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Perilous neglect

You search the scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of me.
John 5:39.

Perilous neglect
"Which work of classical literature are you ashamed never to have read?" - "The Bible."

That radio and television quiz master admitted to having slept little and thereby to have profited from reading a lot: "At least two books a day." His library contained 3,000 books of all kinds classified according to their authors: novels, philosophy, drama. One classic appears to have escaped his literary hunger: the Bible.

By reading we seek to increase our learning and to get some distraction. But the text of the Bible is living. It is God's Word, which has the power to bring us into a relationship with God and to transform our life. It reveals what God is: love and light. It is like a seed germinating in the heart of those who receive it: they are "born again through the word of God which lives and abides for ever" (1 Peter 1:23).

Believing its message means believing God. His aim is to grant us divine life. The Bible is more than a distraction, it leads to the discovery of true joy. In contrast to all that men can write, "the words of the LORD are pure words" (Psalm 12:6). Nothing in the Bible is superfluous, all is useful. It tells us the truth about ourselves and about God. "Your word is truth" (John 17:17). If you have a Bible, open it and read it!

Today's reading: Joshua 23:14-24:5 Â· 1 Corinthians 15:51-58

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