The Bible -- An Integral Part of My Life

   The Bible has been an integral part of my life as far back as I can remember. I remember that as a family we read the Bible each morning and sang and prayed together. Each Sunday we went to the place of worship where the Bible was used to direct our thoughts toward God and righteousness. At the public school, we memorized Bible verses. 

   This all had a profound effect on my life. It did not make me a “good boy,” but it did speak to my conscience when I did wrong. And as I entered my teen years, I began to realize that I did not have the power to be good, nor to resist the temptations that are common to humanity: pride, selfishness, lust, envy, etc. The way to be saved was taught in the church I attended and I began to realize that I needed to repent of what I naturally was, and that I needed to be born again. 

   The Bible is God’s Word to us and gives us principles to live by. It gives us a history of God’s dealing with humanity from the beginning. It does not tell us everything but it tells us enough that we can gain an understanding of God. We can understand that God cares about His created world. He cares about the bondage that Satan brought upon man, and He designed a way for us to be delivered from the tyranny of Satan. 

   Religion does not deliver us from Satan’s bondage; only Jesus can do that. Religion represents a system of thinking ...

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