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From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I have to write a paper on the most surprising thing about the Bible. This assignment is beyond my creative thinking. I’m sure there are many different ways to think about this, but what is one surprise about the Scripture? – S.S.

A: One of the most thrilling things about studying the Bible is to know that the infinite God has been pleased to share some of the secrets of His universe with His redeemed children. Sin has blinded men, so the unsaved man sees life in a false perspective. But the born-again Christian sees life not as a blurred, confused, meaningless mass, but as something planned and purposeful. His eyes have been opened to spiritual truth.

In Christ’s first sermon at Nazareth, He said that one of the reasons He had come to Earth was to preach “recovery of sight to the blind” (Luke 4:18, NKJV). The Gospel of Christ helps us to see our need and helplessness and then shows us the redeeming grace that God has placed within the reach of every man. In the Bible we are called the “children of the light and children of the day” (1 Thessalonians 5:5, NIV), because it pleased God to share His mysteries with us. We are no longer in the dark – we know where we came from, we know why we are here, and we know where we are going.

In Ephesians 1:9 we learn one of God’s mysteries which has been revealed: “Having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself” (NKJV).

It is God’s will that sometime in the future He will gather His people to Himself. And that time is coming soon.

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(This column is based on the words and writings of the late Rev. Billy Graham.)

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