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The Bible is
aNOW Book
What is the Bible? Why was it written ? And to
whom? Why do so few real/y understand the
Bible? Read this eye-opening a rticle for the
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ignorance is considered
"respectable" today.
"lt
is one of the curious phe–
nomena of modero times," reports
J.
B.
Phillips in
The Yotmg Chrtrch in Ac–
tion,
"that it is considered perfectly
respectable to be abysmally ignorant
of the Christian faith. Paradoxically,
men and women who would be deeply
ashamed of having their ignorance ex–
posed in matters of poetry, music, or
painting, for example, are not in the
least perturbed to be found ignorant
of the New Testament" (p. 6).
And so the Bible has become little
more than an obsolete "sacred book"
to which most of its devotees pay lip
service, but which they practically
never
read, study, oc tmderstand!
What are the underlying reasons for
such widespread Biblical ignorance and
lack of understanding in the wodd
today?
Not Even Theologians
Understand
You might expect that atheists and
agnostics would not understand the
12
surprising answers!
by
Richard H. Sedliacik
purpose of the Bible. But would you
expect that many of today's leading
ministers and theologians are them–
selves ignorant of the Book they pro·
fess to understand? Not when you
understand that they have assumed
as true the theories and hypotheses
taught today in the seminaries and
schools of theology!
No wonder the ordinary layman
has backed away from the Bible!
The trouble with most people is
that they have taken for
GRANTED
what
other
people say about the Bible!
Most people - including church
laymen and many in the clergy - have
not takeo the time to really look into
the Bible and study it for themselves!
They simply have
NEVER PROVEO
what
they have come to accept as "truth."
What the Bible IS
Believe it or not, the Bible was
written for our day, this age - this
generation! The Bible is the most
up–
to-date
book you can read today.
In the pages of this "Book that
oobody knows" are revealed the causes
of all of today's ills - the social
problems, the economic problems, and
even the threat of nuclear annihilation
hanging over mankind today.
The Bible shows where world
events are leading, and what the final
outcome will be.
The Bible daims to be Goo's reve–
lation to man of
BA.SIC KNOWLEDGE
- knowledge of laws and principies
which man is
tmable
to discover for
himself - knowledge which is other–
wise utterly inaccessible to the mind of
man.
For example: The law of gravity
is not directly revealed in the Bible.
God equipped man with the powers
and abilities to discover gravity for
himself.
But man has never been able to
discover with assurance
what
he is and
why
he was put here on earth -
whether there is a real
PURPOSE
for
human life, or
what
that purpose is.
Man has not been able to discover
the true way to peace, happiness,
abundant well·being and real success.
Colleges and universities, in general,
PLAIN TRUTH Moy 1972