The Bible
All that Homer had to say has been
told in twenty modern languages.
All that Shakespeare wrote has been
translated into forty languages.
All that Tolstoy declared to the
world has found expression in sixty languages.
Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress talks today in 118 different languages.
But the Bible, in whole or in part,
is today translated into more than 1,000 different languages and dialects.
It has weathered all the storms of
hate.
It has withstood all the thunderbolts
of wrath.
It has triumphed over the edicts of
tyranny.
It has endured all the anathemas of
infidelity.
It has conquered all the gnawing
teeth of time.
It has outlined, outfitted,
outlooked, outreached, and outblessed all other books.
Believe it, obey it, love it, live it, study it, share it, teach it,
preach it! When we do, we proclaim
Jesus! Our charge is to: "Preach the
word," II Tim. 4:2 and "speak as the oracles of God," I Peter 4:11.
"Then
said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, 'If ye continue in My
word, then are ye My disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you free,'" John 8:31-32.