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QUESTIONS GOD WON'T ASK
God won't ask the square footage
of your house, but he will ask how
many people you welcomed into
your home.
God won't ask about the cloths you
had in your closet, but he will ask
how many you helped to clothe.
God won't ask what your highest
salary was, but he will ask if you
compromised your character to
obtain it.
God won't ask what your job title
was, but he will ask if you performed
your job to the best of your ability.
God won't ask how many friends
you had, but he will ask how you
treated your friends.
God won't ask about the color of
your skin, but he will ask about
the content of your character.
Good friends are hard to find,
harder to leave, and impossible
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AT DAYS END
Is anybody happier because you passed this way?
Does anybody remember that you spoke to them today?
The day is almost over and its toiling time is through;
Is there someone to utter now a kindly word of you?
Can you say tonight in parting with the day that's dipping fast,
That you helped a single person of the many that you passed?
Is a single heart rejoicing over what you did or said;
Does the person whose hopes were fading now with courage look ahead?
Did you waste the day or lose it? Was it well or sorely spent?
Did you leave a trail of kindness, or a scar of discontent?
As you close your eyes in slumber, do you think that God will say,
You have earned one more tomorrow by the work you did today.
AS WE HAVE THEREFORE OPPORTUNITY, LET US DO GOOD UNTO ALL MEN.
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JUST TAKE IT STRAIGHT
Do not read anything into the Good Book, if you wish to get anything out of it--just take it straight
Instead of trying to alter your Bible to fit you, change yourself to fit it; otherwise you will have religion's conformity in reverse. What you think of the Bible does not affect--just you. If it appears to deep, you surely need the exercise it affords to think deeper. If it looks to exacting, you definitely require its influence to keep from straying. And if it seems dry, it might be that you have allowed too much dust to accumulate on it.
"Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you" (Deuteronomy 4;2) |
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GOD'S WORD STANDS FOREVER
The Bible is unique. No other book has been attached like it, scrutinized like it or criticized like it. Neither has there
ever been another book that has stood its ground like the Bible. The critics have passed on through the centuries,
but the Bible stands as strong today as ever, it is an amazing book.
Why is there so much hatred against the Bible? Perhaps we can see part of the reason in a statement Jesus made:
"And this is the judgement, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light;
for their deeds were evil" (John 3:19). Jesus was referring to himself as the light coming into the world. The Bible
represents the words of Christ. If people hated Him, they also hated His words. Why? Because His word exposes
evil and shines light upon the sinful activities of mankind. People who love their sin will despise the Bible.
The Bible still stands. Regardless of all the hatred manifested toward it through the ages, It is still here to be
reckoned with. This fact alone ought to make us think about the importance of the Bible. If a book were to be
given to us by God, then we should expect that it endures. This is exactly what God promised about His word.
"A voice says, 'Call out.' Then he answered, What shall I call out?' All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like
the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows upon it; surely the
pepole are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever." (Isaiah 40:6-8)
Peter repeated this over 700 years later ( 1 Peter 1:24-25). And today nearlt 2000 years after Peter wrote, the word
of God still stands. It has not diminished in its power and authority at all. This at least makes the Bible worthy of
our investigation.
The word of God has the power to change--no, not just like other"self--help books. Other books might tell you how
to treat others better, or fell better about yourself or how to lose weight. The Bible gives us the way to forgivness
of sins and eternal life. The Bible not only tells us how to improve life on earth, it tells us how to go to heaven. It
gives us what no other book gives.
When we obey God's word, we are "born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through
the living and abiding word of God. (1 Peter 1:23). Being born again of the imperishable word, we are "born again
to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance which is imperishable
and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you "(1Peter 1:3-4). Because we are born of the word
which is imperishable, we receive a reward which is also Imperishable. This all comes from the God who will
always remain and stand forever.
Investigate the Bible. It is not a book that we can brush aside with a sweep of the hand. We must come to terms
with it. It is the inspired word of God, and it will be with us on the day of judgement (John 12:48) Don't trust your
soul to anything less than God's holy word
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