THE BIBLE... THE BIBLE DID NOT FALL FROM HEAVEN. THE BOOKS IT CONTAINS WERE NOT PROCLAIMED FROM THE CLOUDS BY SOME HEAVENLY SPEAKER, BUT RATHER THEY WERE PATIENTLY GATHERED THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES WITHIN THE HEART OF ISRAEL, THE PEOPLE OF GOD, THANKS TO THE FAITH OF ITS MOST CONSCIOUS MINORITIES. FOR SOME EIGHTEEN (18) CENTURIES, FROM ABRAHAM TO JESUS, THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL DISCOVERED EVER MORE CLEARLY THAT THE ONE GOD HAD COMMITTED HIMSELF TO THEM. THE EXPERIENCES OF THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY, THE WARNINGS OF THOSE MEN CALLED PROPHETS, WHO SPOKE ON BEHALF OF GOD, THE CONCERNS WHICH DEVELOPED AMONG BELIEVERS: ALL OF THIS SOMEHOW WENT INTO THESE BOOKS. THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF ISRAEL RECEIVED BOOKS, SELECTED & ACCREDITED THEM, THEN INTEGRATED THEM INTO THE SACRED BOOK. THAT WAS HOW THE OLD TESTAMENT OF THE BIBLE WAS FORMED. IT IS CALLED TESTAMENT. BECAUSE THESE BOOKS WERE LIKE THE MOST PRECIOUS INHERITANCE GIVEN BY GOD TO HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE. AFTER SO MANY EXPERIENCES THERE CAME A TIME OF CRISIS FOR THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WHEN GOD WANTED TO BRING THEM AT LAST TO MATURE FAITH. AND JESUS CAME FOR THAT PURPOSE. THE MOST TRANSCENDENTAL EXPERIENCE IN ALL OF HISTORY WAS FULFILLED IN HIM. JESUS - HIS EFFORTS TO SAVE THE JEWISH PEOPLE FROM IMMINENT DESTRUCTION, HIS REJECTION, HIS DEATH, & THEN HIS RESURRECTION - THIS WAS THE FINAL WORD OF GOD. THE PERSON OF JESUS GAVE RISE TO THE PREACHING OF THE APOSTLES & TO THE FIRST COMMUNITIES OF CHRISTS CHURCH. THE WRITTEN TESTIMONIES OF THESE BEGINNINGS, APPROVED BY RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH, FORM THE NEW TESTAMENT: BOOKS OF THE NEW COVENANT,WHERE THE BOOK CANNOT BUT HELP THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN US INSTILLING THE TOTAL, UNIQUE TRUTH WHICH BECOMES CERTAINTY WITH US. (CCB) TO BE CONTINUED... GOD BLESS EVERYONE!!!
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 13:36:10 +0000
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