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April 20
Sunday


THE ENDURING
WORD

READ:
1 Peter 1:17-25
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Heaven and earth will
pass away, but My
words will by no means
pass away.
__Mark 13:31
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At Dublin Castle in Ireland is the Chester Beatty Library, named for an industrialist who gave generously to charity. The beautiful library includes a quaint coffee shop and a variety of exhibits.

The exhibit that grabbed my attention was the ancient manuscripts. I slowly walked through the area and viewed fragments of the New Testament Gospels dating back to the third century AD. The scrolls were among the oldest known biblical texts until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the mid-20th century. God's Word, preserved through the years!

As I looked at those portions of inspired text, I was moved by the permanence of the Word of God. It is because of the enduring nature of God's Word that we can have confidence in the message it contains. Jesus said, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away" (Mark 13:31). Later, Jesus' disciple Peter would write, "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away, but the Word of the LORD endures forever" ( 1 Peter 1:24-25).

God's Word, enduring through the ages, is still the most trusted guide for living. __Bill Crowder
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`````````````````The Bible stands, and it will forever```````````````
`````````````````When the world has passed away;````````````````
``````````````````By inspiration it has been given__```````````````
`````````````````All its precepts I will obey. __Lillenas`````````````
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Like a compass, the Bible always points you
in the right direction.

***************Today's Bible Reading __ 1 Peter 1:17-25************

17 and if you call on the
Father, who without
partiality judges according
to each one's work, conduct
yourselves throughout the
time of your stay here in
fear; 18 knowing that you
were not redeemed with
corruptible things, like
silver or gold, from your
aimless conduct received by
tradition from your father,

19 but with the precious
blood of Christ, as of a
lamb without spot. 20 He indeed
was foreordained before the
foundation of the world, but
was manifest in these last
times for you 21 who
through Him believe in
God, who raised Him from
the dead and gave Him
glory, so that your faith and
hope are in God.

22 Since you have purified
your souls in obeying the
truth through the Spirit in
sincere love of the brethren,
love one another fervently
with a pure heart, 23 having
been born again, not of
corruptible seed but
incorruptible, through the
word of God which lives
and abides forever,

24 because "All flesh is as
grass, and all the glory of
man as the flower of the
grass. The grass withers,
and its flower falls away,

25 but the word of the LORD
endures forever." Now this
is the word which by the
gospel was preached to you.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Not only does the Word of God endure forever, but it also brings
spiritual life wherever it goes. "So shall My word be that goes
forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall
accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which
I sent it" (Isa. 55:11). Dennis Fisher