The Importance of the Bible

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” (Ps. 119:105) But the number of those who are antagonistic and skeptical toward the Bible have almost doubled in just the last six years. There is a growing lack of knowledge of the Bible among Christians and non-Christians who have no exposure to the Bible at all. We can be grateful for the still large numbers who see the Bible as a moral guide, yet Jesus said: “Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures.” “The message God gives is the most blessed, powerful, and effective of anything in the universe. His message instantly frees, heals, and uplifts mankind.” (“Church,” by Bicknell Young)

Animal magnetism cannot extinguish the word of God, nor can we be made to believe lies that argue that the Bible is just another book written by man, full of ancient stories, harmful or dangerous. We cannot be made indifferent or disengaged from this source of wisdom and all good. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John) Mind being Omnipotent, there is nothing to oppose it. Let us know that the world is ready for Science and Health, which will open the Bible and bring forth the spiritual sense of the scriptures, the Science of Life.

“The Word of God is a powerful preacher, and it is not too spiritual to be practical, nor too transcendental to be heard and understood.” (Mess. 1901)