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World's Most Amazing BOOK
by Terry Watkins
"...thy word is truth." John 17:17
'The Bible is no mere book, but a living
creature that conquers all that face it.'
NAPOLEON
The Bible is ridiculed and attacked today, like never before. I find it
strange, that the people who do the loudest attacking, know the least about
it. Most people have never read the Bible.
MOST PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT SAYS!
But the Bible was written thousands of years ago. And we're nearly in the
21st century! We've seen man go to the Moon. We've seen mankind take great
strides in discovering the hidden mysteries of the universe. The Bible was
written thousands of years ago by men with such limited knowledge. With
their limited knowledge what could they possibly have known?
IT MIGHT JUST SURPRISE YOU!
Luke 17:30, "Even thus shall it be in the day when the
Son of man is revealed. (vs 31)In that day...(vs 34)I tell you, in
that night...." Nobody in Luke's day thought it could be day and
night at the same time! They thought the Earth was flat. Luke was written
around 65 A.D. How did Luke know something that the scientists didn't
know until the 16th century?
Isaiah 40:22, "It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the
earth". How did Isaiah know in 700 B.C. the Earth is round? All the
scientists of Isaiah's day thought the Earth was flat. They didn't find out
about the Earth being round until the early 1500s when Magellan sailed
around the world. How did Isaiah know something over 2000 years ahead of
science?
Job 26:7, "...and hangeth the earth upon nothing."
During the time of Job, the people believed a god named Atlas held the earth
on his shoulders! Nobody believed the Earth 'hangeth upon NOTHING!' Job was
written over 3500 years ago! How did Job know something that was
IMPOSSIBLE to know during his day?
Genesis 2:7, "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the
ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man
became a living soul." November 1982, Reader's Digest had an
article entitled How Life on Earth Began. It stated that according to
scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center, the ingredients needed to form a
human being, can be found IN CLAY. The article says, 'We are just
beginning to learn. The Biblical scenario for the creation of life turns out
to be NOT FAR OFF THE MARK.' Scientists, for years, laughed at the
possibility of Genesis having any scientific credibility whatsoever.
And yet, the more we learn, the more we find it to be SCIENTIFICALLY
CORRECT!
Psalm 8:8, "...whatsoever passeth through the paths of the
seas." After reading Psalm 8:8, Matthew Maury, a U.S. Naval officer,
set out to locate these curious "paths of the seas." He discovered
the oceans have paths, or currents, which flow through them. He became known
as the 'path- finder of the seas'. How did David (the writer of
Psalms) know, over 2000 years ago, there were "paths of the seas"? David
probably never even saw an ocean! HOW DID HE KNOW?
Ecclesiastes 1:7, "All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea
is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return
again." How did the writer of Ecclesiastes know the water cycle of
condensation and evaporation? The sun evaporates water from the ocean. That
water vapor rises and becomes clouds. This water in the clouds falls back to
the earth as rain, collects in rivers, and makes its way back to the ocean.
This wasn't known until Galileo in 1630! How did the writer of
Ecclesiastes know this in 1000 B.C.? 2500 YEARS AHEAD OF SCIENCE!
'Indeed, it is an indisputable fact that all the
complex and horrendous questions confront-
ing us at home and worldwide have their
answer in that single book.'
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
Leviticus 15:13, "And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of
his issue; ...and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water".
God told that infected Jew to bathe his flesh in RUNNING WATER.
Science didn't discover that until two men named Pasteur and Koch in the
late 1800s. Doctors were washing their hands in a bowl of water and
spreading the germs like wild fire. It wasn't until the invention of the
microscope and the science of bacteriology that doctors started washing
their hands under RUNNING WATER. Leviticus was written around 1490
B.C. SCIENCE WAS ABOUT 3000 YEARS BEHIND! Isn't it embarrassing how
science always lags about 2000 years behind the Bible!
Job 38:19, "Where is the way where light dwelleth?"
How come Job didn't say, where is THE PLACE where light dwelleth?
Because light is always moving. How did Job know something in 1500 B.C. that
science didn't find out until Einstein? How can the men that wrote that
Bible, with their limited scientific knowledge, BE SO FAR AHEAD OF SCIENCE?
Ecclesiastes 1:6, "The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth
about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth
again according to his circuits." How did the writer of
Ecclesiastes know that the wind had regular circuits that they traveled? How
did he know something that the aerologists and meteorologists are just now
discovering? THINK ABOUT IT! How can these men thousands of years ago be
so far ahead of science?
