Built on a Rock

 
Roger Sparks, Pastor
Luverne Christian Reformed Church
Summer is past. Fall is upon us. Thanksgiving Day is just around the corner. Before we know it, we will discard our 2015 calendars. Most people I talk to say that they’re busy, busy, busy. So am I.
Should we take time out of our busy schedules for personal and/or group Bible study? Should we carve time out of our hectic routines to be still long enough to listen to Bible-based sermons?
2 Timothy 3:16 reminds us that the Bible is a useful book. "All Scripture is God-breathed, and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work ..."
Many of the world's great personalities have agreed.
Said George Washington, "It is impossible to rightly govern the world without the Bible." Patrick Henry testified, "This is a Book worth more than all the others that were ever printed." Abraham Lincoln added, "But for this Book we could not know right from wrong. I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given man."
Sir Isaac Newton said, "We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy. I find more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history whatsoever." Another scientist, James Dwight Dana, said to his understudies, "Young men, as you go forth, remember that I, an old man, who has known science all his life, say to you now that there are no truer facts than those found in the Bible."
The writer Charles Dickens said, "It is the best Book that ever was or ever will be in the world." The physician, Charles W. Mayo, said, "In sickness or in health, one can find comfort and constructive advice in the Bible."
Yes, the Bible is useful. But to benefit from its God-given contents, we must make use of it. So if your Bible has been gathering dust lately, why not dust it off? Open it. Read it a chapter or two a day. Pray about what you read. The Bible will teach you, rebuke you, correct you, and train you.