What’s in the Bible?

What’s in the Bible?

I’m guessing you’ve seen one of those ‘antique show’ type programs. I wonder if, like me, you’re fascinated when people discover a long-forgotten item at home that turns out to be a priceless treasure? Do you even get a tinge of envy when you see their delight at an unexpected windfall coming from something that was so neglected and looked so unimportant to the untrained eye?

Well, here is some good news. Like almost every home in Ashby, you probably have a priceless item that looks so ordinary that you hardly notice it is there. It could well be dusty from a lack of use and may well have been in your family a while. The value of an item is often determined by its rarity. But that’s not the case with this item. In fact, it is estimated 100 million are produced every year and the Guiness book of world records declares it still to be the world bestseller.

Of course I’m talking about the Bible. Perhaps the least read best seller in the world and you probably own one. The usual question people ask in those TV programs is ‘What’s it worth?’. If you haven’t yet investigated it for yourself, you may already think it can’t be worth very much.

Can I offer another approach?

What if you considered this was a message for you from the God of all creation? A look into His future plans and insights that help make sense of today’s uncertain world. An invitation to a relationship with Him along with evidence to demonstrate who He is. A chance to learn from examples of people who, like us all, often get things wrong, and those who got it right. That’s exactly what this book is. And it’s there on your shelf waiting for you to take a look. What’s it worth? Many have discovered this book is priceless. So can you.

Useful passage to look up: Psalm 119 v162

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