Bible
Test
by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
A Bible test was sprung recently on
five classes of college-bound 11th and 12th graders in an American public
school.
Some thought Sodom and Gomorrah were
lovers; that the Gospels were written by Matthew, Mark, Luther and John; that
Eve was created from an apple; and that the stories which Jesus told were
called parodies.
Eighty to ninety percent of the
students could not complete the most familiar quotations from Scripture.
The teacher, Thayer S. Warshaw, was
understandably upset and rightly asked: “Is the student to study mythology and
Shakespeare and not the Bible? Is it important for him to learn what it means
when a man is called an Adonis or a Romeo, yet unimportant for him to be
able to tell a Jonah from a Judas?”
This writer’s heart is with that
teacher and all who are awake enough to see that the Bible is disappearing more
and more from American life. How can we expect anything but juvenile
delinquency, the rapid general rise in the crime rate, the growing divorce
rate, increasing dishonesty at every level of business and social life — how
can we expect anything but these conditions when the Bible is flaunted and
despised? This departure from the Word of God is bound to get us deeper and
deeper into trouble.
But whatever the conditions about
you, you may have the joy and peace and light that comes from that Blessed
Book. The Bible tells us frankly that “all have sinned” (Roman 3:23) and
that “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23) since a just God must
deal with sin. Ah, but it tells us also that “Christ died for our sins”
(I Corinthians15:1 - 4), and that the believer may have “peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ”(Romans 5:1).
Read the Bible, especially the
Epistles of Paul, who was raised up to proclaim “the gospel [good news] of
the grace of God” (Acts 20:24). You will never cease to thank God for
having given your attention to this wonderful Book.
Les Felck Ministries
30706 W. Lona Valley Rd.
Kinta, OK 74552
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