Good Friday morning! Where do we start believing the Bible? Probably Genesis 1:1 would be the correct answer. If you start believing at some verse after that, you might as well not believe at all. "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." We start believing in God right there at the Creation. And you know it, the world begins its attack on the Word right there too. We say: "I believe in Jesus and I know that God created the universe for His glory. I obey my Lord out of my love for Him." The world says: "I evolved in an expanding universe, therefore God didn't, and God isn't; I can do anything I want." The real reason for the world's love of evolution is that last bit.
When you start believing at Genesis 1:1, you will also join in the ages old battle: Is the Bible the inspired and correct Word of God, or is the Christian Bible a collection of ancient myths? As always, the answer you select is based on what is in your heart, or perhaps who is in your heart. The Holy Spirit is going to put a fire for God's Word in your heart. You will want to explore and commit to studying the Word of God. The prince of this world will put a prideful mark of disdain in the heart of a person who does not believe in Jesus. That disdain for God's Word helps a person categorize the Bible with all other ancient myths and religions. The pride comes when a person thinks that he or she is too intelligent for the Bible. I have found that approaching God's Word with the certainty that it is a whole lot smarter than I am is the way to really start the learning.
The world wants you to know that if you believe the Bible, you will believe anything. However, Paul or Peter, Moses or Joseph, John the Baptist or John the Apostle, would all stand up to tell you that it is those who refuse to believe God's Word who will fall for any doctrine or religion that comes along on our information superhighway. The Bible is a great gift. The very word of God himself that shows us the past right back to the beginning of the universe when God spoke and created. The word that shows us historical events that happened before we were born, the law that none could keep then and none keep now, and the redemption God provided in Jesus. The Bible also tells us how to gain eternal life and what is going to happen in the end times of this universe leading up to the start of eternity. What a privilege to be able to read and learn from God's own Word!
May God guide you in your walk with Him today,
Bucky
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