Welcome!  Hymns have been and continue to be a real source of inspiration to me.  My desire in this blog is to share special hymns with my readers hoping that the words will minister to them, especially in times of great personal need.  If one of these hymns ministers to you, please take time to leave a comment so that I know that my blog is helping others as much as it helps me. Sometimes I will also provide a link where you can go to hear the hymn played.  So, please join me here each week and sing along as we praise God together.

Sunday, February 22, 2015

THE BIBLE STANDS


 
          When our family ministry provided us with opportunities to minister to children we always tried to teach them a hymn, usually using materials from Bible Visuals Inc.  One of the hymns that we used quite often was this week's choice.  We enjoyed teaching it because of its message and also because the kids used to love to sing it, especially the powerful upbeat chorus.  The truth is that over the centuries many have unsuccessfully tried to destroy God's Word, the Bible.  Copies have been prohibited, confiscated and destroyed.  People have been persecuted, imprisoned and even murdered for having a copy.  But God's Word has survived.  Sometimes copies have been smuggled to people.  Some have even shared just a page or two from a precious copy of a Bible.  And yet today missionaries work hard to translate it into more and more languages.  New versions continue to be developed to make it more readable for folks around the world.  Yes, despite the desperate attempts of so many over the years, the Bible still stands and continues to be published in record numbers, far above the works of other authors.  And not only does it stand, but the truth it proclaims has not passed away and remains as relevant today as it has for centuries.  It has passed every test and it should because its Author is divine.  And the scripture itself tells us that this has happened and will continue to happen. "Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." Matthew 5:18. "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." Mark 13:31.  And we are reminded of its power.  "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." Hebrew 4:12. Unfortunately, we in most civilized countries often take the Bible for granted.  We have so many copies of it, in different versions, and they often gather dust on our shelves.  May we be challenged this week to pick up the command of II Timothy 2:15, "Study to show  thyself approved unto God, a workman that needed not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."  Will you take that challenge and plant your feet on its firm foundation?  For the Bible stands!

1.     The Bible stands like a rock undaunted
'Mid the raging storms of time;
Its pages burn with the truth eternal,
And they glow with a light sublime.
The Bible stands though the hills may tumble,
It will firmly stand when the earth shall crumble;
I will plant my feet on its firm foundation,
For the Bible stands.

2.     The Bible stands like a mountain towering
Far above the works of men;
Its truth by none ever was refuted,
And destroy it they never can.
The Bible stands though the hills may tumble,
It will firmly stand when the earth shall crumble;
I will plant my feet on its firm foundation,
For the Bible stands.

3.     The Bible stands and it will forever,
When the world has passed away;
By inspiration it has been given,
All its precepts I will obey.
The Bible stands though the hills may tumble,
It will firmly stand when the earth shall crumble;
I will plant my feet on its firm foundation,
For the Bible stands.

4.     The Bible stands every test we give it,
For its Author is divine;
By grace alone I expect to live it,
And to prove and to make it mine.
The Bible stands though the hills may tumble,
It will firmly stand when the earth shall crumble;
I will plant my feet on its firm foundation,
For the Bible stands.

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