Antique Chairs and Old Bibles

  Someone once said the reason many antique chairs are uncomfortable is because all the comfortable chairs wore out long ago. Well, that may or may not be true, but old Bibles that have survived the years in good condition certainly didn't get much use. Bibles that are used wear out. Even Bibles of excellent craftsmanship deteriorate when used frequently. What better sight than to see someone with a Bible showing signs of heavy use. Better to have a Bible with the pages falling out than to have one with the pages still stuck together. An unused Bible may last a lifetime, but what good is a book that is seldom read?

    Many other signs therefore Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

but these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have

life in His name.

John 20:30-31

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   For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Romans 15:4

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   Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great

eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily, to see

whether these things were so.

Acts 17:11