OUR DAILY BREAD                            Wednesday, December 28, 1994
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Read: 2 Peter 3:9-18



                           Dangerous Distortions


                           Untaught and unstable
                           people twist to their
                             own destruction...
                              the Scriptures.

                               2 Peter 3:16


An enthusiast displayed on the walls of his office a collection of 
etchings, including one of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Every morning he 
noticed it was crooked, so he straightened it. Finally one evening he 
asked the cleaning woman if she was responsible for moving the picture 
each night. "Why, yes," she said, "I have to hang it crooked to make the 
tower look straight!"

In a similar way, some people have the habit of twisting the Scriptures 
to make their imperfect lives look better or to justify their own 
opinions. The apostle Peter warned his readers about the kind of people 
who do not approach God's Word with honest motives and respect for its 
authority, and who distort its message. They will incur God's judgment 
(2 Peter 3:16-17).

Unless we review the Bible prayerfully and humbly, we may get a wrong 
message and be drawn away from our steadfastness in Christ. God gave us 
His Word as a light to guide our steps. If we obey it each day, we will 
find it to be an unfailing source of strength and truth.

Distorting the meaning of the Word of God to fit our preconceived ideas 
is a dangerous practice and a terrible sin. Let's be careful how we read 
and interpret the Bible.

-- Henry G. Bosch



O send Thy Spirit, Lord, now unto me
That He may touch my eyes and make me see;
Show me the truth concealed within Thy Word,
And in Thy Book revealed I see Thee, Lord.

- Groves


The Bible in One Year: Revelation 10-12

Thought for the Day:  We must align ourselves with the Bible,
                      never the Bible with ourselves.

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