March 07, 2021
Greetings and blessings to all of you. This month we are presenting the Word of God…known as THE BIBLE. If you found yourself on a deserted island and you could have a handful of books…which book would you want? Think about it? What book would give you the most comfort and encouragement? I will be bored so what book could occupy my time the most? What would help me more than anything else to love and glorify God and watch His Sovereign will work out on my behalf on this deserted island?Did you choose the Bible? Yes/No? We live in a time when a low view of the Bible has increased. Why? First and foremost, in our culture and in the past cultures God is not feared. The Covid-19 is feared but not God. We as a people have lived under the influence of the culture. And the culture has undermined our enjoyment of Christ which is THE WORD OF A LIVING GOD. For example, the professors in school constantly attack the integrity of the Scriptures, saying the Bible has errors and we should not believe the Bible as AUTHORIATIVE; thereby influencing young developing minds to doubt the Word of God. Satan and his imps has influenced our young people in the area of ethics and philosophies and empty deceit even though God has said in Col. 2:8 “beware that no one carries you off as spoil through….according to the tradition of men according to the elements of the world and not according to Christ.” Recall in Gen.3 when Satan planted the seed of DOUBT in Eve’s mind.by questioning God’s directives and motives. Disobedience entered the Garden. And you know what has happened. Life has not been a rose garden. The culture has movies such as The Da Vinci Code which articulates that the Bible is a product of man and is not inspired or breathed out by God as it states in the Word of God. (2 Tim. 3:16 and 2 Peter 1:21) Movies such as these compels us to ask the question, “Why isn’t the Koran, or The Book of Mormons or the Tripitaka (used by the followers of Buddha) be the intelligent Being that is responsible for the existence and the complexity of the universe? Thier god is not THE GOD OF THE SCRIPTURES. If you or I are constantly fed a diet of this against the trustworthiness of Scripture you will most likely disregard THE BIBLE as your source of Life. Saints, “Ignorance of Scripture is the root of all error and makes a man helpless in the hand of the Devil.”
With the Love of Christ
First Lady Vivian C. Currie
Pastor ALC