How long will that take in Sheep time?

When you hold the Bible in your hands you may think that you are simply holding one book...but this really isn't the case...you are holding one story...His story [history]...but not one book.

The Old Testament contains 39 books [929 chapters].

The New Testament contains 27 books [260 chapters].

The Bible is God's revelation to mankind!

Now, here is something to wrap your brain around.

The only reason why we have the Bible is because God decided to show mercy to rebels...the Bible points men to God's salvation!

If God hadn't decided to show mercy...then we wouldn't need a revelation from God for salvation...the only revelation we would have is what our sins naturally deserve...God's wrath!

But God did decide to show loving mercy...and the only way that He could take away rebels sin...was to become a man...live a perfect life [in our place]...suffer for sins [our sin...He didn't have any]...and die [the penalty for sin is death]!

When Jesus rose from the grave on the third day...it proclaimed that God the Father accepted His Son's perfect sacrifice...and that all who trust in Jesus will have eternal life!

Even though Jesus stepped into human history only 2000 years ago...we are told that He was the Lamb slain from before the foundation of the world.

This means that Jesus sacrifice doesn't only work in forward motion...but that His sacrfice worked backwards...the only reason why anyone in history could be forgiven was because of Jesus' self sacrifice!

This means...the 66 books that you hold in your hand have come to you at an infinitely great cost!

God the Son, gave His life...suffered the holy wrath of God...so that you could receive the revelation of God's great salvation...trust in Jesus...and receive forgiveness for all your sins...and eternal life!

This is mind bloggling news!

But for many Christians this is "old" news...BORING!

Jesus was willing to suffer and die for us to give us His revelation...so that we can know Him...love Him...worship Him...

What really amazes me is that many Christians are too busy to read and study God's word...too busy doing more important things [T.V is pretty important you know?]

Here are some interesting stats...if you read between 3 to 3.5 chapters of the Bible a day [maybe 15 minutes]...you will get through the Bible in a year!

This means if you have been a Christian for 5 years and haven't read thru the Bible...the excuse of too busy is pretty lame. You would have to read around half a chapter a day...to get through the Bible in 5 years...

Oh well...enough of the guilt trip...guilt won't get you interested in the Bible...an overwhelming love for the One the Bible points to is the only thing that will get your nose into the number 1 best seller of all time!