Is the Bible irrelavant today?

Do you think the Bible is not read today? A whole lot of people think that exactly and even some people who call themselves of the Christian faith.

Is the Bible irrelevant in this modern world? Then please explain the following to me. The Bible Society of the United Kingdom calculates that the number of Bibles printed between 1816 (since the printing press started printing Bibles) and 1975 was

2,458,000,000
printed copies of the Bible.

By 1992 the estimated number rose to nearly six billion.

That's 6 Billion Bibles printed by 1992.

Furthermore, worldwide sales of the Bible number more than a staggering 100 million each year, far outpacing any other book in history. For a book that some say is not read or relevant....hum.

That's 100 million Bibles printed and distributed each year worldwide

Without a doubt, the Bible is the best selling book of all time. With the world's population nearing 6 billion, what does this mean?

It is estimated that for every living person on Earth, there is approximately one Bible. No doubt Bibles have an uneven distribution world-wide. Few Bibles are available to the massive populations found in Asian nations, the Middle-East, ir Russia for obvious reasons.

Therefore, this is an over abundance in free countries in the Western World to the point that there maybe more Bibles than people in some countries...such as in the United States.

As a matter of fact, in America the average expenditure for Bibles each year is currently...

$425 million.

Isn't that interesting?

Could this love and fascination with this book be the reason this nation has developed to be the greatest civilization the planet has ever known?

"Why is the Bible so popular world-wide?"

... maybe one should investigate this collection of 66 books....but I caution anyone this is not a casual read and no one can understand this Word until the Father....who is the author .... is asked with sincerity that what is read be revealed personally to you. When you eyes are opened, you will receive faith to believe. There is no other way to find out why this book continues to out sell every book on the planet.

"Ask and it will be opened unto you, seek and you shall find"... Jesus said ... what do you suppose he meant?

To find the truth, you have to ask and seek.

"I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them
out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. --- this is Jesus final recorded prayer before his death. (John 17)

I encourage anyone who wants to find the answer "why?" to start here....read this prayer and ask for understanding...even if you have doubts and you have no faith of your own. This is where everyone starts. You will be given faith to believe as you seek.

Here is found the power of the Gospel.

Just ask why?

Thy Word hath quickened me...

After sparing with unbelievers . . . . .who have forsaken your Word, Father….then comes a "word" from You via the Holy Spirit through your Word comforting me. You have written your word upon the fleshy tablets of my heart in such a way that my desires are being conformed to your desires.

I am not ashamed, Lord, of the Gospel found in your Word for which you have illuminated me by the Holy Spirit. You are the God of all ages excelling all knowledge and wisdom. Unlike the world's sciences and human wisdom, You never change and are the same since the foundations of this world were lain and time began. Your Word and message never changes.

Thank you for illuminating the Truth to those who are given eyes to see and ears to hear. Thank you for redeeming us and giving us courage to be a witness. Whether it is unto seed planting or until judgment...One a frangrance unto life the other unto a stench of death. Amen, so be it. (II Cor. 2:14)

Psalm 119:41

Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, [even] thy salvation, according to thy word. So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. This [is] my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined from thy law. I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.

II Cor 3:3

[Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

Awesome. Only the Lord can save and illuminate man and comfort the heart....how powerful and great is your Word that quickens those who believe.

I am greatly encouraged and blessed. Amen and amen.

Brenden Marries Heath

It is finally over ... and they are almost to Jamaica Montego Bay, first port of call for the Conquest. They will stop for one day at the Cayman Islands and then on to Cozumel Mexico ... home Sunday.

I'll post more pictures when I can. Now I can return to art and my life again.
(My feet still hurt....but my heart is glowing.)