Proverbs 17:22, "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine".
An article in The Birmingham News, entitled Laughter: Prescription
for Health, said, the latest medical evidence reveals that, 'At some
point during laughter, your body issues A PRESCRIPTION from the pharmacy in
your brain.' How did the writer of Proverbs know that--3000 YEARS
AHEAD OF MEDICAL SCIENCE?
'I believe the Bible is the best gift God has
ever given to man.'
PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Leviticus 17:11, "For the life of the flesh is in the blood".
That's the most accurate, brief, scientific statement ever written about the
blood in relation to the human being.
It is the blood that causes growth, builds new cells, grows bone
and flesh, stores fat, makes hair and nails.
It is the blood that feeds and supports all the organs of the
body. If the blood supply be cut off from an arm, that arm will immediately
begin to die and rot.
It is the blood that repairs the body. It is the blood that clots
wounds, that grows new flesh, new skin and even new nerves.
It is the blood that fights disease. When they give you a vaccine
against a disease, they give you a shot into your blood stream.
For thousands of years, doctors often treated sick people by a practice
called 'bleeding.' They thought illnesses could be cured by removing blood.
In 1799, less than 200 years ago, George Washington was literally
bled to death. They bled poor George four times, the last time they took
over a quart of his blood! They didn't know, but they were literally
draining away his life by removing his blood. It wasn't until the early
1900's that a man named Dr. Lister discovered that the blood provides the
body's immune system, and THE LIFE OF THE FLESH IS IN THE BLOOD!
The Birmingham Post Herald, February 26, 1988, told the story of
Mike Thomas. Mike was working at a construction site when he fell 70 feet.
As he was falling, a cable wrapped around his arm and severed his hand a few
inches above the wrist. Because of serious internal injuries, doctors
couldn't at that time reattach Thomas' hand. Instead, they attached his hand
to blood vessels on his abdomen wall to 'keep it alive'. Two months
later, the doctors removed it from his abdomen and reattached it to his arm.
According to the report, UAB was the first in the nation to perform such a
task!
Just like the Bible said; keep supplying that hand blood, and it'll
stay ALIVE! Don't you find that peculiar? What Moses wrote in 1490 B.C.,
the brightest and keenest minds man can produce, are just now discovering.
How can that book, written thousands of years ago, by men with such
limited knowledge, be so much smarter than the best science and medicine can
produce? Who is teaching these men these incredible SCIENTIFIC FACTS?
As a 'literary miracle' the Bible has no challengers. No book has
ever duplicated the chemistry of the Bible. Though written by some forty
different authors, over a period of some eighteen centuries, in three
different languages, by men who range from peasants to kings, and uncouth
fisherman to educated scholars, and on hundreds of controversial subjects.
Yet all have but one message, and none ever contradicts the other. This
would be utterly impossible without the assistance of a SUPERNATURAL HAND!
These are just a few of the many verses that prove beyond a shadow of
doubt that a supernatural hand, far greater than what you and I can imagine,
was guiding the men who wrote that Bible. Friend, if the physical things
that we can examine prove to be so true, what about the spiritual things
that we can not yet examine?
WHAT IF THEY ARE ALSO TRUE?
Revelation 20:15, "And whosoever was not found written
in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." Are you willing to
gamble that the Bible is a lie even after the undisputable facts we have
given? Especially, when so much is at stake--YOUR ETERNAL SOUL! Jesus
Christ said, "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole
world, and lose his own soul?" (Mark 8:36).
ARE YOU WILLING TO GAMBLE WITH YOUR SOUL?
My friend, you'd better think about it. You're gambling with some awful
high stakes!
The Bible says, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved." Friend, has there ever come a time in your life, when
you called upon the Lord Jesus Christ to save you? If not, why don't you
right now put God to the test.
If the Bible is true and God is real why don't you try it out! You have
so much to lose! The Bible says, "O taste and see that the LORD is
good". (Psalm 34:8)
Pray this simple prayer, and mean it with all your heart.
Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and unless you save me I am lost
forever. I come to you now, in repentance, and ask you to save me. I now
receive you by faith as my Saviour. In Jesus' name, Amen.
WHAT IS YOUR DECISION?
¨ I CHOOSE TO TRUST JESUS AS MY SAVIOUR
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans
10:13
¨ I DENY JESUS CHRIST AND GO MY WAY
"There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the
ways of death." Proverbs 14:12
THE CHOICE IS YOURS!
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09/17/08
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