from the
wrath to come through Jesus Christ.
Tell them,
'For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever
believeth on him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.'
I would like
to add one thing. Second in importance to the Bible is the Hymnal. I am not
talking about hypnotic seven-eleven songs.
Seven-eleven songs are alleged songs that have seven words and are sung
eleven times. They are boring beyond
bearing. They make me want to
scream. They are not relevant to
Christianity. They are relevant only to
emotionalism – a form of self-worship!
Here’s a
link to some great hymns on youtube.
Hymns are
great with a full orchestra and a large congregation singing at the top of
their lungs. They are also good with just one voice singing while the singer
goes about his/her daily business.
I also like
Tennessee Ernie Ford singing Gospel hymns and there are a lot of his hymns on
youtube as well.
God bless
you.
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Barbara
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Barb
