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Inspiration Point: Bible -- `Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth' |
Ricky cut me off as I was
making my way to the exit. He had a theological question. He
informed me he had asked five other pastors his question. Not one
response had satisfied him. I thought, “This could be tough, I hope
can answer him.”
Ricky said, “What does the word Bible mean?”
My mind immediately started to search and bring back memories of
sitting in Bible college classes. As I attempted to stir up Greek
and Hebrew words in my brain, Ricky seemed impatient. “The letters
that make up the word!” B.I.B.L.E.
I smiled: “Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth.”
His just-won-Jeopardy excitement was contagious. Then he told me
the story of how this “truth” was revealed to his dad two years ago
in a dream. “We wrote it on a plaque; it’s hanging on the wall.”
Interesting ...
Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth, a catchy acronym. But is it
true?
Hebrews 4:12 says: “The word of God (the Bible) is living and
active, full of power; sharper than any two edged-sword.” For many
people the Bible is a gentle butter-knife spreading of God into
their life, basic, yet meant to be more. The same verse tells us the
Bible slices into our lives. “It judges the thoughts and attitudes
of the heart.”
Twitching with delight, Ricky continued his story. He asked his dad
why God would reveal the B.I.B.L.E. truth to him. He told Ricky how
he had made a decision to become a follower of Jesus, “And yesterday
I took the meat cleaver and chopped up all my cigarettes.”
Ricky’s dad got both. The basic: he became a follower of Jesus
Christ. And he got the power to make a cutting change in his life.
The double-edged sword part. Chop, chop.
Syndicated columnist Rick
Leland is pastor of The Free Church in Three Rivers, Mich. |
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From
June 23, 2007,
Newberg Graphic
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