Tonight in my Intro To Mass Communications we watch a video of John MacArthur explaining some interesting facts about the Geneva Bible. From what I could gather it is a bloody Bible, sometimes literally. Protestants and those that sought to translate the Scripture into English were burned at the stake. In this video John MacArthur described a Bible he once saw that had been dipped in the blood of a martyr. It led me to think about how carelessly I treat my Bible and the Scriptures. I don’t read near as much as I should and I own at least 5 different Bibles that are in a sad state of disrepair, and not because they have been read. But because I casually discarded them somewhere in my room only to be stepped on or shoved to the side for some new electronic gadget. There are men who shed their blood so that I could freely read the word of God in a language that I understand.
I can also think of someone else that shed His blood so that I could freely be a part of God’s Kingdom and experience Amazing Grace.
“21For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV)
Something else I was thinking of was the fact that in Genesis 2 God does something amazing with mankind.
“7Then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.”
- Genesis 2:7 (ESV)
But He does the same thing with His word as well.
“16All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work”
- 2 Timothy 2:16-17 (ESV)
The same breath of life he breathed into man is similar to the breath of life He breaths into scripture. An eternal breath. A living breath. A unique breath that is only given by God. So why is it I treat scripture with such disregard on a regular basis? Why is it so hard for me to have that desire to constantly be in the word? Why am I more excited about reading the latest press release from a computer company then I am about reading the Words of the Living God that He has breathed life into?
Just to let you all know, comments have been opened up! Thanks to my buddy Micha http://www.mijah.com who helped me get things going!