Quotations

         I use to listen to Paul Harvey on the radio just about every time I could.  I liked his commentary and I felt that we had the same values in life.  I would quote him when an opportunity would come up.  I guess I like to quote some famous people, not because I know them personally, but because they are basically well known in the world.  I am thinking about JFK, Winston Churchill and Charles Spurgeon.   I rarely quote someone who has made some stupid remarks even though they are funny at the time and absurd.  I get a "quote" every day from a certain web site that sends out a sentence or short paragraph from many different sources.  I save some of them, but not all of them.  One of the things I quote the most however, is the Bible.  Where else can you find 100% accuracy in what is said?  When you want to say something that you know is true, where else can you go but to the pages of God's Holy Word.  Second Timothy 3:16-17 says, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works."  
       The writers of the Scripture were led by the Holy Spirit and the result is the Bible that we now have.  The declaration of the Apostle Paul in the above passage is profound and one of the rare times that the word "inspiration" is used.  It is translated "inspiration" once in the Old Testament from a word that is translated differently over 40 different times. The word in Second Timothy 3:16 is used only once in the New Testament.  Simply said, it means to be "God breathed."  The above passage reminds us how the Bible was given to us and then goes on to say what it is good for, which comes up to being every part of our life, from beginning to end and all the forks in the road in between.  I also quote a lot of children's songs such as , "I stand alone on the Word of God, the B I B L E."  I mentioned that I save some of the quotes from the web site that are sent to me.  I save those from famous people whom many have heard and I do not save a quote from a person who is unknown.  The quote might be good, but who has heard of the person who said it?  The Scriptures are the only reliable source of statements so I will go on saying, "The Apostle Paul said such and such," or the Apostle John said this or that."  If we are going to quote someone, then the quote better be worth passing on to others and the Bible is always sufficient and has the authority both blessings and curses.  Praise God for His Word today.  How many times will you quote God's Word today?