As a Christian, we were told to read bible and meditate on God’s word daily. Why? Because there is mystery in the scriptures written in this book. The bible contains God’s word.
John wrote, John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John1:14 also wrote “The word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace & truth”
Revelation 19:13 says “He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.”
Jesus is “the word of God. When we read bible, we read Jesus!
By reading bible and living in God’s word, our mind will be transformed. Our knowledge about God, Jesus, & Holy Spirit increased. Bible filters our mind from false doctrines & teaching, and it renews our mind. There is power in the scriptures because Jesus is the Lord!
Today is 29 April, it’s 2nd anniversary of the death of ring leaders of Bali Nine drug traffickers, Andrew Chan & Sukumaran. They were executed 2 years ago in Indonesia. They were arrested on April 2005, and convicted for smuggling 8.3 kg of heroin from Indonesia to Australia valued at around US$3.1 million. But they were executed 10 years later. The execution news was very big. Not only in Indonesia, the world media spotted on this case too. There were pros and cons of the execution. One of the ring leader, Andrew Chan, an Australian, was fully rehabilitated from drug and gave big positive influence in Kerobokan prison. When he was arrested in 2005, he wanted to kill himself in cell. But he cancelled it because he doesn’t want to go to Hell. Then he asked the guard for a bible. The following day, he got bible sent by his Sunday school friend surprisingly. After he read bible, his life was changed. He became a pastor & led English Christian service and bible study in prison.
In reconciling his death sentences with his faith in God, he said:
"When I got back to my cell, I said, 'God, I asked you to set me free, not kill me.' God spoke to me and said, 'Andrew, I have set you free from the inside out, I have given you life!' From that moment on I haven't stopped worshipping Him. I had never sung before, never led worship, until Jesus set me free."
You can just google “Andrew chan”, you will find many bloggers and news about him.
Another true story is Khalil, a radical muslim Egyptian (a jihadist), converted to Christianity after reading bible. His initial purpose to read bible was to write book about the lies of bible. But the scriptures had changed his mind and he met Jesus in his dream.
And about healing story, Steve Hannett, a pastor and an author, was diagnosed with cancer when he was 19 years old. He was frustrated. He didn’t know God personally. He felt fear and tarry. Three months later, he met a korean man for an alternative medicine to get well. The Korean man asked him to read bible and gave him bible study for 5 hours. He learnt a lot about sin, God, Jesus and Holy Spirit. He learnt where the cancer came from. How Jesus healed everyone. Jesus died on cross not only for his sin, but to bless him.
And the last story, my experience, about few years ago, I just read daily devotion article with some bible verse as references. That time, even though I did pray daily, my faith was easily being shaken if there was problem. Until I was not busy anymore with my job, i didn’t have things to do in office from Monday to Friday. I read online news from Monday to Friday to kill the time. Because the news was almost the same every day, I decided to read bible from genesis to revelation. Slowly my mind was changed. My faith increased and I am easily discerned the mind attack by Satan.
Bible is indeed full of power. It is powerfully enough to be used by God's Spirit to change us. It is more powerful than a surgeon's knife as it cuts deep into our inner most thoughts and desires, exposing us for what we really are, and releasing us from our sinful habits. It is living, life-changing, and it’s helping us to get the victory over our problems. When pressures and problems seem to overwhelm us, that is an excellent time to saturate our mind with God's Word.
Therefore, let’s read bible every day. Because Bible is the most powerful book ever!
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