Show What Does The Bible Say By Dy Rev Leo E E. E Rubel RubelA A little boy once asked his mother Why are all the streams and rivers so crooked crook crook- ed The answer is simple Streams and rivers are crooked crook crook- ed because they follow the lines of or least resistance THE TIlE SAME is also true of human beings Our lives as a arule arule arule rule do not become crooked warped and out of joint because because be be- cause we deliberately set out to tomake tomake tomake make them that way way but but rather rath rath- er because we do not have the moral courage to overcome the many temptations that cross our path every day We drift along the currents of convenience until we are hopelessly bogged down in the and mire of sin IT IS SO much easier to listen to gossip than to be of a faithful faithful faith faith- ful spirit and conceal the mat matter matter matter ter as the Bible says in Proverbs Proverbs Proverbs erbs 13 It is sam ch easier t to bea be a r regular g guy than t to bea bet be beta bela a wet blanket It It is so much easier to tell a lie than to tell the truth truth and and take the consequences con con- sequences sequences but but the Bible says Putting away lying speak every man truth with his neighbor neighbor neigh neigh- bor bar Ephesians 4 25 It Is so much easier to skip the worship hour at church than to follow what the Bible says They continued steadfastly stead stead- lastly in the Apostles Apostles' doctrine and fellowship and in breaking breaking breaking break break- ing of bread and in prayers Acts 2 42 So much easier to read the comics some other literature literature literature lit lit- including the daily dally paper than to read the Bible Dible as God tells us to do in the Bible This Book of the Lawshall Lawshall Law Lawshall shall not depart out of thy mouth but thou shall meditate th therein day and night Joshua I 1 1 SIS S 8 IS IT ANY wonder then that our lives are so crooked Any wonder that when God looks at atour atour atour our lives and compares compares them with the perfect rule of or His Commandments He must say They are all gone aside s there Is none that good goods t no not one Psalm 14 3 M j Like the rivers and end stream our lives are terribly crooked crooke But Dut not hopelessly so For In Christ we have complete for for our wickedness And nd In Him we have the power to make the rough places plain and the c crooked roo ked p places I ace s straight THE TilE BIBLE DIBLE says that Christ and He alone is the Solution and the Cure for human crook crook- edness Romans 10 10 4 and Gel Gel- 3 13 assures us of this truth |