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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Today's Reading: Psalm 119:97-100
119:97 Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
119:98 Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me.
119:99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.
119:100 I have more understanding than the elders for I obey your precepts.
Before we come to the explanation about the above verses.
Please answer these questions first: If there is one book that can make you wise, will you read it? If that book can make your knowledge and wisdom more than most of the people including your teacher, will you study on that? Or if that book can make you understand about life more than older people, will you persistently read it?
Sure your answer is “yes” for all those above questions. But that is not exactly what happened in the world. Although many people have Bible but they don't read it. In his introduction for the book of “What Bible is All About” Billy Graham stated his concern of many Christians these days. Although Bible has been translated, printed, and distributed but “not” many people open to read it, study on it and read carefully with all heart.
There are three possibilities why many people don't read Bible:
1. Many people do not understand because no one teach them.
This condition will happen all the time. The generation who don't care and lazy to teach Bible will end up making another next generation who also don't care.
2. Many people more interested with other things, more than Bible.
This truth statement is expected and understandable with the fact that there are so many information these days. Information and Technology has been improving and growing really fast. People are more interested in product advertisements. with a lot of exploitations on sex, greediness and many other things.
3. Many people prefer sins and refuse to repent more than receiving Bible message.
This kind of people probably didn't like Bible, even hated and attacked Bible because their sins and faults are being expose. (Hebrews 4:12)
We know that philosophy or human wisdom is relative, not the final answer, very limited, can not solve human problems especially in related to spiritual. Actually humans are facing serious problems. They are death in spirit, separated from God. They have sins. They need mercy.
Other than that, human are facing character problems, personality problems , relationship problems as result of consequences for their sins. Although many disciplines of human and their relationships such as: sociology, politics, communications, psychology and many others but still can not solve human problems at a certain level.
By no means to discredit all disciplines around the world, James Kennedy in his book “ What if Bible Never Been Written”, describing the influence of the Bible in the education. Then he described that the world are going to be wild without Bible. Other words, the educations in this century have taken Bible value though not explicitly or whole.
Three reasons why Bible or Word of God is far more greater than any other books:
1. Bible comes from God who is the creator of human being, the universe, the earth and all inside.
2. The word of God is powerful. He handle logic, ratio and human ability.
3. The word of God is the final answers, and it is not an unending searching .
The Bible can make you wise, knowledgeable and to have many understanding to handle the world. There fore read, study on it, and keep persistently seeking. Love His Word!
Word of Prayer:
God thank you for this morning lessons. Give your servant ability to keep reading , studying and consistently seeking in the truth of your word. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Today's Reading: Psalm 119:97-100
119:97 Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
119:98 Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me.
119:99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.
119:100 I have more understanding than the elders for I obey your precepts.
Before we come to the explanation about the above verses.
Please answer these questions first: If there is one book that can make you wise, will you read it? If that book can make your knowledge and wisdom more than most of the people including your teacher, will you study on that? Or if that book can make you understand about life more than older people, will you persistently read it?
Sure your answer is “yes” for all those above questions. But that is not exactly what happened in the world. Although many people have Bible but they don't read it. In his introduction for the book of “What Bible is All About” Billy Graham stated his concern of many Christians these days. Although Bible has been translated, printed, and distributed but “not” many people open to read it, study on it and read carefully with all heart.
There are three possibilities why many people don't read Bible:
1. Many people do not understand because no one teach them.
This condition will happen all the time. The generation who don't care and lazy to teach Bible will end up making another next generation who also don't care.
2. Many people more interested with other things, more than Bible.
This truth statement is expected and understandable with the fact that there are so many information these days. Information and Technology has been improving and growing really fast. People are more interested in product advertisements. with a lot of exploitations on sex, greediness and many other things.
3. Many people prefer sins and refuse to repent more than receiving Bible message.
This kind of people probably didn't like Bible, even hated and attacked Bible because their sins and faults are being expose. (Hebrews 4:12)
We know that philosophy or human wisdom is relative, not the final answer, very limited, can not solve human problems especially in related to spiritual. Actually humans are facing serious problems. They are death in spirit, separated from God. They have sins. They need mercy.
Other than that, human are facing character problems, personality problems , relationship problems as result of consequences for their sins. Although many disciplines of human and their relationships such as: sociology, politics, communications, psychology and many others but still can not solve human problems at a certain level.
By no means to discredit all disciplines around the world, James Kennedy in his book “ What if Bible Never Been Written”, describing the influence of the Bible in the education. Then he described that the world are going to be wild without Bible. Other words, the educations in this century have taken Bible value though not explicitly or whole.
Three reasons why Bible or Word of God is far more greater than any other books:
1. Bible comes from God who is the creator of human being, the universe, the earth and all inside.
2. The word of God is powerful. He handle logic, ratio and human ability.
3. The word of God is the final answers, and it is not an unending searching .
The Bible can make you wise, knowledgeable and to have many understanding to handle the world. There fore read, study on it, and keep persistently seeking. Love His Word!
Word of Prayer:
God thank you for this morning lessons. Give your servant ability to keep reading , studying and consistently seeking in the truth of your word. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
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