“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
People, as a rule, know so little about the happenings and events, people and places, or customs and commandments of the Bible. Attempting to use some biblical person or event as an illustration in normal conversation tends to create a “communication gap.” We can see further proof of this on TV game shows or quizzes. (Is it any wonder so many accept as right so much that is sin, seeing they know so little of what God said?)
It would be well enough were we describing non-Christians or unbelievers. Yet, when the same holds true among professed Christians of many years, this gap seems a disgrace.
Ask people about Balaam and the donkey and you are apt to receive blank stares. Yet ask about B.J. and the Bear, and you are soon involved in an animated conversation. The same goes for the Ten Commandments versus the TV Guide listings, the names of the disciples versus the names of players on a favorite ball team, or the books of the Bible versus the yearly sports scores. Compare the desire for daily Bible reading versus the interest in the daily installment of a favorite soap opera.
The Bible says “out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.” Wouldn’t it also be true that what our minds and eyes desire to see and be involved in, reveal our hearts’ concerns? If so, what do our interests, likes and dislikes tell others? What really is of utmost importance in our hearts and lives? It’s often quoted; we are the only Bible some persons will ever read. Will we point them to Christ or to the world?
“Who knowing the Judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them”(Romans 1:32).
Gertrude Cantrell CaliforniaPRAY TOGETHER: Pray for unity among Executive Committee members as they make final selection and recommendation for WNAC Executive Secretary-Treasurer.
