Living In The View of the Eternal God.

Living In the View of the Eternal God

Psa. 90:12: “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”

Truly what matters in the end is what God sees and knows. It does not matter what men think if what God knows is different than what men think. Here in this verse, Moses tells us that we should live in the light of the eternal God. By living "Today," and if this day was your last upon the earth, would you live, or act differently, or have any bitterness in your heart toward anyone, if the death angel came by your home today? Our lives are fragile and at any moment we can be called out of this temporary world into eternity. In the light of this truth let us consider our devotedness to the cause of Christ.

How devout are you to knowing God, and doing his will? To know God comes in two main ways first by his word, and prayer according to God’s will in Christ. Of course these are basics, but all too often we forget the most essential elements of our fellowship with Christ. This morning in prayer I felt impressed to share the importance of Bible Reading. Paul wrote to Timothy:

1 Timothy 4:13-16

13.Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

14. Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

15. Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

16.  Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

Paul tells his young disciple to make sure to read the Word of God. Now in that day to have all of the scrolls of both the Old and New Testaments would have been impossible. It was too expensive and the only places a student of God could find the Old Testament in whole would have been at the Temple of Jerusalem and a library such at Alexandria Egypt, which would have been donated by a king. The New Testament of course was just going into print during this time so most only had a few letters available at the church kept in a safe place. No one in Bible times had a Bible they could carry whenever they wanted and sit down and read just anywhere.

It has been estimated  by scholars today  for someone to own the entire volume of the Bible written on animal skins called vellum before the invention of the printing press in 1440 AD by Gutenberg can be as high as 425 sheep. If you were to go to the auction and buy a ewe would run you roughly $200.00-250.00 US dollars today. So to use vellum like in Bible days that would approximately cost just for the sheep around $85,000.00 to $106,250.00 just to buy the sheep to slaughter for one book. Of course this does not include the butchering, and the work to prepare the sheep skin for writing. Moreover, if you wanted a whole Bible you would have to hire a scribe and it took around ten months to complete the work on average.  Quite an expensive endeavor and lengthy.  One of the reasons God had the Bible compiled by the church and the books were canonized (authorized and verified as holy) was so that God’s children could be sound in the faith regarding the doctrine and live according to his Word. Many heresies crept into the churches during the early days because many of the believers did not have access to the whole counsel of God and secondly did not stay close to God in prayer.

I am so glad and thankful that today believers have access to the Bible so cheaply and can read every day. Isn’t God good! Sadly many who claim to be Christ’s do not give attendance to reading daily or regularly even though they do not have to go to the Temple or spend such an high sum to own the scriptures. If a person has a sixth-grade education they can read three chapters in about 15 minutes on average.  If each believer were obedient to Paul’s direction they could read the Whole Bible in less than a year. Unfortunately, many believers and some so-called ministers have not ever even read the Bible through once, cover to cover. As a result due to distractions, excuses, lack of discipline, and in some cases just poor examples many who claim the Wonderful name of Christ as their savior are walking in ways that are unpleasing and teaching and listening to voices they would never entertain, if they would just give attendance to God’s word 15 minutes daily. Isaiah said regarding God’s people, “that they were destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Isa. 5:13). Jesus said to the Sadducees (the priesthood from Zadok), that they believed errors and heresies because “they did not know the scriptures” (Matt 22:29).

            If we have been born again, we are priests and kings unto God because of Jesus Christ. God help us as believers that we know his word by faithfully reading it. If these thoughts bring conviction to your soul, repent. I would encourage you to read your Bible daily with the intent to start at one cover and reach the other.  May the Lord Bless you in the journey of his Word. So as we close in prayer “Lord teach US to number our days and apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Amen

If you have never accepted or if you have fallen away from Jesus Christ here are three steps you need to take to be saved:

You must admit you are a sinner, confess your sin to Jesus, repent (turn from all you know is wrong), ask Jesus to come in your heart, and begin to follow Jesus by reading and obeying his word and go to a Bible believing church that teaches his word. And tell someone what Christ Jesus Has Done For You (Rev 12:10)  

May God through Christ bless you!

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