Show n. n What Does I IThe iThe The Bible Say Sad By REV LEO E E. E RUBEL The English unbeliever David Hume once said that if anyone really believes the Bible it is isa isa isa a miracle He was Christian faith and yet in a certain sense his words are true WHEN A MAN realizes that ne Is a lost sinner as the Bible says In Romans 5 12 who de deserved deserved deserved de- de served only the wrath of Godas God Godas Godas as the Bible says in Ephesians I 2 3 and that the only hope for I him lies in the Lord Jesus I IChrist Christ as the Bible says in I Romans 10 4 and Galatians 3 13 a miracle has really taken place in the life of that man When the Savior Jesus says in Matthew 19 24 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle nt Jle than for If r. r r r. I Ito to enter into th the 1 1 God He Be shows us ho how I miracle Is performed is unbeliever becomes a aIT b tJ bIT I f IT IS EVIDENT that the theof theof i of making a Christian out Jut rJ G s natural man is a work that 6 can never do himself The Hi Himself says that this I Is s I rr sible with men But God can rr all things I I He can make a camel go through the eye of a needle men have been saved But In an any sense whether they are rich richer or poor if they are saved something something something some some- thing has been done that only God GoS can do 1 I WHAT DAVID Hume did not I understand was that people Wh who really believe the Bible are transformed by Its truths Their lives are changed They walk a anew a anew new way of life They are con coi con They become new crea creatures tures Lures in Christ And this is th the miracle that takes place ever every time a person believes the Bible I Through His Holy Word and andI through baptism the Holy Spir Spirit I performs this miracle making j us Christians For that gre great t I I work God I. I be praised for forever vei |