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    OUR DAILY BREAD                    Wednesday, December 22, 1993
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    Read:  2 Peter 1:16-21

                     WITH COMPLIMENTS OF THE AUTHOR

              All Scripture is given by inspiration of God.
                            --2 Timothy 3:16

    The  story  is  told  about a young boy  named  Timothy  who  was
    planning  to  give  his grandmother a  Bible  for  Christmas.  He
    wanted to write something special on the flyleaf but wasn't  sure
    what  to say.  So he decided to copy what he had seen in  a  book
    his father had received from a friend.

    Christmas morning came and Grandmother opened her gift.  She  was
    not only pleased to receive the Bible, but she was amused by  the
    inscription  Timothy had put in it.  It read:  "To Grandma,  with
    compliments of the author."

    Even though that boy was unaware of it, he had suggested a unique
    fact about the Bible.  It came to us from its Author -- God.  The
    apostle  Paul  wrote, "All Scripture is given by  inspiration  of
    God"  (2  Tim. 3:16).  And in today's Bible reading  Peter  said,
    "Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit"  (2
    Pet. 1:21).  That makes the Bible the most valuable and desirable
    of all books.

    Knowing  who wrote a book often determines whether we'll pick  it
    up  and  read it.  The Bible, with its divine  origin,  not  only
    ought to be read, but it demands our respect, our trust, and  our
    obedience.  It comes "with compliments of the Author."

    Author:  Richard W. De Haan

                     Your thoughts are here, my God,
                       Expressed in words divine,
                     The utterance of heavenly lips
                          In every sacred line.
                                 --Bonar

    THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
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    The Bible is a gift from the Author -- God.

    THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  2 Peter 1-3

          
          












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