THE BIBLE IS ALIVE By Gary Toole, The Christian Way Ministries
To sum up everything concerning the Bible, its authenticity and its unity, is the resulting fact that no other book has ever been written or can be written by man that has the magnetism or the power to draw men and affect their lives as does the Bible.
The Bible has comforted people in bondage, challenged and influenced kings. It has outraged atheist dictators, comforted sick and dying, stopped suicidal attempts, influenced presidents and politicians alike, even those not fully claiming a born again experience. It was readily and whole heartedly accepted by people in foreign lands, who had never heard the word of God when it is possible to present it to them.
The Bible touches every facet of life. More proof to the fact that it is absolutely the word of God; I can best explain by this example. Suppose forty men in different cities were moved on to weave a rug. Many of them barely knew the other, if at all. None knew exactly what color or design the other would use. For some strange reason, all their rugs were preserved and finally all came together in one place and time. They were united in a perfect blend of color and design. So, it was with God’s word.
The Bible is a perfectly woven handy work of God. God furnished the words and let man do the work. Even the writers of the Bible that wrote under the inspiration of God had to pray and seek the understanding of what they had written.
Writers of regular literature understand fully what they are writing. The Bible is alive. The Bible has power. No other book has been given so much attention. People have died for and have been persecuted for their love of the Bible. No writing of mere man could influence people like that.
Why are evil leaders so threatened by the Bible? Simple, because it is alive and it has the power to change men and women and they fear that, because those that are truly changed by the word have a spiritual courage that will cause them to rise up against oppression. Also satan controls evil leaders and he is threatened by the word of God. Can you say amen?
