Santa Biblia: Palabra Dioses en Español

I really love the Bible. It is unlike any other book - religious or secular - in that it is not written by man. You see, the author of the Bible is Almighty God. Our Creator used about 40 men, as you and I use a pen, pencil, or a keyboard, to write out His Holy Word in the 66 books of the Holy Bible.

And yes, I can prove this is so: the fulfilled prophecies of the Bible prove that this book could not have been written by man, because frankly, men can't guess that good! And we know that the God of the Bible is THE GOD, and that the Bible is HIS WORD, through the nation of Israel, as I have mentioned in the past. Wow...to hold in one's hands the words of our Creator to us!

But, I digress. Today my son and I dropped back into Rosenkranz Book & Bile Outlet Store up in
Eldora, IA. Mary and I stopped in last week and stocked-up on Bibles to give away, but they had no Version Reina-Valera Spanish Bibles at that time. But today, there were many! Seems they bought a gaylord container of liquidated Bibles from Holman Bible Publishers this past week, so I scooped up several, and now have a good stock to give to my Spanish speaking friends and neighbors.

Please pray for us as we give out the precious seed of the Word, that God will speak to the hearts of these dear souls, and may they be delivered out of the bondage of religion (most I meet here in Marshalltown are either Roman Catholic, or Jehovah's Witness: both of which have no gospel, and are leading their followers to eternal Hell) and into the glorious light of eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

(In case you wonder, the title of this post is "Holy Bible: God's Word in Spanish").

E T E R N I T Y !

Just heard a great message preached tonight by Evangelist Gary Gillmore, on Luke 12:16-21. The man in this parable worshipped himself. Count the number of times the words "I" and "my" are used! But, he left a critically important word out of his life:

ETERNITY

O Fool! To live for time,
and not for eternity! Jesus lived for eternity, and it was for the joy set before him that allowed him to endure the cross, despising the shame...that he might bring many sons to glory, in eternity.

We must live for eternity now, in this life, (not when we are in eternity - that'll be too late) if we are to be prepared for eternity. Thank God through Jesus Christ, that because of him alone, I will be with him in eternity. God has promised, and I have complete confidence in his word. And keeping this word in mind - ETERNITY - will help me make choices in my daily life that will count for eternity.

Do you have that confidence? If today were your last day to live, if you stepped into eternity tomorrow, would you be ready? Are all your sins washed away in the blood of the Lamb of God, the Lord Jesus Christ? If not, friend, you are not ready, for God will not overlook your sins. Because God is good, he cannot overlook your sins, and Hell will be your eternal destiny.

Jesus Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures...he was buried, and was raised again from that grave three days later (see 1 Cor. 15:1-4). God now commands all to repent (change your mind, agree with God, and turn to God), trusting that Jesus died on that cross for your sins. All who repent & believe on the Lord Jesus Christ will receive the gift of eternal life. That is salvation,  my friend, and that is how you can begin to live for eternity....

Stocking Up

Mary & I made a trip up to Eldora, IA today, to stock up on Bibles that we've been giving away around Marshalltown. Rosenkrans Book & Bible Outlet Store is a great little place for Bibles and other Christian books. I picked up a used set of J. Vernon McGee's commentaries a few years back, and Mary has been using them lately as she studies through Matthew. We get brand new, good quality, compact large print Bibles, and also some New Testaments for around $5 a piece, or less! I could not find any Spanish Reina Varlera Bibles, though - I got all he had the last time we were up, and he's still out of them.

Like we prayed on the drive back home, may God get these Holy Scriptures into the hands of people as we give them out, people who will read and understand the will of God, and come to saving faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. When people come to request a free Bible, I usually say, "Are you going to read this? It's not a good-luck charm or family heirloom. You need to read it, and heed it!" Amen. That is a good word to all of us.

Blessed Coincidence

In my daily Bible reading this Saturday morning, I happened to read a portion of scripture that included Isaiah chapter 25. I noted the Isaiah's magnification of the LORD's faithfulness, "O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful thing; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth." (Isaiah 25:1) I made a note in the margin of my Bible, "GOD IS FAITHFUL!", as I've been reminded of this over and over again, while teaching through the Old Testament to our Karen believer's Sunday School class.

I also noted the reference in Isaiah 25:8 which is picked up and amplified by the Apostle Paul in 
1 Corinthians 15:54, and the Apostle John in Revelation 21:4.

After a time of prayer, I hit the shower, and listened to an interview with T.A. McMahon and Dr. Randall Price. And in the interview, Dr. Price, who is a Biblical archeologist, described something that they found while excavating around Qumran, the site of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

You can listen at www.oneplace.com/ministries/search-the-scriptures-daily/.

What was a blessed coincidence to me is that he related what they found in these excavations to the verses in Isaiah 25:6-9: how that the group of people at Qumran were likely anticipating what Dr. Price called "the Messiah's Banquet", the feast after the victorious battle of Armageddon, a feast which is described in other places including the New Testament (i.e. Matthew 8:11). I thought it was really neat to just happen to hear that this morning, and get an extra blessing from the reading of God's Holy Word. I had penned the note about God being faithful, and this was just another small confirmation of that eternal truth.

Art Walk 2013

Marshalltown, Iowa is hosting the annual Art Walk on Thursday, 10/3 from 4:30-7:00 pm. Various downtown businesses will be hosting local artists and their works, along with musicians staged throughout the downtown area. This also happens to be the last day of the Thursday evening Farmers Market on the Courthouse Square, one of my weekly places for evangelism in my home town. Should be a lot of people out and about.

In honor of this event, I've created a witnessing cross just for the occasion: "Lord Jesus....How Great Thou Art!"

The forecast is calling for scattered thunderstorms on Thursday, so all the activities may be cancelled. But if not, and the Lord allows, I hope to be out there with gospel tracts and this newest addition to our witness-cross collection. I'm interested to see how people react, and we pray for conversations that will point others to our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Here are the words to the hymn from which this cross' message is derived:

"How Great Thou Art"
Carl G. Boberg (1859-1940)
Adapted by Stuart K. Hine (1899-1989)

O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the *worlds thy hands have made,
I see the stars, I hear the *rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed:

    

Refrain

     Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee:
     How great thou art! How great thou art!
     Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee:
     How great thou art! How great thou art!

When through the woods and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees,
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze:

 

(Refrain)

And when I think that God, his Son not sparing,
Sent him to die, I scarce can take it in,
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin.

 

(Refrain)

When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!
Then I shall bow in humble adoration,
And there proclaim, My God, how great thou art!