> Lesson 2 - Where Did Our Bible Come From? > > We learned in our last lesson that God made the world and all the things > in > it. He made us and He wants us to live a happy life. When someone buys a > machine > or a new car, an instruction book tells him how the machine works. The > book > comes from the people who made the machine. It tells him how to care for > it. > > God made us. God has prepared a book for us to study. This book tells us > how > we can be happy and know what God wants us to do. This guide book, or book > of instructions, is called the Bible. In all of these lessons, we shall > use > the Bible as we study. We shall learn the instructions God gives us. > > Frank Novak, a desperate criminal, had been sentenced to twenty years in > the > Washington State Penitentiary. There he looked at a little copy of the New > Testament that had been given to him in Spokane by a prison worker. > > He made a vow (promise) that he would read it through three times. Knowing > that it was some kind of holy book, and with a strange idea that God would > be > good to him if he studied hard enough, he thought he might get out of > prison > earlier if he read the New Testament several times. > > It was not easy at first. Slowly, carefully, on his knees in the middle of > his cell, Novak read all of the New Testament Moving the little Book back > and > forth under a spot of light the size a little larger than a quarter, and > jumping back into bed whenever he heard the guard coming down the > cellblock, > he > read every word. It took him three years to carry out his promise. > > Even though Frank Novak is behind bars, reading the Bible has freed him > from > his sins. > > Other men in the prison soon noticed a change in Frank's attitude and > character. He became a chaplain working as a minister to other men in the > condition > he once was when he first came to the prison. He was well-liked and other > prisoners looked forward to his visits. Thousands have listened to him and > have > surrendered their lives to Christ. As Frank accepted the Word of God into > his heart, other prisoners accepted the Word of God into their hearts. > > Of all the many books in this world, there is only One that claims to be a > direct message from God, telling us about Himself and His plans for us. > This > Book, the Bible, changed Frank Novak! > > The Bible holds a living power to change people. Every time someone reads > the Bible, that person's life changes. > > >
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