
The
Shepherd's Staff is written by Pastor Bob Middleton
and is a weekly feature in the Sunday Bulletin. We have a past
year's archive available here.
February 5, 2012
A
man brought in a lawn mower to a garden equipment repair to have
the service person take a look at it. The service person asked
the owner what the problem seemed to be. The owner replied, "I
don't know, I was mowing my yard and it made a funny sound and
just quit." The service person took it in the back to the
shop to open up the engine and discovered that there was no oil
in the engine at all. The lawn mower would need a new engine to
function again. The service person went back to the owner and asked
him when he had last topped off the oil on the mower. The owner
replied that he didn't know he was supposed to that. The service
person replied, "Didn't you read the owners manual?" "Oh,
no, the owner replied. I can never understand that technical stuff.
That's why I brought it in to you!"
There are a lot of Christians that have a similar attitude to
the Bible. They don't really bother about knowing what the Bible
has to say about life and their relationship with God because it
seems outside their ability to understand it. But the Bible is
God's message to us, we need to know and understand what He has
to say to us. Here at the Columbia Gorge Christian Fellowship we
are committed to teaching the scriptures systematically.
"We believe the Bible to be the inspired and inerrant Word
of God, therefore we place high emphasis on the teaching of God's
Word, the Bible, that our Faith may grow." (Rom 10:17, 2 Tim
3:16)
Not only does it save us from difficulties in our life presently,
it also shows us what Jesus Christ has done for us permanently.
It's not just for the "professionals", but for everybody. |