Kilsyth Anderson Church Magazine autumn 2013 | Page 3

Take a look – at the Book

Girls Brigade

There it stands on the bookshelf, lovely black leather binding, with
immaculate gold lettering – something we value and would never throw
away. Doubtless it will have a story to tell of how and when it first came into
our possession, but, Do we ever read it? Do we know what it says? Do we
know anything else about it? I’m speaking about the Bible of course!
Well, first of all it is not actually a single book, it is in fact a collection, a
library of sixty-six books in all.
It was written over a period of more than a thousand years, at a variety of
times and in various situations.
Now there are two important things we have to say about it..
Firstly, It tells us the story of God’s dealings with humanity from the earliest
times right onto what will be the end of time.
Secondly, this is both a sad and a hopeful story.
It speaks of our divine origins, of our rebellion against God’s purpose in
forming us and how we came to be alienated from God - and that is the sad
bit! However, it also speaks of God’s love and grace and how he has worked
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