The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary defines Bible as the holy book of the Christian religion, consisting of the Old and New Testament, but what do we know about the Bible?
To the Christian religion, it is the word of God, the Creator of heaven and earth. Do you know it is a great privilege to hear and read the word of God?
Before the coming of Christ, people in the Old Testament lived a holy life with out seeing or touching the bible. In our generation we are lucky to hear from God through His written words. For example, if the governor of your state or the president of your country sent you a letter, you will be very happy; at times you will love to make reference to it when you are with people. The Bible is always with you how many times have you make reference to it in your daily life or read it?
The Bible you see is not just a book, but the heart of God. Many of us who loves literature books knows that there is a great difference between a novel and the Bible, because no book or novel have stay in a school curriculum without be change within a period of five years no matter the qualification of the authors ,but the bible have lasted the test of time. The Bible helps us to monitor our daily activities; its constants contact gives us reliable power on how to cope with life problems and anxieties, the Bible still tells us how God will fulfill His purpose in our life and people around us. The Bible is inspired by God and it is used in teaching and setting things straight in our daily lives. Do you know about that?
People say there is trouble in the world today, that things are bad. Things are bad on your side because you do not read and study the Bible very well. The Bible tells us how to find true happiness, how to settle disputes, how to pray, how to handle materials things so that it won’t harm us the Bible also tells us how to live a good life, how to have good relationship with others, and the Bible tells us how to live a holy life so that that the end we can see God in heaven.
The Bible is a book of promises, prophecy, historical event and the best thing about the Bible is that it’s a great book of wisdom from God, check the book of proverb and Ecclesiastes.
The Bible contains secrets that a literature work can not give us. Great men and women before us wish to get it, but it was not possible, but today the Bible is there for us. People don’t know that the Bible contains the solution to our problem and answers to our daily asked questions about life.
No other books on earth have and will stand the test of time as the HOLY BIBLE.