JESUS SAW HIMSELF IN GENESIS About the most owned and least read book To Know: ³So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, Hurry and get out of this place, because the Lord is about to destroy the city!ı But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.² (Gen. 19:14) The last day for Sodom and Gomorrah was the last day on earth for Lotıs sons-in-law. They treated the word of God as a joke. Increasing numbers among us treat the Bible as a joke. Those who are more highly educated tend to be those more convinced that Holy Scripture is laughable. They laugh at the very idea that the Bible is holy. The Bible was no laughing matter for Jesus. He lived by its every word. Jesus saw himself in the account of Lotıs escape from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. After his resurrection, Christ sought out two despondent disciples trudging back to Emmaus with their hearts bowed as low as their heads. On that walk Jesus, who they were kept from recognizing, showed that he was the subject of all the scriptures beginning with Moses. (See Lk. 24:27) Did the Lord tell the two on the Emmaus road that Lot was doing in his time for his family what Jesus did on the cross? Is the cross the greatest warning ever given to the world that unforgiven sinners face eventual destruction? To Do: The Bible is the most owned and least read book in the country. The family Bible in our home served to record births and deaths. When my aunt Esther died, the family was surprised that she had hidden a Bible under her mattress. As a ten year old, I was impressed by the astonishment among the adults that she would turn to the Scriptures. Why was the Bible a book my family ignored? Perhaps the reason was found in the church. The pastor spent his time in the pulpit explaining it away. Pray that the pulpit of the Byfield Parish Church will always explain the Bible and never explain it away. 011910$-011910 <{{{{{{>< Other posts:
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