“The Book of Books”

Tuesday, January 09, 2018

Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to the flesh”. (Ecclesiastes 12:12)

Students and authors would readily testify to the truth of this statement from God’s word.  Study is wearisome.  And there are a lot of books in the world.

However, there is one book, which towers above all others.  Instead of bringing weariness, this book brings rest and refreshment to those who will study it!  This “Book of books” is the Bible, a unique collection of sixty-six specific books bound under one cover to make one book.

The Bible is unique because it alone claims to have been written by Almighty God, using authors as his penmen.  ( II Timothy 3:16,17)  The word “inspired” in this text literally means to be God-breathed!  The Bible is God’s love letter to mankind.  Its message is summarized by one verse:  “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life”.  (John 3:16)

Because the Bible has been written by God, it can do what no other book will ever be able to do for us. Its sacred writings are able to “make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus”.  (II Timothy 3:15)  Peter speaks of his Christian readers as “having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever”. (I Peter 1:23)  The Bible is a living and life-giving book.  When it is believed and obeyed, new life results!

How precious is the Bible to you?  May your experience be as Jeremiah’s when he wrote of God’s word:  “Your words were to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart”.  ( Jeremiah 15:16)

George Slover

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