IF WE LET IT

Of course, what we make of the Bible will never be as great a thing as what the Bible will - if we let it - make of us. For that which is born of the flesh - our human understanding and handlings - is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit - God's revelation of Himself and the power of that revelation to enliven us - is spirit.

The will of man will not ultimately prevail against the will of God. It is the will of God that we should know Him as He revealed Himself and that will has not only survived the arrogant attacks of scientific and “enlightened” men, it has (even more miraculously) thrived in spite of our best intended, though sadly misguided attempts at “rightly dividing” that seamless robe of revelation.

So, let us press on with no faith in our own understanding and nothing but faith in the Truth that is too great to be diminished by our feeble minds and too great to not transform us. Salvation comes from God, not from our cleverness. The Bible is a very great book. Let us submit to it so God may do the great work of making us into a great people.

.....Chap Notes (ChapnotesMail@aol.com) (http://www.chapnotes.org) by way of "Christian Voices" (www.ChristianVoicesWorldwide.net)