Can the Bible Help Us Today?
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It most certainly can! All that was said in the Bible can still be applied today. Some things did change from the Old to the New Testament, but both are still very much valid. The Bible is our guide to life! Read it, study it, meditate on it! I guarantee you will grow from it! God bless!
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I'd say yes and no.\n\nYou can't answer all the world's issues.  However, God may want you to help answer one or two issues.  Think of Martin Luther King, Jr., for example.  A Christian preacher, he helped to overturn Jim Crow in the South.  \n\nIf there's an issue you care deeply about, chances are God want to use you to help address that issue.  Think of Queen Esther, or Moses.  Also, John the Baptist criticized King Herod for taking his brother's wife as his own.  Jesus took a little time to address a couple of current events.  (See Luke 13:1-5.)  Remember, too, that Jesus is the savior of the world, not just of individual persons.  \n\nOn the other hand, there is this psalm:\n\nPsalm 131 (NIV)\nA song of ascents. Of David. \n 1 My heart is not proud, O LORD, \n       my eyes are not haughty; \n       I do not concern myself with great matters \n       or things too wonderful for me. \n 2 But I have stilled and quieted my soul; \n       like a weaned child with its mother, \n       like a weaned child is my soul within me. \n\n 3 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD \n       both now and forevermore.\n\nMy advice: strike a balance between worry and apathy.  If God calls you to answer a cause, do so!
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The Bible is the instructions given by God for us through his Holy Spirit who wrote it through men.  So, yes, it is VERY important for me, and all other Christians.  It gives us instructions on how to live our lives, what is wrong and what is right, and, most importantly, teaches us about God's gift to us - Salvation.\n\n2 Timothy 3:16\n  \n    "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness."   (NIV)
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Far too many people have Bible, and wouldn't be able to explain the meaning of a passage, if you asked them.The book is meant to be read, understood, and the Word is to be put into practice daily in our lives.
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The bible is just a book, that started out OK but then came along mankind and changed Lot's of bit's, why ? so man can gain, and profit out of it Proof, when was the last time you saw a poor Church, except in 3rd world country's. Take a look at that lot on US TV fogging religion, and raising millions, do they look poor, no not on your life.\nFaith in God is what we need, forget the bible, to much has been changed, I'm sure God does not have a problem with us working seven days a week, again it comes down to how man tried to control us by using the bible.\n\nLove & Peace
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Many of the bible prophecies have already come to pass including the return of the Jews to Israel. Everything needed for the mark of the beast is in place and we are seeing increased weather conditions and earthquakes all of which are also in the bible. I truly believe we are in the last days. To read it for yourself, turn to revelations and Daniel. God does not tell us the exact time but gives us many of the end time signs.
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Absolutely.  From Genesis to Revelation God's Word reveals Himself as a real, personal Being who cares about us.  Thank God for His Word!
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The Bible was not given to us as a basis of government.  We are supposed to apply it to our personal lives.  If more people applied the Bible to themselves (don't steal, lie, commit murder, commit adultery, etc.), the country would be better off because of fewer broken lives and fewer people in prisons.  That is how the Bible should play a bigger part in society.  I think that too many Christians get caught up in trying to turn the Bible into law rather than convincing other individuals to use the Bible's guidance.
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Father I ask you to open our minds to receive and to be able understand  what is being taught today. \n\nHoly Spirit help us remember  the things we have learned today, so we will be able to bring them to mind, when we need them. \n\nJeremiah 33:3 Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you don't know
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Tell people they can cherry-pick whatever they want out of the bible. They seem to do that anyway, but if you tell that this is OK, you'll reel in millions of people who are looking for a free-ride to heaven! :)
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Logically, I would have to say "Yes". We're probably teaching them alot about "What NOT to do". They're probably very depressed at how we treat each other and how we scratch and claw to attain possesions and how we ignore the blessings that God gives us every day.
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The bible is not to be taken literally.
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maybe this will help it is a sermon about that same subject\nhttp://mcdonald.southern.edu/sermons/00/0520.htm\nGOD BLESS
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If your talking about the God of the Holy Bible then yes. But its not like a random thing. People are not accidentally not saved. Everyone will make a choice in their heart. And for those who dont have the oppurtunity for a choice the Bible talks about what happens then too.
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Absolutely.  Read the bible and then watch people try to dispute it.  If you don't read it first you will think they know everything when they are actually lying to the world.
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The Bible has the best answer to that question.
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I totally agree. People should read the Bible if they are going to question it, praise it, or reject it. Then they are basing their decisions on what they KNOW rather than what they think they percieve.