Where does your inspiration come from? Got inspiration? The best inspiration I've ever had has come from the Bible, and thus I believe, from God.
It might be a stretch for some to connect the Bible with God, as many see it just as a book written by men in a culture, long, long ago. But the Bible is God's book, it is inspired by God. And, if the Bible is inspired by God and true for every generation, then it can still teach us about God today. And thus it can inspire us with God's Spirit.
The sixty-six books of the Bible have many real stories about real people and places, and many descriptions about the real God. Perhaps some of the great questions for us in our real lives have to be, who am I, and what is life all about? The Bible answers these questions and many more like them if we take time to read it. In the big picture of things we know from the Bible there is a God who created us and he is good. He also has the power to save us from death, and give us inspiration to live.
The Bible describes the Savior as Jesus Christ and eternal life as heaven. Even though God can be seen and known to a certain degree outside the Bible through our conscience and the cosmos, it is only in the Bible that we can truly begin to know who God is and what his purposes are. Humanity has been created in the image of God and to be in a personal relationship with him. This brings inspiration. And this changes all of life for the good.
The gospel of John is one book that is a great place to begin a Bible study. Here is one such inspirational verse from Jesus, John 12:46. "I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness." The light is good, it dispels the darkness. This is the way of biblical inspiration.
It might be a stretch for some to connect the Bible with God, as many see it just as a book written by men in a culture, long, long ago. But the Bible is God's book, it is inspired by God. And, if the Bible is inspired by God and true for every generation, then it can still teach us about God today. And thus it can inspire us with God's Spirit.
The sixty-six books of the Bible have many real stories about real people and places, and many descriptions about the real God. Perhaps some of the great questions for us in our real lives have to be, who am I, and what is life all about? The Bible answers these questions and many more like them if we take time to read it. In the big picture of things we know from the Bible there is a God who created us and he is good. He also has the power to save us from death, and give us inspiration to live.
The Bible describes the Savior as Jesus Christ and eternal life as heaven. Even though God can be seen and known to a certain degree outside the Bible through our conscience and the cosmos, it is only in the Bible that we can truly begin to know who God is and what his purposes are. Humanity has been created in the image of God and to be in a personal relationship with him. This brings inspiration. And this changes all of life for the good.
The gospel of John is one book that is a great place to begin a Bible study. Here is one such inspirational verse from Jesus, John 12:46. "I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness." The light is good, it dispels the darkness. This is the way of biblical inspiration.
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