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Towards Belief: But it might help someone





Well God is good and He may well use Towards Belief to bring someone to himself.  But it seems to me that the series is flawed, if the first one is anything to go by.  What men think seems to be the important thing and highly educated men at that.  In the episode on suffering the Bible was not mentioned until right at the end when Job was briefly alluded to. We should not be starting where the unbeliever is, but declaring what God has said.  Tonight we are looking at the Bible.  No doubt we will start from the parts people find difficult to believe.  Of course they have this trouble.  It is only possible to accept the Bible if we have the Holy Spirit dwelling in us. I wait with interest to see what this evening’s DVD and discussion time will bring and no doubt I will tell you all about it.  Last week we had only people with strong church connections.  I will be the first to rejoice along with the angels in heaven, if anyone finds Jesus in these meetings. Putting these courses on is well intentioned I know but we seem to have put the cart before the horse.  “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10 verse 17. We must preach the word not pick over it to choose the bits we can accept.  The Bible is a whole and if you reject one part you will soon find that affects another part and you will soon end up with a very slim volume indeed. Put your trust in Jesus and you will soon begin to trust His word, the Bible.

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