Here is a very quick unpack from Sunday’s family service just gone on the 27th August 2023.
We heard from Keith, who made some pretty important facts about the Bible and why it is a book we can trust to gain much wisdom from.
Here is one fact we are going to look at now that Keith mentioned in his talk. The Bible is the number 1 selling book of all time with an estimated 5 billion copies (Yes 5 billion) purchased. Don’t take that from us, take that from the very well-known Guinness World Records.
Question! Why would so many people want to buy the Bible?
In the book of Ecclesiastes there is a scripture that says God has put eternity into our hearts, this is what develops our natural curiosity on a number of fronts about God and how we are even here in the first place. Here is the exact scripture.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.”
Could this be one reason why the Bible is the number 1 selling book of all time, because God has placed himself inside of our hearts. The Lord will never take away our free will and will never force us to follow him, it will always be a conscious choice by us to follow God and to learn from the Bible, and he is only to willing to accept us into his kingdom when we have made that choice.
The Lord does not want anyone to perish he wants everyone to be saved and to be in his kingdom safe and sound. This is why he has placed eternity in our hearts to give us a natural curiosity. So, if you ever see a person on the streets talking about Jesus, they are there to satisfy that curiosity that you could have, to help you on to the Christian walk.
Visit us at Church in the Avenue
If you have a natural curiosity about existence or God, then why not pay us a visit. We are happy to have a friendly talk with you and you can come and listen to our family service to quench that curiosity. Our family service takes place every Sunday where people are welcome to join us for refreshments from 10.45am.