Unfair Contest
This Week's Theme: The Bible
Monday, March 5, 2001
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Key Bible Verse: For the word of God is living and active.
it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart (Hebrews 4:12).
Bonus Reading:Hebrews 4:13
A Christian university student shared a room with a Muslim. As they became friends, their conversation turned to their beliefs. The believer asked the Muslim if he'd ever read the Bible. He answered no, but then asked if the Christian had ever read the Koran.
The believer responded, "No, I haven't, but I'm sure it would be interesting. Why don't we read both together, once a week, alternating books?" The young man accepted the challenge, their friendship deepened, and during the second term he became a believer in Jesus.
One evening, late in the term, he burst into the room and shouted at the long-time believer, "You deceived me!"
"What are you talking about?" the believer asked.
The new believer opened his Bible and said, "I've been reading it through, like you told me, and just read [today's Key Bible Verse]. He grinned. "You knew all along that the Bible contained God's power and that the Koran is a book like any other. I never had a chance!"
"And now you'll hate me for life?" queried the believer.
"No," he answered, "but it was an unfair contest."
Floyd Schneider in Evangelism for the Fainthearted
Respond:
How have you seen God's power at work in the Bible?
Thought to Apply:
Once you and I are face to face with the Word of God
we can only accept or reject it.
John Powell (author)
Adapted from: Evangelism for the Fainthearted (Kregel, 1991-2000). 1 of 1
Thank you, Father, for Your message. Use it to transform me and those around me.
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