THE BIBLE
What makes mJa member Pete Jones rave with excitement...
THE BIBLE shows us that our
awesome and eternal God is
passionately involved in getting
us into what is really happening
here on planet Earth - His story.
What a privilege to be able
to read this. It hasn’t always
been that way. For centuries,
the Bible was only available to
an educated few. Everyday folk
could only hear some of it (if
they were lucky) on a Sunday in
church – and then only if they
spoke Latin! Yep, that’s right,
for nearly a thousand years you
had to speak a dying language in
order to understand the life-giving
words of the living God.
So I raise a shout of respect
and gratitude those who
ensured that we have access
to God’s Word today, men so
consumed with passion for
the gospel that they decided to
stand up and shout it out from
the rooftops for everyone to
hear.
John Wycliffe, Martin Luther,
William Tyndale and others
stepped out of history and
into God’s story, joining ranks
with the very men they would
have us read about. They were
pursued, imprisoned, exiled
and martyred for acting on
their conviction that all people
should have access to God’s
Word in their own tongue – be
that German, English or Swahili.
After all didn’t God himself
reveal this to us at Pentecost?
Having received this book at
such cost, should I not also read
and live in the hope of its invitation
to us: to meet God and
then step out into the adventure
of His story too?
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