“For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.”
–Psalm 119:89
There once was a young man who was an avid reader.
Books, newspapers, magazine, advertisements, the backs of shampoo bottles: the young man read them all–and remembered a great deal of what he read. In fact, this young man spent much of his time reading and absorbing what the world had to say about nearly everything.
THEN, one day, the young man read that in the times before the 1900s, many families only had one book in their homes: that book was the Bible.
The young man felt a sadness at this information.
Nothing else to read except for the Bible?
No other books?
No monthly magazines?
No daily newspapers?
The young man felt a great sadness imagining what life must have been for those families limited to only one book.
How could they stand it?
How could they possibly know what was going on in the world?
How could they find out the truth of worldly matters if they did not have the learned men of the time informing them?
THEN, at some point, the young man grew older.
At some point, the young man’s perspective of what was important changed.
At some point, the young man realized that the world’s version of the “truth” on a great many things CHANGED frequently. IF it was the “truth,” how could it change?
The TRUTH NEVER CHANGES.
The TRUTH IS ALWAYS THE TRUTH.
IF a story changes, it is not the truth and never was.
And yet, the world’s stories CONSTANTLY changed–particularly, the stories of science and medicine.
When these stories changed–and they often did–a great many learned men claimed they now had “new research.”
When these stories changed, a great many learned men claimed they had “new information.”
When these stories changed, a great many learned men claimed, “We never said it was the truth.”
Yet, the world’s stories were TAUGHT as the truth in schools and colleges. In court, the world’s stories helped determine who was judged INNOCENT (and went free) and who was judged GUILTY (and was locked up for years). One could not successfully work a crossword puzzle unless one knew the world’s version of the “truth.”
In some cases, one could not secure a job unless one demonstrated a knowledge of the world’s version of the “truth.”
And then: the world’s version of the truth was revealed to NOT be the truth at all.
BUT the world claimed its latest version of the truth was really, honest, cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die THE TRUTH.
THIS TIME, the world had it right: the world was providing the TRUTH and nothing but the TRUTH.
The young man once experienced sadness thinking of all of those families who had nothing else to read but the Bible.
The older man realized that those families who ONLY had a Bible for reading material had a treasure chest of TRUTH available nowhere else.
The younger man claimed to want to know the truth: that was one of the reasons he read so much.
Yet, he did not recognize the ONLY source of truth in a world of lies: the Word of God.
The Bible.
That young man was not alone.
“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”
DOES the reader claim to want to know the truth?
DOES the reader have the world’s arguments ready whenever the reader is confronted with the truth?
It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.
DOES the reader believe he is saved?
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DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?
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THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16
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[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: March 9, 2020.]
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