Revival And The Bible#167

After all, it is a book born of an ancient camel era. Surely it cannot speak very well to our rocket propelled society. But wait a minute! The fact that people today do not understand the Bible is really not the book's problem. You see, although scientific discoveries may have given us new ways to travel and communicate, these same scientific discoveries have not changed the human heart. People today have the same problems and joys experienced by people centuries ago! Greater conveniences in the home have not changed the way we think and feel. So the solutions to our deeply personal problems, which are offered in the Bible, are still as relevant today as they always have been. The problem is that we rarely look into the Bible for help. When we do, we find it difficult to understand and apply. So we blame the book. We would hardly take the step of blaming ourselves. But perhaps the teaching of the Bible would be helpful here too. When the disciples of Jesus did not understand the Scriptures, Jesus did not blame the book! He knew that the words of the Bible were God's words. He confessed to God "Thy Word is truth!" (John 17:17). Jesus saw that the problem was in the disciples. So, "He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures" (Luke 24:45). Yes, Jesus took action. He exerted supernatural power on the minds of the disciples so that they could understand the word of God and apply it to their lives. This is what men and women need today. They need to open their minds so that they really can understand the Bible and live by it.

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